There is
so much to write about from my first few days in Paris…but I am going to focus
on the irony present in so many moments so far. I think finding irony in moments
helps me to shape my expectations and find the humor in serious situations.
Here are my favorite ironic moments so far:
-At
Sciences Po in the high tech and expensive Media Lab…our main speakers power point
didn’t work and they couldn’t get it to project on the main screen. Their
expertise and knowledge of their topics was amazing and I was so glad to hear
the information. But not to have the media available in the Media Lab? Ironic.
-During
Jon Church’s talk he discussed how it was George W Bush’s inaction and the US’
inability to ratify the Kyoto protocol that propelled a lot of Europe into
action on climate change. I wonder if anyone if anyone has ever told W about
those unintended consequences!!
-At the
Climate Generation area, there were a number of people purchasing water in
plastic bottles. How are we ever going to create real change if we can’t even
convince the people at the conference that is a bad idea??
-Kari
also brought up the major financial sponsors of the conference, including Air
France, EDF, and BNP, all major polluters or power companies or financial
institutions. I found more on the possibility of ‘greenwashing’ in this
article: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/43986518-9426-11e5-b190-291e94b77c8f.html
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