Press

Read about Juan Carlos Soriano’s Youth Statement in Grist.org:
There Will Be No Decision About Us Without Us
COPENHAGEN—The anger in Juan Carlos Soriano’s voice was clear when he rose to a podium in the Bella Center Friday afternoon. And it was easy to understand why: the climate-treaty talks were (and still are at this writing) stuck between competing draft texts, none of which offer plans to keep global warming within safe scientific limits.

“A lot of people realize that as our movement grows we can put more pressure on our own leaders in the U.S. in Latin America, in Africa,” said Soriano.Jon Hiskes / GristAnother reason: Of the more-than 1,500 youth advocates accredited for the conference, all but 12 were locked out of the Bella Center on Friday—because of space constraints, according to the United Nations. Only one of them got to address delegates in the main plenary hall—Soriano, a 23-year-old college student from Peru. He gave voice to the frustration of those on the outside:

“We have all worked for the past two years for the promise of a strong deal in Copenhagen to safeguard our future,” he said. “Now it seems you will not get it done. This is unacceptable. We placed our trust in you. You should be ashamed.”

More like this:

YouPhil, 12/18/09
Les dernières heures des militants
Got Vision, 12/19/09
Voices In A Void
Greenhoof, 12/19/09
There Will Be No Decision About Us Without Us

And earlier press:

New England sending a crowd to climate talks
Boston Globe
New England sending a crowd to climate talks
By Beth Daley, Globe Staff
November 20, 2009
“‘Our future is being decided, our voices should be there,’ said Uxbridge resident Lauren Nutter, 21, of College of the Atlantic. Nutter is also representing SustainUS, a youth-led sustainable development group.”

Long lines, disappointment for New Englanders in Copenhagen
Boston Globe
By Beth Daley, Globe Staff
December 16, 2009

Op-ed by Brooke Welty ’11 and COA faculty member Doreen Stabinsky published in COA’s local daily:
Leadership can reverse climate change
Bangor Daily News, 12/16/09

Juan Carlos Soriano featured in El Comercio of Lima, Peru
Cumbre del clima 2009:
La juventud peruana se hace oír en Copenhague
By Erik Struyf Palacios, Special Correspondent
December 16, 2009

Lauren Nutter featured in the Milford Daily News
Former Uxbridge Uxbridge student reports from UN climate conference in Copenhagen
By Lizia Oliveira, GateHouse News Service
December 12, 2009

And again in the Worcester Telegram:
Locals heading to Denmark for climate conference
By Donna Boynton
December 4, 2009

Brooke Welty of Portland, Maine featured on Maine Public radio:
College of The Atlantic Student Headed to Climate Change Summit
By Irwin Gratz
November 26, 2009

and again:
Mainers Heading to Copenhagen to Lobby for Strong Climate Treaty
By Anne Mostue
December 1, 2009

and in the Portland Press Herald:
Mainers heading to Denmark to add their voices to worldwide climate debate
By John Richardson, Staff Writer
December 1, 2009

and again in the Portland Press Herald:
Students take climate fight to global stage
By John Richardson, Staff Writer
November 21, 2009

Read about COA’s delegates in the Boston Globe.

And listen to Brooke Welty on Maine Public Radio – twice! Click here for the long interview;

and here for a follow-up with other Mainers.

Or read about her in the Portland Press Herald.