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September 24, 2005
"Oh, it's Greenpeace!"
Saturday 24th Saturday
We are at Tel Aviv Port in the morning to prepare the exhibition and the bar for the solar shakes. Solar shakes are a nice way to show people how solar energy can be used. The exhibition is being set up to inform people about renewable energy. There is also another stand for the fundraising activities. Many volunteers are working so hard to prepare everything, informing people. People are able to relax, chat, lounge on cushions and eat some extremely tasty food prepared by bedevi people under a bedevi tent. A man comes near the stand and after seeing the banners, says enthusiastically: "Oh, it's Greenpeace!" This sentence explains the feeling of people, the kind success of Greenpeace's long history... Small kids come to drink solar shake under sun and asks how we use solar energy. Meanwhile Greenpeace videos are being broadcast in the exhibition tent and people are watching it attentively. And all these signs show us that these open days will work! First open day is quite peaceful and successful!
Nilli has just updated me that someone who works with the commission for future generations has popped by. Israel is one of the few countries in the world that has such a position in their government and they are responsible for looking at issues that will affect our children and their children etc. Climate change is an urgent issue that will have a huge long term impact on peoples lives all over the world and decisions taken today on dirty fossil fuel plants today will also stay with us for about 40 years. The lady will come and speak to us again tomorrow- this is hopefully a good sign for moving energy issues up the political agenda.
Donna Mattfield
Posted by Hussein at September 24, 2005 12:30 AM