Photo Essay: Old Paris

The holidays were spent running around Paris - exploring crypts, Medieval churches, architectural flourishes centuries old. History is alive again...

all images ©Bennett Barthelemy

Photo Essay: COP21 December 11

The deadline for a climate deal is slated for 24 hours...

I spent 10 days in Paris attending events, round tables and art installations in the Green Zone and elsewhere throughout the city and remain encouraged... All images ©Bennett Barthelemy

Indigenous Voices at COP 21

A day of sage and prayers, drums, flutes, banners, and paddling of the Seine River by indigenous from both North and South America. A press conference of indigenous activists giving voice to the rights of the earth... images ©Bennett Barthelemy

Indigenous leaders from South America and the Amazon at a press conference yesterday.

Canoes To Paris

Photo Essay: Paris December 5th, 2015 COP21

It was a good day to attend the Paris Climate talks... It has been great having a partner to shoot/write/interview and film with...

Corinne pedals to create the energy to charge the cell phone

Pedalling to run the blenders for the fresh juice

My new friend, a newsman from Cameroon that asked me to film him

An interview at the Blue Zone of Nina Gualinga, indigenous rights activist for the Sarayaku people of the Ecuadorean Amazon.

Bicycles and Climate: A Photo Essay

Copenhagen has a reputation of being perhaps the most bicycle friendly city in the world.

As we roll forward into a super-heated world, as COP21 looms ahead and the chance at an international agreement to better realize divesting ourselves globally of the fossil fuels, I quite enjoy surrounding myself with bicycles and not driving a car anymore.

Rain, nightfall, rush hour, being dressed up or even wearing a dress... Rarely seems to slow the steady flow of bicycles.

Bicycles are a ubiquitous part of society here with an infrastructure that promotes bicycle safety and their use with wide dedicated lanes. When going to an event it will list where the nearest car parking and bicycle parking is located.

I am told that to buy a car in Denmark you must be prepared to roughly pay 200 percent tax on it.

At a meeting in Copehangen a few days ago hosted by the French Embassy in Copenhagen, the European Parliament's Office, Nyt Europa to help educate French Citizens living in Denmark on the issues that will be raised at the climate talks at COP21 it was stressed that the actions will largely come from the bottom upward. "You cannot come to the COP without first changing in your own home." Martin Lidegaard - Former Minister of Climate, Energy and Building for Denmark

"66 percent of citizens globally view that adapting policy for climate change will improve their quality of life." Bjørn Bedsted - Head of Danish Board of Technology International

"No climate models look good. Action is urgent - If we decide not to do anything for 25 years it will be too late. It is technologically feasible and economically viable." Dr. Jean Jouzel - IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)

I am excited to have the opportunity to go to the climate talks in Paris next month... 

All images ©Bennett Barthelemy 2015