During the launch event, 21-year-old Scottish activist Lauren Macdonald, who last month challenged the CEO of Shell to his face onstage at the Ted Countdown Summit, spoke of the importance of cultivating hope.
Building new roads was one of the WPA's main outlets, along with constructing public buildings, airports and parks. Roosevelt: FDR set up the Works Progress Administration to put the unemployed back to work.
I found it touching to observe the tenderness of the ritual, which showed a respect for the dignity of all people coming to Glasgow -- not just the dignitaries. On Sunday, the COP26 coalition -- a collection of civil society groups organizing for climate justice -- held its own opening event on the sidelines of the summit. It was followed by a ceremony in which Scottish children washed the feet of visiting Indigenous elders to rid them of the dust of their journey.
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