Odyssey Networks interviewed Bill Somplatsky-Jarman while he was in Copenhagen for the Climate Change Talks in December. Watch the interview below.
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January 29, 2010
Posts Categorized: Copenhagen
December 17, 2009
Cities, Provinces, States: We Can Do Something, We Must Do Something
By Carol Somplatsky-Jarman, December 17 On Tuesday, mayors and other local government officials from more than 80 cities worldwide called on the COP 15 at the Climate Summit for Mayors at the Copenhagen City Hall to consider cities in any…
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December 16, 2009
OOPs: Last Day in the Life (A Day in the Life, Part #2)
By Carol Somplatsky-Jarman Monday, December 14: Twenty percent. Our specially appointed delegate has gone to the Bella Center to the specially appointed place, to pick up the specially prepared sealed envelope with the specially prepared second passes. Twenty-one: that is…
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December 15, 2009
A Day in the Life, #1
By Carol Somplatsky-Jarman, Friday, December 11 Buzz, buzz…. Buzz, buzz, buzz… I hear an intermittent buzz of Bill’s Blackberry, which goes off (accompanied by a flash of red light) every time an email comes in. It has been like this…
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December 14, 2009
Ecumenical Celebration for Creation: The Coral, the Corn and the Stones
By Carol Somplatsky-Jarman, Sunday, December 13 Photos by the World Council of Churches Media Services We started the day outside Copenhagen Rathouse at the Hopenhagen Live (the events to include all local people in the COP 15 program). Thousands gathered…
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December 14, 2009
Update #2 from Copenhagen
By Bill Somplatsky-Jarman. Photos by Carol Somplatsky-Jarman. On Saturday, the two of us headed for the Saxo Grammaticus Room at the Bella Center where four business leaders recounted their experiences in moving their companies toward sustainability, and more climate-friendly practices…
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December 13, 2009
Photo from Saturday’s Candlelight Vigil in Copenhagen
Candlelight Vigil (photo by Carl Ganter of USCAN) as part of the 40,000 strong march on December 12 for a climate change agreement. The faith-based contingent was sent off with a rallying cry from Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Big interfaith service…
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December 11, 2009
Youth Rocks at Climate Talks
Bill and Carol Somplatsky-Jarman are attending the United Nations Climate Change talks in Copenhagen with the World Council of Churches delegation and will be sending updates that will be posted on Eco-Journey and the Mission Crossroads website. Bill is the…
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