Today we had our orientation and then went to the Interfaith Rallye. Although attendance was disappointing, the rally was very interesting. Our signs ended up on the news and there were some interesting speeches. The most exciting and random thing though was that as Archbishop Desmond Tutu walked past me there was a brief break in the crowd of the media scrum so that he could see me and he smiled at me! I couldn't believe it.
It was also amusing to hear Archbishop Tutu speak - he has the most incredible sense of humour. I was intrigued/disturbed a bit though by the tendency of some of the speakers to be a bit fire and brimstone about the rich and their sins. While developed countries certainly have a lot to answer for I am not sure if this was constructive.
After the rally and the concert - good music- we had some trouble finding our bus so we all got drenched, which was a bit funny.
For more on Archbishop Tutu's speech and the rally see:
Video of the interfaith rally made by participants of the WCC-LWF Youth for Eco-Justice training coinciding with COP17
http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/science/environment/tutu-calls-for-unity-in-climate-battle-1.1187232?ot=inmsa.ArticlePrintPageLayout.ot
http://www.oikoumene.org/en/news/news-management/eng/a/article/1634/religious-voices-advocate.html
In memory of Steven M. Wise
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