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“No to dirty CDM” by Payal Parekh (in Spanish & English)

deia Dec 13, 2011

Unlike other UN Climate Conferences there have been very few creative actions; in large part due to the fact that actions are permitted in two small areas and UN police are harassing observers for handing out flyers!

Nevertheless there have been two great actions against dirty Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project types, incineration and coal. Yesterday, wastepickers that belong to the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) staged a vibrant action. Read more

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Slideshow & Videos – Waste Pickers featured on Climate Change Studio at COP17

deia Dec 13, 2011

On the last day of COP17, Suman More and Sushila Sabale of India, Neil Tangri, with GAIA, and Nomacebo Mbayo and Simon Mbata, of the South African Waste Pickers’ Association,...

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Video – “While indecision reigned” (Down to Earth)

deia | Region Asia-Pacific | Dec 12, 2011

Do not support companies that burn waste, said the Global Alliance of Waste Pickers at a protest demonstration during the COP17 at Durban.

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“Recyclage local contre multinationales: la guerre des déchets aura-t-elle lieu?” (Basta Mag)

deia Dec 09, 2011

DURBAN – 3 à 5 % des émissions mondiales de gaz à effet de serre sont liées au secteur des déchets. Le travail mené par les récupérateurs et recycleurs contribue à r...

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“Indian recyclers lose jobs to green economy” (Climate Change Media Partnership)

deia | Region Asia-Pacific | Dec 08, 2011

DURBAN – The big red bindi, the green glass bangles and the colorful sari notwithstanding, Suman More appears frail, tired and a little overwhelmed by all the hustle and bus...

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“Down to Zero” (The Rainbow Inside)

deia Dec 07, 2011

DURBAN – Visit any dump site or landfill in the developing world and you will see people picking through the waste, alongside flocks of birds doing the same. Most of us who l...

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“Cut out the middlemen, say waste pickers” (SOWETAN live)

deia Dec 06, 2011

DURBAN – Representatives of the organisation demonstrated yesterday outside Durban’s Inkosi Albert Luthuli convention centre where the COP17 climate talks are being he...

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“Wastepickers given the cold shoulder outside ICC” (The Mercury)

deia Dec 06, 2011

DURBAN – An NGO which was prohibited from displaying placards that had not been pre-approved on the sidelines of the COP17 talks believe that their right to freedom of spee...

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“Thousands March at U.N. Climate Summit in Durban to Demand Climate Justice” (Democracy Now!)

deia Dec 06, 2011

DURBAN – We are broadcasting this week from Durban, South Africa, where critical talks on fighting climate change have entered their second week. Key issues at the United Na...

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“Waste Pickers Clean Up Our Mess on the Ground and in the Air” (allAfrica.com)

deia Dec 06, 2011

DURBAN — Still thinking about wretched scavengers surviving on the tips? Can that thought. They have a name: waste pickers, and they exist in their millions in the world. They ar...

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Video – “Waste pickers can play a role in climate change mitigation” (IPS Inter Press Service)

deia Dec 06, 2011

A slideshow of the waste pickers of the Global Alliance as they engage in activities at COP17 to fight against the Clean Development Mechanism and for a fair Green Climate Fund. Wa...

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“Waste pickers’ big plans” (The Citizen)

deia Dec 06, 2011

DURBAN – Waste pickers would make more money if the “middle men” were cut out, a waste pickers organisation said on Monday. Representatives of the Global Alliance...

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“El último gran contrato” (Semana)

deia | Region Latin America | Dec 03, 2011

BOGOTÁ – La alcaldesa de Bogotá, Clara López, amenazó con demandar a la Corte Constitucional si no falla pronto una tutela interpuesta por un grupo de recicladores de la ...

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“Recicladores presentan proyecto de ley a favor de su sector” (Agencia de Noticias Fides)

deia | Region Latin America | Nov 26, 2011

La Paz, 24 Nov. (ANF).- La Red Nacional de Recicladores presentó ante la Asamblea Legislativa un proyecto de ley para que su sector sea reconocido por los diferentes Órganos del ...

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SOUTH AFRICA – Recycling in South Africa – Tzu Chi

deia Nov 25, 2011

Flocks of birds were circling overhead when we visited one of the four largest landfills in Pretoria, the executive capital of South Africa. We watched as they made sudden occasion...

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INDIA – Local waste pickers in UN meet – Sakaal Times

deia | Region Asia-Pacific | Nov 25, 2011

November 24, 2011 Making a positive stride to represent their marginalised community at the international level, two waste pickers from Maharashtra – Suman More from Pune a...

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INDIA – The Indian Express: City wastepicker to attend climate change event in South Africa

deia | Region Asia-Pacific | Nov 24, 2011

November 22, 2011 Pune wastepicker Suman More will be heading to South Africa this weekend to participate in United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), an inte...

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Two Recent New York Time Articles on Waste Pickers

Demetria Jan 25, 2011

The New York Times has published two excellent articles recently on waste pickers and their contribution to the environment and society. Upon a Hill of Scraps: Surviving on Scaveng...

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The Tangled Web of Waste

Demetria Dec 14, 2010

Published in ECO ISSUE NO 10 VOLUME CXXVII December 9th, 2010 Once again, the United Nations Environment Programme has done its homework in Cancun. The newly published study Waste ...

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Sushila Speaks

Demetria | Region Asia-Pacific | Dec 09, 2010

Sushila Sable has represented waste pickers at two international climate conferences – in Copenhagen in December 2009 and in Tianjin China in October 2010. In this post writt...

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