Earth Equity News

Activists in Lebanon Urge Region's Leaders to Quit Fighting and Unite against Climate Change. Posted by Shadia Wood, ItsGettingHotinHere.org, August 15, 2008. "On July 8th, 2008, IndyAct… took to the beach in Beirut… to demand their newly elected government do something about climate change. The event… [involved] 75 activists, representing a multitude of organizations and civic society associations, [who] formed a human line in the face of rising sea levels… Their banner… read, 'Unite in the Face of Climate Change,' [and was meant to urge Arab] decision-makers… to stop fighting amongst each other and unite in the fight against climate change which threatens Lebanon, the Arab region and the entire world… A student from the American University of Beirut… said to the Daily Star Press, 'Lebanese and Arabs in general have a cultural tendency to not really care about large environmental issues, and don't seem willing or prepared to deal with them, that is what this is all about.'"