Utupua Island, Temotu Province, Solomon Islands. Utupua’s people keep alive the very old tradition of sailing canoes, but face pressure from outboard engines and boats industry. In this case, the effort is on staying “Before” fossil fuels. Captions and Photo source: ©© Francis Maglia / 350.0rg
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Climate Change Warriors from 12 Pacific Island nations paddled canoes into the world’s largest coal port in Newcastle, Australia, to bring attention to their grave fears about the consequences of climate change.
“We’re aware that this fight is not just for the Pacific. We are very well aware that the whole world is standing up in solidarity for this. The message that we want to give, especially to the leaders, is that we are humans, this fight is not just about our land, this fight is for survival…”
