{"id":312,"date":"2014-10-05T11:58:33","date_gmt":"2014-10-05T03:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bnmag.www.greenschool.org\/?p=312"},"modified":"2021-03-16T15:27:59","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T07:27:59","slug":"greencamps-summit-on-women-and-climate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenschool.org\/bali\/bnmag\/life-at-green-school\/greencamps-summit-on-women-and-climate\/","title":{"rendered":"GreenCamp\u2019s Summit on Women and Climate"},"content":{"rendered":"
Perhaps, the most moving story to come out of the conference was that of Aleta Baun a.k.a Mama Aleta, an Indonesian mother-of-three turned activist.<\/p>\n
Mama Aleta convinced more that 200 local people in Timor to start a peaceful protest against mining. One hundred and fifty women spent an entire year sitting on marble blocks at the mine’s entrance, weaving their traditional cloth. After more than a decade, including threats and public beatings, Mama Aleta’s movement successfully pushed out the mining companies. In 2007, four mines in her area closed for good. At the summit she talked about the importance of womens\u2019 voices to be heard, especially voices from the grassroots.<\/p>\n
\u201dYou cannot separate us from the earth,” she said. “We know every plant, every animal, every pixel of our environment… we rely on the earth for food, water, clothes, and medicines… When men are forced to migrate to find jobs, women are left to protect the land, they are working in the field and traveling for days to find clean water, they are relying on the environment to feed their families and to survive. If we harm the earth, we are destroying the very fabric of our lives.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Global Green Grants, the International Network of Women’s Funds, and the Green Grants Alliance of Funds lead this momentous Summit on Women and Climate, and have helped bring leaders here representing:<\/p>\n
International Union for Conservation of Nature
\nIndigenous Peoples’ Alliance of the Archipelago
\nIndia Advisory Board
\nChina Advisory Board
\nUrgent Action Fund Latin America
\nRainforest Action Network
\nFondo Action Solidaria
\nFriends of the Earth
\nAfrican Women’s Development Fund<\/p>\n<\/div>\nModern Message On Feminism from Emily Watson as she presents her HeForShe Campaign 2014 at the United Nations<\/p>\n
More News From GreenCamp<\/strong><\/p>\n
Two hundred and twenty-two students and teachers from United World College, South East Asia also recently attended GreenCamp<\/p>\n
The GreenCamp team showed their gratitude and respect for the founder, John Hardy, at a trust building event, where a vision for GreenCamp was announced including new special family camps involving Canyoning Adventure this November.<\/p>\n
GreenCamp New Year’s Eve snorkelling and sustainability trip to South Sulawesi for ages 14-16<\/p>\n