BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//69.73.141.125//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.2.6// VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Day of Action CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:On 6th December 2008\, the Saturday midway through the UNFCCC\n Climate Talks (COP 14/MOP 4)\, in Poznan\, Poland \n\n For last year\\'s Global Day of Action on Climate see here\n\n\n This webpage has been set up to publicise and promote plans for demonstrat ions on climate change\, to coincide with the United Nations Climate Talks (COP14/MOP4) in Poznan\, Poland\, December 1st to 12th 2008.\n\nWe intend synchronised demonstrations around the world on Saturday December 6th 200 8 - in as many places as possible - to call on world leaders to take urgen t action on climate change.\n\nThe \\'Call to Action\\' for these demonstr ations and related events that will take place on December 6th 2008 is as follows:\n\n“We demand that world leaders take the urgent and resolute a ction that is needed to prevent the catastrophic destabilisation of global climate\, so that the entire world can move as rapidly as possible to a s tronger emissions reductions treaty which is both equitable and effective in minimising dangerous climate change. \n\nWe demand that the long-indust rialised countries that have emitted most greenhouse gases currently in th e atmosphere take responsibility for climate change mitigation by immediat ely reducing their own emissions as well as investing in a clean energy re volution in the developing world. Developed countries must take their fair share of the responsibility to pay for the adaptive measures that have to be taken\, especially by low-emitting countries with limited economic res ources. \n\nClimate change will hit the poorest first and hardest. All who have the economic means to act\, must therefore urgently and decisively d o so.”\n\nWe feel that there is an overwhelming need to create a grounds well of global opinion to push for the urgent and radical action on climat e change\, without which we risk a global catastrophe of unimaginable prop ortions.\n\nTo help build for these demonstrations please find the contact for your country\, below\, or if there is not yet one listed there contac t us at info@globalclimatecampaign.org Geographical Scope: International DTSTAMP:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081206 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION SUMMARY:Global Day of Action: International Demonstrations on Climate Chang e 2008 UID:20081201T000511EST-iPwzJFSCVF@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.globalclimatecampaign.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email: DESCRIPTION:A very warm welcome to the website for the World Indigenous Peo ples Conference: Education 2008!\n\n \n\nPreparations are well underway fo r what promises to be a very special cultural and learning event.\n\n \n\n The World Indigenous Peoples Conference: Education (WIPC:E) is a triennial conference of international significance that attracts peoples from aroun d the globe to celebrate and share diverse cultures\, traditions and knowl edge with a focus on world Indigenous education. The purpose of WIPC:E is to provide a forum to come together\, share and learn and promote best pra ctice in Indigenous education policies\, programs and practice. \n\n \n\nT o be held on the traditional lands of the Kulin Nation\, Melbourne\, Austr alia from 7th - 11th December 2008\, WIPC:E 2008 will be a celebration of our diverse cultures\, traditions and knowledge. It will provide us with t he opportunity to showcase our efforts to provide educational experiences suitable to our individual and unique communities and will be a time to re joice in our strengths and capacity to uphold our traditions and knowledge systems. It will also be a chance to consider how we\, as Indigenous peop le\, would like to see education shaped into the future to meet our needs. It is Australia’s Indigenous peoples’ vision that WIPC:E 2008 will be solidly embedded in community knowledge.\n\n \n\nWIPC:E 2008 has the pote ntial to impact positively on the educational outcomes and lives of Indige nous people across the planet. Formal education provides us with a broad s et of options to shape our own futures and with tools to tell our own stor ies to the wider community\; our challenge is to balance the learnings fro m formal systems within our own traditions. WIPC:E 2008 hopes to explore s ome of the questions raised by living within competing knowledge systems a nd look beyond the horizon where complementary knowledge can be used to sh ape our own futures. \n\n \n\nThe Victorian Aboriginal Education Associati on Inc is proud to be hosting this prestigious event. We look forward to w elcoming you to our beautiful country and making your time in Melbourne an educative and memorable experience. Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081211 DTSTAMP:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081207 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Kulin Nation\, Melbourne\, Australia SUMMARY:World Indigenous Peoples Conference: Education 2008 UID:20081201T000511EST-GNDx5gfhUH@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.wipce2008.com/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Phone: Email:shalalalo@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:WHAT:\nGlobal Young Greens (GYG) is a worldwide network where g reen youth organizations\, green political youth wings and individuals who want to see environmental sustainability\, social justice\, grassroots de mocracy and peace within our lifetimes converge.\n\nWHY:\nAt the last GYG informal meeting and formal Global Greens Congress (www.globalgreens.org) in May 2008 Sao Paulo\, Brazil\, an initial Indigenous presence was establ ished but we need to continue the momentum. At that Congress\, the few Ind igenous representatives in attendance proposed a resolution for the establ ishment of an Inter-Tribal Federation of Indigenous Greens which unfortuna tely did not pass. Surprisingly\, there were no Aboriginal representative s with the Australian Greens\, no Maori with the New Zealand Greens\, no F irst Nation with the Canadian Greens\, no Native Americans with the U.S. G reens\, and only 4 Indigenous attendants from Brazil! The 2 Taiwan Indigen ous members along with Brazil\\'s and one from Africa reminded the 1\,000+ greens from 80 countries that Indigenous people and Indigenous Issues can \\'t be ignored. \n\nAt the GYG informal meeting we also rehashed the U.N. PFII\\'s 2008 conclusions on the Indigneous-Climate Change situation duri ng an international panel discussion and were given the OK to establish a formal and on-going Indigenous Working Group within the GYG to cover all I ndigenous issues the world over. \n\nSince the Global Greens and Global Y oung Greens truly is a global movement--an international network of green people aiming to gain political influence in modern society\, Indigenous p eople need to be better physically represented in this movement and networ k. Furthermore\, the U.N.’s PFII should not be the only platform from w hich Indigenous people are vocal on an international level. The “green revolution” is here to stay and we need to “Indigenous-ize” it. \n\n HOW:\nThe 2nd GYG Congress will be of 8 days including arrival and departu re date to include trainings on various issues\, workshops and exposure vi sits. Funding is available. Youth leaders interested in being the initiato rs of an online Indigenous Working Group within the Global Young Greens\, please contact Janna Schonfeld on the GYG steering committee to do so. Yo uth leaders interested in participating in the next GYG Congress in Europe \, Summer ’09 contact any of the steering committee members.\n\nWe (the Indigenous community) are under represented in the Global Green network/mo vement but should be leading the way. Find a way to get your Indigenous c ommunity youth leader to Austria for this event where they can continue to speak out for the global Indigenous community and your own community.\n Geographical Scope: International DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090906 DTSTAMP:20081201T050511Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090830 GEO:0.000000;0.000000 LOCATION:Europe\, Austria SUMMARY:2nd Global Young Greens Congress UID:20081201T000511EST-m2n3UivL4g@69.73.141.125 URL:http://www.globalyounggreens.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR