{"id":514,"date":"2020-07-20T15:27:54","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T19:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/climatez\/?page_id=514"},"modified":"2023-07-12T13:41:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T17:41:39","slug":"climate-advocacy-activism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/climatez\/what\/climate-advocacy-activism\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Advocacy &amp; Activism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/climatez\/what\/\" title=\"WHAT\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\tWHAT\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h1>\n<h2>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/climatez\/what\/\" title=\"Do We Do?\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\tDo We Do?\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h2>\n<h3>\n\t\tClimate Advocacy and Activism\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>We hold collaborative workshops with women and youth to develop climate smart policies and strategies\u00a0<\/p>\n\t<h4><b>Land &amp; Water Rights Workshop<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>To review rights &amp; practices of water user groups for sharing water and managing irrigation channels<\/li>\n<li>To develop watershed management plans for villages and regional collaborations<\/li>\n<li>To get funding for creating artificial glaciers, ice stupas, or modifying irrigation channels to enhance water supply\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/climatez\/files\/2020\/08\/garkyid-2watering-169x300.jpeg\" alt=\"garkyid-2watering\" height=\"300\" width=\"169\" title=\"garkyid-2watering\" \/>\n\t<h4><b>Seed Bank Workshop<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>To bring together women from different valleys and microclimates across Zangskar to exchange heirloom seeds, root stocks, tree cuttings, &amp; newer agrarian techniques<\/li>\n<li>To strategize and share knowledges around the introduction of new crops such as apples, apricots, pulses, &amp; other vegetables that can improve local food security<\/li>\n<li>To help foster exchange of agrarian, pastoral, and other food production strategies and skills<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/climatez\/files\/2020\/08\/karsha-seed-bank-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"karsha-seed bank\" height=\"1707\" width=\"2560\" title=\"karsha-seed bank\" \/>\n\t<h4><b>Climate Smart Policy Workshop<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>To present climate smart policy recommendations that help Zangskari villagers prepare for increased aridity and future disruptions<\/li>\n<li>To help villages develop disaster risk reduction plans and strategies to help mitigate effects of landslides, flooding, locus outbreaks, &amp; other disasters. <\/li>\n<li>To develop proposals for creating artificial glaciers, ice stupas, irrigation channels, and other methods of enhancing existing irrigation water availability in Zangskar. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/climatez\/files\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-20-at-4.04.51-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2020-07-20 at 4.04.51 PM\" height=\"602\" width=\"890\" title=\"Screen Shot 2020-07-20 at 4.04.51 PM\" \/>\n\t\t<h3>Find out ways for you to be involved with this project!<\/h3>\n\t\t<blockquote data-secret=\"w9tWIuXY5N\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/communications.williams.edu\/news-releases\/1_23_2020_gutschow\/\">Williams College Anthropologist Receives National Geographic Society Grant to Support Climate Change Research and Advocacy<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/climatez\/you\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGet Involved! \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT Do We Do? 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