Respect Our Momma!

What’s up brothers and sistas! Mother Earth’s temperature has increase due to the drastic raise of greenhouse gases! The time is now for us to take a unified stance to call for immediate local and national energy policy changes that reflects a healthy economy, living standards, and the respect and honor we need to give to our mother earth!

We must all remember that the issue of Global Warming is indeed connected to our day-to-day consumption of oil, coal, and gas; and this over consumption also leads to the perpetuation of toxic contamination, relocation, and war in other people’s communities and lands, waters and air!
We must all do our part to Respect & Protect Our Mother Earth!

1. Bringing to light the effects of climate change occurring today in and around indigenous communities!
2. Raising awareness of the unnoticed human rights and environmental degradation violations that indigenous communities have faced by extractive industries for fossil fuel development!
3. Voicing the need to decrease our fossil fuel dependency and uphold sustainable living practices that are rooted in our knowledge as indigenous peoples!

Glossary

Climate change: Refers to changes in long-term trends in the average climate, such as changes in average temperatures.  In IPCC usage, climate change refers to any change in climate over time, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity.  In UNFCCC usage, climate change refers to a change in climate that is attributable directly or indirectly to human activity that alters atmospheric composition.

Global Warming: The progressive gradual rise of the Earth's average surface temperature thought to be caused in part by increased concentrations of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) in the atmosphere.

Greenhouse Effect: The insulating effect of atmospheric greenhouse gases (e.g., water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane,etc.) that keeps the Earth's temperature about 60°F warmer than it would be otherwise.

Greenhouse Gas (GHG): Any gas that contributes to the "greenhouse effect." 

Climate Justice: The impacts of climate change disproportionately targets people of color, indigenous peoples, poor and low-income people, and island and coastal communities throughout the world. The communities hardest hit by climate change is the least responsible for escalation of greenhouse gases.

The Life Cycle

If we take a look at the lifecycle of oil, coal, and gas by,

Exploration -» Extraction -» Transportation -» Combustion -» Refining -» Export -» Waste