Image published in Dein Spiegel – COP 17 in Durban, South Africa
It has been awhile since my last post. I was really busy in December at the UNFCCC conference in Durban and since then have been swamped with work, mainly helping supervise the 1000′s of images that will make up this years World Press Photo Contest. Expect more from me in the next month, including updates [...]
Guest Post – Moving Planet in Nepal
This guest post is cross-posted from 350.org and written by Anna Keenan detailing our recent experience in Nepal. I spend most of my time working as a climate campaigner for Greenpeace International in Amsterdam, however for the 2011 global day of climate action – Moving our Planet beyond fossil fuels – I have somehow ended [...]
Zero Carbon Time Lapse Photography
I recently had the wonderful opportunity to volunteer with the Zero Carbon Collective in Amsterdam. A collection of individuals concerned about climate change, the collective strives to Inspire Sustainability Through Creativity. Their launch event, the Zero Carbon Concert, was held November 27, coinciding with the opening of the UNFCCC Conference of Parties in Cancun, Mexico. [...]
10:10:10 in Utrecht – Cradle to Cradle Climate Action
In conjunction with the Global Work Party, Cradle to Cradle, a event informing children and adults about sustainability was held today in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The Cradle to Cradle event was packed with kids and families, enjoying the sun, learning about sustainability and creating cool things with recycled materials. The photographs below show kids making [...]
1500 Scouts gather for 10:10 Climate Aerial Photo
This past Saturday, in the little town of Vlaardingen near Rotterdam, an estimated 1500 Scouts gathered to create this aerial image of 10:10. The event was organized by JMA (Jongeren Milieu Actief) in Amsterdam. This is arguably the largest 10:10 image ever recorded and was a lot of fun to create, (at 20 meters in [...]
Portrait of a Climate Change Activist – Anna Keenan
I find Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to be an ideal base; it is a central point for international work, it is a hot bed of photography (the World Press, FOAM etc.), it is on the right track for a sustainable lifestyle, and last but not least, the friends and community are amazing. One of these dear [...]
Activism, Coal and Arizona
“Just seeing the future for us and knowing that they [our parents] wanted a better future for us, I have the same feeling for, not myself, but the kids and for my relatives and that something better will be in the future for them, that keeps me going. Knowing that we have succeeded in one [...]
Climate Change 2009 – Explosion of a social movement
In 2009, millions of people came together around the world to pressure leaders to sign a legally binding and ambitious deal in Copenhagen. Although the final result in Copenhagen was a failure, 2009 was the year that the climate movement exploded. This energy will carry forward and we will continue to build in numbers until [...]
Powershift UK – London, England
The UKYCC PowerShift Conference, held on Oct. 9-12, 2009, brought together over 250 young people from across the United Kingdom and the world to discuss climate change. The conference taught them how to organize, build a social movement and take creative and intelligent action to tackle the climate crisis. The following collection of photographs documents [...]
PowerShift 2009 – Washington D.C.
Photographs of PowerShift 09 in Washington. During the last weekend of February, over 10,000 young people descended on Washington D.C for the largest ever conference on climate change and clean energy in the USA. PowerShift 2009 – Washington D.C – The Full Collection of Images – Images by climate photographer Robert van Waarden.
Climate Camp in the City, G20 Protests
A portfolio of images of the Climate Camp at BishopsGate, London during the G20 meetings in 2009. The members of climate camp took over the street and set up a tent city in front of the Carbon Exchange in London. The campers were protesting the current carbon trading schemes that the UN is incorporating in [...]
Best of 2009 – 20 Images of Climate Change Activism
The Rise of a Climate Change Movement – 20 Images from 2009 – I spent the majority of 2009 focusing on the climate change social movement and working closely with the international youth climate movement, ngo’s and the TckTckTck campaign.
COP 14 – United Nations Climate Talks 2008
Photography of the United Nations Climate Talks, Poznan – COP 14 – Images by Robert van Waarden
Copenhagen Climate Talks – COP 15
Photographs – Best of Copenhagen Climate Conference. The United Nations COP 15 – Images by Robert vanWaarden
COP 13 in Bali – UN Climate Change Conference
Photography of United Nations Climate Conference, COP 13, in Bali. – Images by Robert vanWaarden – To License click image.
Photography – Best of from COP 15
Gallery of the ‘Best of’ images from COP 15 in Copenhagen. Images ©Robert vanWaarden
Slideshow of the Climate March in Copenhagen
Photography from the Global Day of Action for Climate Change in Copenhagen. Over 100,000 people marched on the streets in favour of a strong, ambitious and fair deal to be signed this week. XML Feed Robert vanWaarden
Photography of PowerShift UK – Reporting by Project Survival Media
Crossposted from ItsgettinghotinhereMore Photography and Gallery Here. By: Adaeze Umolu Young men and women at the reception and registration desk are in high spirits as UK Powershift 09 has brought hundreds together to tackle our climate future here in London. Irrespective of physical, cultural or social differences, the determination of these young men and woman [...]
United Nations Climate Conference Negotiations – Photography Exhibit
(Thousands of youth from across the United States Rally on Capitol Hill demanding a green future.) When the leaders and negotiators of the world converge on Bonn, Germany next week to draft the text for COP 15 in Copenhagen, the halls of the conference center will be decorated with images of the International Youth Climate [...]
Climate Camp in the City – G20
The mainstream media imagery that emerged this morning in London, England was largely focused on the violent demonstrations, graffiti and the broken windows at the Bank of Scotland. It seems that while holding to the mantra that destruction and violence sells papers, they missed the non-violent civil disobedience images of Climate Camp in the City. [...]
