Gulahallat Eatnamiin / WE SPEAK EARTH / Sara Marielle Gaup Beaska

In the arctic where the Sámi people, an indigenous people in northern Europe, live, has the temperature already risen by 1,5 degrees. If we don´t manage to stop global warming and if climate change is allowed to continue, it means the end of us. This yoik came to traditional sámi singer Sara Marielle Gaup Beaska, as she was thinking about the climate change and global warming that threatens the way of life of her people. She will therefor take the yoik with her for the COP21 meeting, which is to be held in Paris later this year. Yoiking is the traditional chanting of the Sámi people. By the yoik you may picture feelings, persons, animals, landscapes, climate and weathers or what ever you want. The yoik can be a really strong power and if we multiply that power together, we can reach all the way into the hearts of the world leaders. Let´s build pressure towards the politicians negotiating our future - here are two things you can do: Go to Paris and join the mass action on December 12th: d12.paris Film yourself performing this yoik and share it widely. WE SPEAK EARTH! Disconnectedness, it´s all about that we have lost the connection. Connection with life, the land itself and each other. When we do not have the connection with the Earth, we don´t love, respect or listen to it. The natural world is being destroyed and that is causing even more disconnections. Because of the thousands of years of symbiosis with the Earth, we still speak “Earth”. We still are in dialogue with the Earth. Earth informs us how to live here. It gives everything we need to survive. According to our knowledge: if nature is not kept healthy, humans don´t survive. We cannot keep waiting. We have being waiting for too long. The time for change is today and there is no change without protest – so resist, protect, react, mobilize and challenge. How the world will be in the future is up to us, here and now. So listen to us, because we still speak Earth. Read more at the Fossil Free blog: http://gofossilfree.org/se/skillshare/ "Váldit geađggi gihtii ja doallat dan čorpma siste dassážii go dat álgá coahkkit, eallit, hupmat ja lihkadit" Áillohaš Nils Aslak Valkeapää