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Sweden
At
the 8 of August Fältbiologerna did already an action in Stockholm.
You can find a report below. They are also planning something for
the A31 in Gothenburg. More information about those plans will follow
as soon as possible.
short
action report:
Justitia
action in Stockholm, August 8
Before
the meeting with the primeminister of Sweden and his environment
and foreign
aid ministers, together with the NGO spectrum (trade unions, churches,
Attac, green
groups etc), Fältbiologerna performed a simple action outside
the government
building in Stockholm. Dressed up as the godess of justice in a
white wedding dress,
a white ribbon covering the eyes, a stick used for blind people
and a balance; one
bowl with money and gold and one lighter with plants, a pinguin
etc, we asked the
participants of the meeting to pay some carbon checks or money in
the money bowl, to
get entrance to the UN and Johannesburg. We had some banners, flyers
and made a
pressrelease and had called the journalists in advance.
Someone
from the action did actually join the ministerial meeting too, still
in wedding dress. Many groups made points about the corporate responsability
and Göran Persson said he was sceptical to the partnership
stuff.
press
release:
Ecological
justice or failure in the UN
The
8th of August, Fältbiologerna, the Swedish nature & environment
youth
association, had some serious talks with Göran Persson, primeminister
in Sweden. The
issue was the UN confernce on sustainable development which will
begin in the end of
August in Johannesburg, South africa. Fältbiologerna demands
ecological justice
rich countries and corporations should not have the right to pollute
and exploit
witout taking any responsibilities.
The
Johanesburgconference is in danger of becomming a fiasco. The badly
needed
concrete actions are far away, despite the fact that the condition
of the planet as
well as injustices have grew worse the past ten years. Notably,
the increasing power
and environmental damages of large corporations are not matched
with accountability.
Volontary initiatives within the corporate sector have not been
sufficient and still
it is the solution presented at the top summit. The idea comes from
the strong
corporate lobbyists. Instead, more and more NGOs demand globaly
BINDING rules
regulating corporate activites.
If
Göran Persson has a sincere interest for ecological and social
sustainability, he
must work for corporate acountability in Johannesburg. Fältbiologerna
wants:
-
focus on real problems: that people and the environment are set
aside for the
economy and corporations
- corporate
lobby out of the UN
- globaly
BINDING rules regulating corporate activites
Fältbiologerna
work locally for sustainable development in Sweden during the autumn
with the project 'Press your politician bigwig' (Pressa din pamp).
We investigate
what the muncipalities really have done in practice with Agenda21
and challenge the
politicians to take action and encouraging young people to raise
their voices.
Malin
Christensson, international coordinator Fältbiologerna
malin.christensson@faltbiologerna.setel
00
46 70 25 86 117
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