|
15 November 2000
hague talks: as politicians waffle on:
stick your finger in the dike
building the dike ...
Best Photo Opportunity of COP VI
On Saturday 18th November 2000 starting at
12 noon, thousands of FOE supporters from all
over the world will be building a dike
directly outside the talks (Netherlands
International Convention Centre,
Churchillplein, Johan de Witt Laan, The
Hague).
Building should be completed by 4pm. The
dike will be made of more than 50,000
sandbags. It will be about 400 metres and 1.5
metres high, and decorated with banners,
flags and messages from groups and
individuals from around the world. Music,
theatre, and art events will also be staged,
and there will be speakers including
witnesses of extreme weather events.
Talk To The Climate Survivor ...
There will be a press conference in the
Carel Willink Room at 10am tomorrow. It will
be addressed by eye witnesses of extreme
weather events from around the world
including:
- Sheila Forsyth (Canada) - eyewitness of
ice storm
- Carlos Perez (Honduras) - eyewitness of
Hurrican
- Mitch Speakers: Roger Higman (FOE England,
Wales, Northern Ireland)
- Wynand Duyvendak (Milieudefense) - Chair:
Ricardo Navarro (FOE International)
Contacts:
Ian Willmore: +44 7887 641344 (Press
Officer)
Mieke van Tankeren +31 06 295 93 873 (Press
Officer)
Eugene van Haaren +31 06 15 558 055 (Press
Officer)
|
