People's Health Hearing 2021

Submitted by Malungelo Xhakaza, Global Witness

Africa, KwaZulu Natal Province – South Africa, South Africa

Environmental Defenders: My Mother's Struggle Lives On – Malungelo Xhakaza | People's Health Hearing

Malungelo Xhakaza, anti-coal activist and daughter of MCEJO organiser Fikile Ntshangase, discusses the impact of a new coal mine on her community, including contaminated water, livestock deaths, violation of rights, building damage and ideological divisions.

saveourwilderness.org

SEED IS POWER

Submitted by AGrowing Culture

Africa

LISTEN TO US

SEED IS POWER is a campaign to unite against the corporatization of seed, and assert African seed sovereignty.

Watch all the short films in this playlist.

SEED IS POWER is led by the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) and supported by A Growing Culture. his campaign is hosted by the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa and A Growing Culture. AFSA is comprised of more than 30 African civil society organizations, and echoes the voices of 200 million family farmers, pastoralists, fisherfolk, faith-based groups and Indigenous communities in the fight for food sovereignty and agroecology.

Gender and the Anthropocene

Submitted by Julie Coombes Tricia Hazeleger Dr Elizabeth Orr, Eastern Domestic Violence Outreach Service, School of Social Work, Monash University, Department of Social Work, School of Health Sciences University of Melbourne.

Australia, Canada, New Zealand

Gender and the Anthropocene – Lizz Orr | People's Health Hearing

Deadly Air

Submitted by Nozuko Poni, Centre for Environmental Rights, Life after Coal

South Africa

17 May 2021: NGO’s, civil society and concerned citizens from affected areas protest outside the Pretoria High Court at the commencement of the Deadly Air hearings regarding the poor air quality in the Highveld Priority Area. Photograph by Daylin Paul

People’s Health Hearing LIVE — Session 4

Listener’s Reflections with Tatiana Garavito, Ken Henshaw, Rosalinda “Maan” Tablang, Tammam Aloudat, Kanahus Manuel and Noemí Gualinga.

Amazon, Ecuador, First Nations territory, Niger Delta, Philippines, Syria, UK

Session 4 – People's Health Hearing: Health Justice Means Climate Justice, at COP26 People's Summit

Listener’s Reflections

Abi Deivanayagam from Race & Health and Ben Eder from Medact facilitated the closing session of the People’s Health Hearing. We welcomed all of the listener’s to share their reflection from the testimonies they heard throughout the day and from the online gallery, weaving in their own stories of resistance and visions for justice. Tatiana Garavito closed the hearing with an invitation to hold an object that will support us to remember the stories we shared and listened to together.

Day for Tomorrow: Differently-abled individual’s thoughts on climate change

Submitted by Marcalee Alexander, The Journal of Climate Change and Health

Birmingham Alabama, USA

Day for Tomorrow – Sustain Our Abilities | People's Health Hearing

This video portrays people with disabilities from three continents, and professionals working in rehabilitation. It introduces the idea of the “Day for Tomorrow” as a sister to earth day.

www.journals.elsevier.com/the-journal-of-climate-change-and-health

Teatime: food for when you’re feeling down

Submitted by Eleanor Begley, National Food Service London

London, UK

Teatime: food for when you're feeling down – National Food Strategy | People's Health Hearing

Eleanor Begley is an artist and researcher working on people-centred storytelling on climate and food justice.

www.instagram.com/el_begley
https://nationalfoodservice.uk

People’s Health Hearing LIVE — Session 2

With John Leo Algo, Mulindwa Patrick Hans, Simmone Ahiaku, Julia Avila and Melvine Otieno.

Africa, Amazon, London, Philippines, South Africa, Uganda, UK

Session 2 – People's Health Hearing: Health Justice Means Climate Justice, at COP26 People's Summit

In session 2, Simmone Ahiaku, John Leo Algo, Mulinda Patrick Hans, Julia Avila and Melvine Otieno shared their testimonies from the UK, the Philippines, Uganda, Brazil and Kenya. The session was facilitated by Sophie Gepp from Health for Future and Amit Singh from Students for Global Health. To close, Tammam Aloudat and Noemi Gualinga shared their reflections as Listeners.

Coal, a silent killer: dispersion of air pollution from coal power plants to 61 mega cities

Submitted by C40 Cities & CREA

Global

[Austin] Coal-Free Cities: the health and economic case for a clean energy revolution.

This library of videos show the dispersion of air pollution from coal power plants to 61 mega cities.

www.c40knowledgehub.org/s/article/Coal-free-cities-the-health-and-economic-case-for-a-clean-energy-revolution