Canada's won the Colossal Fossil award~embarassed, Canadians?
Members of Avaaz and the Climate Action Network International gave Canada the Colossal Fossil award in Copenhagen today. Stephen Harper was snubbed by Obama, was one of the only leaders to not address the assembly (Jim Prentice spoke for him), and overall, Canada has had another international PR disaster. George Monbiot said "Canada's
image lies in tatters. It is now to climate what Japan is to whaling."
Maybe we need a national movement like was so effective in BC with the Voters Taking Action on Climate Change campaign, where people, regardless of political stripe, posted signs on their lawn showing that climate change is a voting issue.
I also can't figure out why environmental activists are generally shown negatively in the media, while some politicians like Bill Murdock and Randy Hillier are lauded for getting banned from parliament over the HST.
Desmond Tutu was positive: "They marched in Berlin and the wall fell. They marched in Cape Town and
apartheid fell. They march in Copenhagen, and we are going to get a
real deal," speaking at a rally for climate
change in Copenhagen.
But just today, the 2010 deadline for reaching a legally binding climate treaty has been dropped. We need change at the grassroots level that is parallel to the government.
There is no better time to make it a priority to change the climate debate into real action.