Climate Witness: Monique Tombo, Madagascar My name is Monique Tombo and I am 35 years old. I am a fisherwoman and live in a wooden house in Ampasindava. My village is next to the sea, within the borders of the new marine National Park of Nosy Hara in northern Madagascar. My wooden house stands on stilts, because we don’t like to sleep on the floor. I have 5 kids. Unfortunately, I have a bad …
Climate Witness: Pak Mat, Malaysia My name is Muhammad bin Mat Zin. I am 60 years old. I was born in Kemasek, a small fishing town in the state of Terengganu, Malaysia. I have lived here for all my life. I was a good student but I had to leave school after Standard 6 (12 years old) because my family was too poor to pay for my education. After leaving school, I became a fisherman. No …
I was born and brought up on my parents’ farm. I inherited the farm from them and now work on the farm on with my husband and child. I have managed it for 5 years now. Apart from working in the farm, I produce and sell bananas, v …
Climate Witness: Be Mangaoka, Madagascar My name is Be Mangaoka and I am 50 years old. I live in the small village of Ankingameloka in the very north of Madagascar. Our village is right next to the Nosy Hara Marine Protected Area. There is no electricity and running water in our village. There is no school or health centre either.
I am a fisherman and a farmer. I collect fish and sea cu …
I am a small scale farmer and I produce and sell bananas, vegetablse and pawpaw fruits. I inherited the rice, vegetable and banana farm from my parents, and I now work the farm with my wife and 10 children.
I was born and brough …
People's Orb on its way to Copenhagen Sydney, Australia: A message for world leaders on the urgency for decisive action on climate changte is on its way to Copenhagen – in the form of The People’s Orb – a shimmering 20cm silver sphere containing a 350 gigabyte mosaic of stories, voices, images and action on climate change collected from around the world .
An initiative of WWF’s Earth …
It always used to rain at Christmas Viterbo, Italy – In Kericho, Kenya, Christmas always used to be celebrated in heavy rain.
“Today, Christmas is usually dry,” said Mrs Nelly Damaris Chepkoskei, a 53 year old farmer who works extensively with the women of her community.
With 10 days to go to the opening of the Copenhagen climate summit, Chepkoskei is one of 10 climate witnesses n …
Climate Witness: Gail Zawacki, USA My name is Gail Zawacki, and for almost 30 years I have lived in western, rural New Jersey, USA. In that time I have planted many gardens, as well as hundreds of saplings in the woods surrounding my little farm.
Until the summer of 2008, I was one of those lucky, oblivious people who believed that though climate change was going to occur, it meant …
Climate Witness: Apa Sherpa, Nepal My name is Apa Sherpa. I am 49 years old and I live in Thame, a village in the Solukhumbu district of Nepal, right on the Everest trail. I’m a mountaineer by profession.
I was born and brought up in Thame and have climbed the mountains in this area for more then twenty years. My parents were yak-herders and farmers, but I went into mountaineering. …
Climate Witness Stories
My name is Monique Tombo and I am 35 years old. I am a fisherwoman and live in a wooden house in Ampasindava. My village is next to the sea, within the borders of the new marine National Park of Nosy Hara in northern Madagascar. My wooden house stands on stilts, because we don’t like to sleep on the floor. I have 5 kids. Unfortunately, I have a bad …
My name is Muhammad bin Mat Zin. I am 60 years old. I was born in Kemasek, a small fishing town in the state of Terengganu, Malaysia. I have lived here for all my life. I was a good student but I had to leave school after Standard 6 (12 years old) because my family was too poor to pay for my education. After leaving school, I became a fisherman. No …
My name is Siwema Prosper . I am 29 years old and I live in Kisiwani village in Mangula area of Morogoro in Tanzania.
I was born and brought up on my parents’ farm. I inherited the farm from them and now work on the farm on with my husband and child. I have managed it for 5 years now. Apart from working in the farm, I produce and sell bananas, v …
My name is Be Mangaoka and I am 50 years old. I live in the small village of Ankingameloka in the very north of Madagascar. Our village is right next to the Nosy Hara Marine Protected Area. There is no electricity and running water in our village. There is no school or health centre either.
I am a fisherman and a farmer. I collect fish and sea cu …
Longido, Tanzania – Life used to be good, according to Kariungi Leng’ese, a Maasai elder in northern Tanzania.
“When I was young, we never had droughts like this. Life was good,” he said. “Nowadays, things are really tough. It never rains enough now.”
Cattle are the main source of food and wealth for the Maasai, who led semi-nomadic lives i …
My name is Timothy Laurent . I am 58 years old and I live in Mgudeni Village in the Mangula area of Morogoro, Tanzania.
I am a small scale farmer and I produce and sell bananas, vegetablse and pawpaw fruits. I inherited the rice, vegetable and banana farm from my parents, and I now work the farm with my wife and 10 children.
I was born and brough …
Sydney, Australia: A message for world leaders on the urgency for decisive action on climate changte is on its way to Copenhagen – in the form of The People’s Orb – a shimmering 20cm silver sphere containing a 350 gigabyte mosaic of stories, voices, images and action on climate change collected from around the world .
An initiative of WWF’s Earth …
Viterbo, Italy – In Kericho, Kenya, Christmas always used to be celebrated in heavy rain.
“Today, Christmas is usually dry,” said Mrs Nelly Damaris Chepkoskei, a 53 year old farmer who works extensively with the women of her community.
With 10 days to go to the opening of the Copenhagen climate summit, Chepkoskei is one of 10 climate witnesses n …
My name is Gail Zawacki, and for almost 30 years I have lived in western, rural New Jersey, USA. In that time I have planted many gardens, as well as hundreds of saplings in the woods surrounding my little farm.
Until the summer of 2008, I was one of those lucky, oblivious people who believed that though climate change was going to occur, it meant …
My name is Apa Sherpa. I am 49 years old and I live in Thame, a village in the Solukhumbu district of Nepal, right on the Everest trail. I’m a mountaineer by profession.
I was born and brought up in Thame and have climbed the mountains in this area for more then twenty years. My parents were yak-herders and farmers, but I went into mountaineering. …