Following the success of his presentation / move ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ Al Gore has released another similar video presentation.
In order to become optimistic (about climate change) we need to become incredibly active citizens in our democracy. In order to solve the climate crisis we need to solve the democracy crisis.
All week we’ve been practicing our waiata in preparation for the arrival of the Rainbow Warrior. We have a song written by people here in the office a few years ago.
People come and go but there’s always enough of the old hands to pass the tune on to the new folk. I have to confess I’m not a keen singer (or a good one) but, despite my grumbling on the way down the stairs for our morning practice, I always enjoy it. Add the Haka to the mix and you almost don’t need a coffee to start the day. Almost.
Right now I have a ragged voice, bruised thighs and a stretched jandal but the practice is definitely worth it if we’re going to do this in public!
Our waitata speaks of Greenpeace, the people who are Greenpeace, the work we’ve done, our kaupapa and our history. We wrote it with the help of a very wise old woman known as Aunty Vepy. What seemed to me an almost impossible task actually came together with almost spooky ease. From memory it took a short session on the whiteboard and then some rather skilful arranging by from Aunty Vapi, a few simple chords on the guitar and hey presto there it was - a surprisingly very well formed little waiata all of our own.
It’s called nau Mai Piki Mai - here’s the words - maybe you can sing along some time.
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