THE BAMBOO ARK: EARTH VISION VOYAGE
Delivering Declarations and Commitments From the
Youth of the World
GEOVERSITY'S THE BAMBOO ARK, at venues shared with MINGA Indíga at the Panama Pavilion, Blue Zone and the Tramway. Nov. 1-12
THE GEO 2030 BAMBOO ARK is a global and sustained campaign for biocultural leadership and living design for sustainability in harmony with nature. The debut of the Bamboo Ark taking place at COP 26 in Glasgow is being led by Iniquilipi Chiari, co-founder and first president of the Guna Youth Congress, Micaela Ironshell Dominguez, co-founder and first secretary of the Indigenous Youth Council (North America) and other young Indigenous leaders as a worldwide call to action. Bamboo Ark displays for COP 26 will consist of videos and banners highlighting the Bamboo Ark design process and environmental and cultural background. The centerpiece of the displays will be a 40-square meter rendering of the Bamboo Ark’s sail as a mola (traditional cloth appliqué unique to the Guna people) made by 42 women from Gunayala, one of the three autonomous territories (commarcas) in Panama of the Guna people, with densely populated island communities imperiled by a rising sea.
PARTNERS FOR THE GLOBAL CLIMATE UPRISING FESTIVAL INCLUDE: Geoversity, CityKids, TaskForce, Jakob+MacFarlane, Uili Lousi/OHAI, NASA, Africa Next Gen Climate, Georgetown University, Norwegian-African Business Association (NABA), World YMCA, Sèmè/ The International Knowledge and Innovation City in Benin, ILeadClimate, African Leadership Institute, The Archbishop Tutu Leadership Programme, The Sustainable Design School/George Mason University, Earth Day.Org, and Future Coalition.