Comments for Holyrood 350 — H35O http://holyrood350.org 4 Action Points For Holyrood To Avert Climate Chaos Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:10:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Kevin Anderson’s scary ‘optimistic’ scenario by Mark Langdon http://holyrood350.org/2009/12/kevin-anderson/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Mark Langdon Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:10:57 +0000 http://holyrood350.org/?p=167#comment-10 Well said. We need to up the honesty quotient in discussion around these issues. Politicians won't tell the truth therfore we need a new breed of honest politician and we need them now! Well said. We need to up the honesty quotient in discussion around these issues. Politicians won’t tell the truth therfore we need a new breed of honest politician and we need them now!

]]> Comment on The Holyrood 350 campaign by Dark Optimism » Blog Archive » Holyrood 350 interview http://holyrood350.org/campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Dark Optimism » Blog Archive » Holyrood 350 interview Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:44:39 +0000 http://holyrood350.org/?page_id=15#comment-9 [...] quick interview I gave after speaking at the Scottish Parliament earlier this year, as part of the Holyrood 350 [...] […] quick interview I gave after speaking at the Scottish Parliament earlier this year, as part of the Holyrood 350 […]

]]> Comment on 3 Days of Copenhagen Climate Change talks and walks by Cop 15 Report « http://holyrood350.org/2009/12/unccc-talks-11-12-0/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Cop 15 Report « Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:21:24 +0000 http://holyrood350.org/?p=175#comment-8 [...] “The colour­ful tens of thou­sands car­ried plac­ards say­ing ‘Politi­cians only talk, Lead­ers lead’, ‘There is No Planet B’ and ‘Sys­tem Change not Cli­mate Change’. At the end an indige­nous leader from the Amer­i­cas said — to roars of agree­ment — that the real solu­tion is not the cli­mate mar­ket; the real solu­tion is sim­ply to leave the coal and oil and gas in the ground, and not to try and make a quick fix with poi­so­nous nuclear. Before, on the march, he and all the indige­nous peo­ples had been singing ‘The Cli­mate Mar­ket is a Big Lie’. The fear is that the politi­cians will nego­ti­ate a deal where the North just car­ries on with planet-wrecking busi­ness as usual, and pays some money to the politi­cians of the Global South in exchange for them say­ing they’ll pro­tect their forests to keep absorb­ing some of the CO2 — mean­while car­bon lev­els will keep on rock­et­ing, the arc­tic melt­ing, forests burn­ing and per­mafrost melt will increas­ingly release methane. The fear is that they’ll make it look like a great deal, but it could be just like the G8 meet­ing in Gle­nea­gles in 2005 when Bob Gel­dorf and the Make Poverty His­tory cam­paign got the Gov­ern­ments to promise they’d end poverty in Africa, and then things just got worse.” Read the full report here. [...] […] “The colour­ful tens of thou­sands car­ried plac­ards say­ing ‘Politi­cians only talk, Lead­ers lead’, ‘There is No Planet B’ and ‘Sys­tem Change not Cli­mate Change’. At the end an indige­nous leader from the Amer­i­cas said — to roars of agree­ment — that the real solu­tion is not the cli­mate mar­ket; the real solu­tion is sim­ply to leave the coal and oil and gas in the ground, and not to try and make a quick fix with poi­so­nous nuclear. Before, on the march, he and all the indige­nous peo­ples had been singing ‘The Cli­mate Mar­ket is a Big Lie’. The fear is that the politi­cians will nego­ti­ate a deal where the North just car­ries on with planet-wrecking busi­ness as usual, and pays some money to the politi­cians of the Global South in exchange for them say­ing they’ll pro­tect their forests to keep absorb­ing some of the CO2 — mean­while car­bon lev­els will keep on rock­et­ing, the arc­tic melt­ing, forests burn­ing and per­mafrost melt will increas­ingly release methane. The fear is that they’ll make it look like a great deal, but it could be just like the G8 meet­ing in Gle­nea­gles in 2005 when Bob Gel­dorf and the Make Poverty His­tory cam­paign got the Gov­ern­ments to promise they’d end poverty in Africa, and then things just got worse.” Read the full report here. […]

]]> Comment on 3 Days of Copenhagen Climate Change talks and walks by nickwilding http://holyrood350.org/2009/12/unccc-talks-11-12-0/comment-page-1/#comment-7 nickwilding Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:58:25 +0000 http://holyrood350.org/?p=175#comment-7 thanks so much for the update justin... great to get a sense of the action, connections, energy sat back home in Scotland... if you have a chance would be brill if you posted same into fieryspirits website too I know lots of folk might be interested... nick PS I'd love to hear more about " We reck oned that recov er ing com mu nity own er ship, action and effec tiv ness in the Global North is as vital as pro tect ing exist ing com mu ni ties and shared own er ship in the Global South." thanks so much for the update justin… great to get a sense of the action, connections, energy sat back home in Scotland… if you have a chance would be brill if you posted same into fieryspirits website too I know lots of folk might be interested…
nick
PS I’d love to hear more about ” We reck oned that recov er ing com mu nity own er ship, action and effec tiv ness in the Global North is as vital as pro tect ing exist ing com mu ni ties and shared own er ship in the Global South.”

]]> Comment on 4 Action Points For Holyrood to Kickstart the Race Out of Carbon by Vital Spark http://holyrood350.org/4-action-points/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Vital Spark Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:40:11 +0000 http://holyrood350.org/?page_id=3#comment-6 What are the possibilities of encouraging our Scottish government to start a self help build your own eco house program? The shortage of local authority housing could possibly be met by those willing to build their own Earth ships, straw bale houes etc being given the land and resourses to build autogenous houses. Such a practice would help combat/control global warming while helping the poorer among us by irradicating fuel bills. To date, this is merely an idea for possible developement. We HAVE to start taking care of our children's inheritance: this beautiful planet or it will cease to be habitable. Also, the wherewithall to do so must not be left in teh hands of teh wealthy alone. How many poor can affford solar panels or windmills? There are many more poor in this world than there are wealthy. The Earthship, for example would double as a means of ridding ourselves of much of the waste from our, to date, disposable livestyles. Tyres, for example, bottles and cans would be reused as construction materials. Would those greater minds than mine, please, give a wee bit of consideration as to the possibity of getting such a program instigated. What are the possibilities of encouraging our Scottish government to start a self help build your own eco house program?

The shortage of local authority housing could possibly be met by those willing to build their own Earth ships, straw bale houes etc being given the land and resourses to build autogenous houses. Such a practice would help combat/control global warming while helping the poorer among us by irradicating fuel bills.

To date, this is merely an idea for possible developement.

We HAVE to start taking care of our children’s inheritance: this beautiful planet or it will cease to be habitable. Also, the wherewithall to do so must not be left in teh hands of teh wealthy alone. How many poor can affford solar panels or windmills?

There are many more poor in this world than there are wealthy.

The Earthship, for example would double as a means of ridding ourselves of much of the waste from our, to date, disposable livestyles. Tyres, for example, bottles and cans would be reused as construction materials.

Would those greater minds than mine, please, give a wee bit of consideration as to the possibity of getting such a program instigated.

]]> Comment on Thanks for joining in the Global 350 Day of Action! We made it as good as the Climate Active Party! by Vital Spark http://holyrood350.org/you-are-invited/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Vital Spark Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:09:17 +0000 http://holyrood350.org/?page_id=94#comment-5 For those of us living outside of Edinburgh, outwith an area holding such an event and with dogs etc to be tended, a later march would have ensured a greater turn out. I would dearly have loved to take part but, as a non driver (which way I intend staying) with a disabilty and old beasties in my care, I could not possibly get through to Edinburgh for midday. Weather would not have deterred me nor any of my friends, who would have happily joined in but for work from which they cannot be freed until, at least, midday. A reasonably early (need to be dark though) evening march with torches would have been ideal for we in Fife. Unfortunately, because my pc rebelled to striking point with need for it to be rebuilt, I didn't learn of this event until too late to request such a plan. However, maybe these points could be taken into consideration when the next event is organised. With warm regards and a big thank you for doing your bit for us all. Meg For those of us living outside of Edinburgh, outwith an area holding such an event and with dogs etc to be tended, a later march would have ensured a greater turn out. I would dearly have loved to take part but, as a non driver (which way I intend staying) with a disabilty and old beasties in my care, I could not possibly get through to Edinburgh for midday.

Weather would not have deterred me nor any of my friends, who would have happily joined in but for work from which they cannot be freed until, at least, midday.

A reasonably early (need to be dark though) evening march with torches would have been ideal for we in Fife.

Unfortunately, because my pc rebelled to striking point with need for it to be rebuilt, I didn’t learn of this event until too late to request such a plan. However, maybe these points could be taken into consideration when the next event is organised.

With warm regards and a big thank you for doing your bit for us all.

Meg

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