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Native elders, scientists talk action, plans for fighting climate change in Alaska villages
2016-06-26 06:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fairbanks Daily: The group of Alaska Natives sat in a circle inside the log hall and recounted the signs of climate change theyve seen in their corners of the state. There was no snow on the ground until November in Hooper Bay last year. Only ice, said Gladys Hale-Abraham, which provided broken bones for the elderly or young children who took tumbles on the frozen paths. Beverly Hugo, of Barrow, was laid up over last winter with a broken ankle from a slip and fall after unusual winter rains turned walkways to...
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"We were waiting for our deaths" - Kenyan widows saved by tribal elders
2016-06-23 00:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: "We were waiting for our deaths" - Kenyan widows saved by tribal elders Bangladesh declares lightning strikes a disaster as deaths surge From cleaning corpses to sex with strangers, widow rituals fuel disease in Africa Centuries-old African soil technique could combat climate change - scientists Branded witches and cursed by spirits, Kenyan widows ousted from land Kenyan law grants widows the right to live on their late husbands' property until they die, but poor women are often evicted...
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Elders in Action 3rd Annual "Silver: Your Night to Shine"
2016-04-26 01:02:28| PortlandOnline
Last Friday, Nick was honored to attend the Elders in Actions 3rd Annual Silver: Your Night to Shine extravaganza.
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Elders In Action Program Summary
2015-12-21 20:46:27| PortlandOnline
Program summary document in the ONI Budget binders distributed to participants PDF Document, 252kbCategory: ONI Budget Orientation Handouts
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New documentary recounts bizarre climate changes seen by Inuit elders
2015-11-22 05:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: Even stranger is the fact that the sun now appears to set many kilometres off its usual point on the horizon, and the stars are no longer where they should be. Is the Earth shifting on its axis, causing the very look of the sun and stars to change? These are the drastic conditions Northern Canadians, whose lives depend from childhood on their knowledge of the most minute details of the Arctic land and skies, say they see all around them. These observations by Inuit elders are detailed in a groundbreaking...
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