Artists Raise Their Brushes For A Fair, Effective Global Climate Change Regime
Artists and Campaigners created a ‘Canvas For Climate Change’ at a function organized by Oxfam India in New Delhi, The message will be sent to UN Global Climate Change talks in Poznan, Poland in December 2008.
India (PRunderground) November 10, 2008 – “We hope this canvas will take with it India’s message to the UN Global climate change talks in Poznan, Poland this December and help the world to get its right shade of green” said Mr. Dharmendra Rathore, a noted painter, at ‘Canvas For Climate Change’ a function organised by Oxfam India at Ansal Plaza, New Delhi here today. Other eminent artists who lent their brushes, hands, music and voices to the cause included Mr. Binoy Varghese, Pratul Dash, Gagan Vig, Sarla Chandra, Joyattam Dutta Roy, Sajit C. Neelakandan, Katia, Mir Imtiaz, Gautam Gosh and his band of musicians.
“Oxfam India is actively campaigning on climate change because its impacts are being felt first and foremost by poor people with whom Oxfam works” said Ms. Nisha Agarwal, CEO Oxfam India “Oxfam’s campaign mobilizes people’s support to the cause and lobbies with the government to take urgent action to invest in adapting to climate change and follow a low carbon growth path.”
Climate change is having a devastating effect on our food basket. In Himachal Pradesh, rising temperatures are causing apples yields to fall as farmers are shifting to other crops. Apple orchards are shifting to cooler villages in higher altitudes, new infrastructure has to be developed and apples have to travel longer distances to urban markets. Similar fall in yields of ground nut crops and wheat, due to climate change, have also been reported in other parts of India.
“Climate change is a people’s issue” said Gautam Gosh as he captivated audiences with his music “Can you do something for your mother (earth)? People around the world have shown that any, Any dream can be fulfilled if we work towards it. I am here to fulfill my dream of making my mother earth a better place to live in.”
“Once you bake the soil it cannot be the same anymore, it is true about the climate and environment also. As an artist and a human being I feel responsible and am here to support this cause and ensure that our children get a better earth to live on” said Mr. Shafi Quraishy, a renowned painter from Delhi.
Oxfam India urges the community to be the change by reducing our individual contribution to the green house gas emission by conserving energy and water, taking the train instead of the plane, pool our car rides to school and office, use energy efficient appliances, recycle our waste, donate, share and reuse where we can and say no to plastics.
Oxfam India works towards putting an end to poverty and injustice. For over 50 years, Oxfam has been actively partnering with communities and like minded organisations to bring in a global movement of change. Oxfam India is a part of Oxfam International, which works in over 110 countries on issues related to people living in poverty and helping them take control of their lives.
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