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Title – 7074 FIJI: Media Watch director addresses climate vigil to mark independence
Date – 11 October 2010
Byline – Monika Singh
Origin – Pacific Media Watch
Source – The Fiji Times, 11/10/10
Copyright – FT
Status – Unabridged
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CLIMATE VIGIL TO MARK INDEPENDENCE
http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=157742
By Monika Singh
SUVA (The Fiji Times/Pacific Media Watch): A climate vigil was held at the St Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Suva on Saturday night to celebrate Fiji Day and to reflect on the impacts of development on environment.
The vigil was organised by the Pacific Conference of Churches and World Wildlife Fund, the Suva Environment Group and Indyact.
Fiji Media Watch director Agatha Ferei, who was chief guest at the event, said people should take an active role in becoming part of the solution to fight challenges posed by climate change.
Ferei said people could play an active role by being mindful of the type of goods and services they used.
She said the media played an important role in raising awareness on climate change and how people could minimise its impact.
However, she said media reports tend to focus on the negative effects of climate change rather than "what we can do to alleviate the problem".
She said media reports should focus their climate change reports on mass audiences instead of just focussing on a specific audience.
"If there is going to be a change, the change must begin within oneself. And the media have a responsibility to enable this to happen," she said.
Pacific Conference of Churches climate officer Peter Emberson said the event was timely in that it offered "us all with the opportunity to celebrate Fiji Day in prayer but to also call to mind the actions which have led to the destruction of our environment and eco-systems due to our consumption patterns and development priorities".
At the climate vigil, 10 traditional symbols were presented on the altar of which two were an outrigger canoe and a finely woven mat.
"The outrigger symbolised the great wind powered ocean craft that indigenous peoples used to cross the Pacific. Vigil participants were reminded of the opportunities that could be had from harnessing sources of renewable energy and advocating this with our leaders," he said.
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Date – 11 October 2010
Byline – Monika Singh
Origin – Pacific Media Watch
Source – The Fiji Times, 11/10/10
Copyright – FT
Status – Unabridged
----------------------------
* Pacific Media Watch Online - check the website for archive and links:
www.pacmediawatch.aut.ac.nz
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www.pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com
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* Pacific Media Centre on Twitter - http://twitter.com/pacmedcentre
CLIMATE VIGIL TO MARK INDEPENDENCE
http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=157742
By Monika Singh
SUVA (The Fiji Times/Pacific Media Watch): A climate vigil was held at the St Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Suva on Saturday night to celebrate Fiji Day and to reflect on the impacts of development on environment.
The vigil was organised by the Pacific Conference of Churches and World Wildlife Fund, the Suva Environment Group and Indyact.
Fiji Media Watch director Agatha Ferei, who was chief guest at the event, said people should take an active role in becoming part of the solution to fight challenges posed by climate change.
Ferei said people could play an active role by being mindful of the type of goods and services they used.
She said the media played an important role in raising awareness on climate change and how people could minimise its impact.
However, she said media reports tend to focus on the negative effects of climate change rather than "what we can do to alleviate the problem".
She said media reports should focus their climate change reports on mass audiences instead of just focussing on a specific audience.
"If there is going to be a change, the change must begin within oneself. And the media have a responsibility to enable this to happen," she said.
Pacific Conference of Churches climate officer Peter Emberson said the event was timely in that it offered "us all with the opportunity to celebrate Fiji Day in prayer but to also call to mind the actions which have led to the destruction of our environment and eco-systems due to our consumption patterns and development priorities".
At the climate vigil, 10 traditional symbols were presented on the altar of which two were an outrigger canoe and a finely woven mat.
"The outrigger symbolised the great wind powered ocean craft that indigenous peoples used to cross the Pacific. Vigil participants were reminded of the opportunities that could be had from harnessing sources of renewable energy and advocating this with our leaders," he said.
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PACIFIC MEDIA WATCH ONLINE
www.pacmediawatch.aut.ac.nz
PACIFIC MEDIA WATCH is a media and educational resource compiled by the AUT Pacific Media Centre for the Pacific region.
(c)1996-2010 Creative Commons
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Items are provided solely for review purposes as a non-profit educational service. Copyright remains the property of the original producers as indicated in the header. Recipients should seek permission
from the copyright owner for any publishing. Copyright owners not wishing their materials to be posted by PMW please contact us. The views expressed in material listed by PMW are not necessarily the views
of PMW or the Pacific Media Centre.
For further information or joining the Pacific Media Watch listserve, visit:
http://lists.apc.org.au/listinfo.cgi/pacific_media_watch?apc.org.au
Email:
pmc@aut.ac.nz
Fax: (+649) 921 9987
SnailMail: Pacific Media Centre, School of Communication Studies, AUT
University, Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1142, Aotearoa/New Zealand
Website: www.pacmediawatch.aut.ac.nz
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