Marrakech witnessed thousands of people coming together of all ages and nationalities, to protest against climate change and raise our voices on the urgency to act NOW! We marched through the streets chanting different rhythms in different languages, but all unified by our beliefs and passions to stop climate change. There were Morrocan workers and teachers … Continue reading Power to the People!
Five thousand teachers across morocco were on hunger strike. “We are Moroccan qualified and trained teachers. We are graduates from a government program. We are still protesting because we demand recruitment and placement at Moroccan public schools since the government promised to hire us as we finish the training.” – Ismael explained to me as … Continue reading 96 hour Countdown to Destruction or Justice For The Education System
We had left the fertile Nfis valley a day ago, and have been riding ever since. The hot desert sun beats down on us, making us lethargic and sluggish. The ever durable camel below me is faltering in step, sliding in the sand, it carries the future of a city on its back. Just as … Continue reading A Pocket History of Marrakech
Here at the COP22 our main mission has been to listen to various people's stories, from Indigenous people from around the globe, to corporate representatives here to share their company's innovations, and to the everyday people affected by climate injustices and the helping during these crises. We have heard stories from all around the world … Continue reading Sharing Stories
One thing I learnt from the COY is that there is no better way to get people’s attention then suddenly running around, singing and dancing in a crowd of people doing nothing; because that’s exactly what we did. I have only ever been to a handful of conferences, none of them as big as the … Continue reading Between The Lines of COY12
With the Conference Of Parties comes a change in the country that hosts it, or at least that is what I thought would happen. I started off with asking local people, these three questions: Do you think Marrakech has changed in the last year because of the COP22? How do you think the COP will affect the … Continue reading Marrakech Transformation COP 22
There is a solar power station that is 450 hectare, which is roughly 35 soccer fields put together in area . It is located in the north of Morocco in the Sahara. It was started in May 2013 and three years later it is now open and in use. I wondered how it was pulled … Continue reading Wasteland Energy
In the midst of the buzzing Green Zone at the COP22, I had the gift of having a brief yet enriching exchange with an indigenous woman from the Brazilian amazon. Indigenous peoples are among the first to experience the effects and injustices of climate change. They have the smallest carbon footprint yet they are the ones forced to … Continue reading A Conversation with a Forest Guardian
While we were exploring through the floors of the COP22 green zone, we found lots of interesting inventions, organizations and art pieces. One piece that I found really beautiful was called Flowers Of Change. As you can tell from the title the artwork had something to do with flowers, and you're right! The installation included … Continue reading Flowers of Change
My stomach fluttered with what felt like a thousand butterflies as we crossed the street and entered the archway of the COY12. People slowly started trickling in the small concrete complex that greeted conference attendees. As we were waiting for the actual conference to open, Sarita exclaimed: “Let’s do a flash mob from our play … Continue reading First Impressions of the Conference of Youth 12
Throughout Earthbound, we have been hit with an epidemic of illness a few times, and although the basic flu doesn't sound that bad, it spreads like wildfire when you live in close quarters with twenty other people. It's happened a few times, where either one of us catches it from that sick baby that seems … Continue reading The Earthbound Illness Epidemic
On the morning of the 2016 US elections, I woke up to the sound of “Oh. My. God.” It was 2:30 AM EST, 7:30 AM here in Morocco. My roommate was hunched over her phone, head in her hands, repeating the words “oh my god” over and over again. She had been following the presidential … Continue reading Whether You Like It Or Not
It has been a crazy and fun week here in Morocco, as the COP 22 (Conference of the Parties) starts, all kinds of people have arrived and lots of activities have been going on. We have participated in many and have seen an amazing amount of cool and innovative things. We are all feeling inspired … Continue reading A Photographic Journey: COP22 Week One
Walking through the streets of the Red City, Marrakech, for the first time in my life. I think to myself, yes, it is intense; the stories people have told me about the smells, the colours, the intensity of this playground of Marrakech are all true. But one thing I didn’t expect was the clean streets. … Continue reading The Red City Goes Green
Earthbound is in Morocco for the COP22 and the COY12! But, what does that really mean? What are the COP and COY? Important COPs The COP (conference of parties) is a UN climate change summit. Countries that are in the UN meet together and try to come to an agreement regarding climate change. The number … Continue reading What is the COP, Anyway?
Being in Italy was my dream come true. I personally had fallen in love with it. Filipo and Marisella (the owners of the farm where we stayed) owned about 100 acres of land. We had all of that space to roam and be free. They had dogs, a cat, horses, pigs, goats, sheep, ducks, chicken and … Continue reading Italy to Morocco: The Transition
"He won," is what I woke up to on the morning of the US election--one of my teammates crying on the bed next to me in her pyjamas, phone resting in her limp hand. Shadows covered her face and her eyes. It took me a moment for the information to compute, to register in my cells … Continue reading Waking Up to Trump in Marrakech
As many of you may know, we here on Earthbound have a performance. It highlights the journeys we have taken to get to the COP 22. We sing about important stories and climate injustice. Our stories are about the first people in this world and how they thrived and our friend Cinta, who lives in … Continue reading The Earthbound Roadshow
Stinky no no, only innovative. As I was sitting on the toilet I remembered learning in Italy that every time you flush a toilet it uses 6 liters of water. I thought this was really unsustainable so while I pondered on this thought, I found a sign saying that they recycle all the soapy water from … Continue reading Toilets at the COP 22
Spread out on the floor in the green zone of the COP22 there is a big piece of white canvas. On it there are messages and art put there by the people attending the COP22. There is a big crowed of people waiting for markers so that they can leave their mark on the enormous … Continue reading Let Us Say Something
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