Dec. 4 sunday 2011
Jordan and I are really close cousin’s we grew up together. we have same friends. We hang out most of the day and spent time with our family. We like to work together and help each other.
Jordan and I Are in Durban for the last 2 days now. On our way to Durban we had like 30 Hours of flight, We spent time in london UK. for 10hr. We stayed in the air-port and chill there.
On our first day on durban we were so tired of traveling and needed a fresh air. when we landed we went to go get our press passes and we to a place where we stayed ( tekweni backpackers.) this is a canadian owner who lives in Durban. where we stay is so nice it’s has a taste of South Africa, there’s pool. and ball pool.
on our second day we set up our booth, (Inuit youth delegations) We put some pictures, poster, map of Nunavut.
when we finish our booth there were number of people who ask questions and some of them didn’t know who we were first i said were Inuit he didn’t understand and second i said were Eskimo he still didn’t understand who wew were so we showed him pictures of Inuit.
we are here to talk about our Elders perspective on climate change and to show that we care about climate change.
On November 9. 2011. Jordan and i attended a conference in Yellowknife NT. the conference we attended was about climate change. There were People all over the north and some people from South.
Jordan and I Enjoy every minute of our time in yellowknife and gain more Experience of Climate change from youth and Elders from yellowknife.
I would love to share this photo that we took on our last day in yellowknife it’s a peace sign and An elder: Charlie Snowshoe, standing in the middle.
I Interview My Grandpa. James Konek about Inuit Health and Climate change. James has been telling me stories about his life time when he was a young boy even before i join this Project he has told me some stories How inuit lived and survived in the arctic. My grandpa had said that Inuit use to be healthy, but they also be hungry at times. Inuit Survived by folloing the Animals around them mostly caribou and some fishing spots where they can catch fish to survive when there are no caribou around the area during the winter time.
When i intervied my grandpa i ask him some questions about what he has notice about the changing climate change in the Arctic. He said that he has been watching the weather since he learn how to perdect the weather what is the weather going to be like the next day. He said that Inuit use to look at the sky to see how the weather is going to be like the next day. One thing he said was that the weather is warmer now and less blizzareds in Arviat. Normally when theres blizzard the houses across the street is usaly Not visable and the wind would be srtonger, there would be 1 week of srotms and be really cold. James said that for the last 2 years there hasn’t really been a blizzard in Arviat, he said that the weather has change a lot and it’s getting harder to perdict the weather. another thing he said about the moon, the moon use to go dissapare at the same spot for a very long time but now the moon is moving more oval, and move wider and it’s apparing a little bit longer. like not it how is used to be.
Hearing my grandpa’s telling his stories are wonderful and has done many things in liofe and know so much about (Inuit Qauyimayatukagit - inuit traditional Knowladge) he has been teaching me and jordan a lot of thing a told us how it was like to live in the land.
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What i have learn about COP17 in Durban South Africa by reading the website is that The COP17 is all about Climate change and Health it’s all about trying to do better with our environment. there are going to be a lot of people from all around the world sharing their own perspective and knowledge from their own Tradition and culture, some are going to talk about what they have learn about climate change and how human health is slowly being affected by the pollution in the atmosphere from all the gas that has being use in the earth. there are going to be all kinds of business owners all kinds of Researchers and big projects and small projects all over the world.
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