Kellan Lyman

sustainable development | environmental advocacy | Philippines and New Orleans

[Alligator Museum @GatorMuseum]

Introducing the #MardiGatorContest!

Share your favorite photo featuring a festive alligator for a chance to win a private tour inside the Great American Alligator Museum and a piece of Alligator King (https://t.co/aFc9zAYkNS) merch!

[Kellan Lyman @kellanlyman]

Indigenous people killed by the #Philippine army for opposing a #coffee plantation. Another case in the recurring trend of valuing #agribusiness or #pollution-related profits over #indigenous_peoples and #humanrights https://t.co/rkQ53aA8XI

[Global Witness @Global_Witness]

At least 207 #EnvironmentDefenders were brutally murdered in 2017 – the deadliest year on record, with the rising death toll linked to demand for consumer goods like coffee, bananas and palm oil.

For the full picture see our report #AtWhatCost https://t.co/gWS9lWwVEF

[Kellan Lyman @kellanlyman]

Of all the environmental defenders killed since 2009, only 13% of the murders had judicial action taken.

[Kellan Lyman @kellanlyman]

48 of the 207 environmental defenders killed in 2017 were in the Philippines. https://t.co/8v85U2qGxK

[Global Witness @Global_Witness]

#Agribusiness has become the most dangerous sector for #EnvironmentDefenders, with 46 of the 207 activists killed last year having protested against palm oil, coffee, fruit & sugar cane plantations, as well as cattle ranching. #AtWhatCost

https://t.co/xeMEPs93y5

[Leau Est La Vie Camp @NoBayouBridge]

We've been told that a cutter is on the way to clear trees at the site of the aerial blockade. CALL the St. Martin Sheriffs and demand that they back off, not attempt a dangerous extraction, and let our support people stay on site: 337-394-3071 #NoBayouBridge #StopETP

[Kellan Lyman @kellanlyman]

Inspiring article about the benefit of a carbon offset project in Colombia beyond the cash: community empowerment, legal knowledge & forest benefits #REDD #Carbon #Carbonoffset #carbonneutral https://t.co/mQ2ZAEadWx

[Kellan Lyman @kellanlyman]

A small #Episcopal church in rural #Philippines journeys to #selfreliance to generate all its own operating expenses, while hosting #livelihood activities for members to increase their income! #ABCD #Intldev #devph #development #Anglican https://t.co/d95ydZuyT7

[Bill McKibben @billmckibben]

Crazy radicals at, um, Scientific American call for end to investment in new pipelines. Due to science.
https://t.co/M5m7RDhCOq

[Leau Est La Vie Camp @NoBayouBridge]

BREAKING. Deep in the Atchafalaya Basin, one of the largest swamps in North America, aerial blockades have been set up directly on the path of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline. Water protectors are currently occupying multiple tree-sits. #NoBayouBridge #RiseTogether #Resist

[Kellan Lyman @kellanlyman]

@NoBayouBridge your courage is inspiring! #NoBayouBridge

[Leau Est La Vie Camp @NoBayouBridge]

For the third time in two weeks, a key Bayou Bridge drill site has been shut down. Two people have locked to a vehicle, blocking all access to the site. #NoBayouBridge #StopETP #GiveStJamesAWayOut

[Kellan Lyman @kellanlyman]

Who could think pine, hardwoods & saplings can be swapped in for 1000 year old cypresses in swamp wetlands?! #BayouBridge & Army Corps show lack of (or disregard for) knowledge of #wetlands or #environmentalethic #NoBayouBridge

https://t.co/Ler8D8G10Z

[Kellan Lyman @kellanlyman]

Worrisome... Sri Lanka seeks to "replicate success" of Duterte's war on drugs https://t.co/VeaBTDITvN

[Kellan Lyman @kellanlyman]

Crazy. Attacks on the #Episcopal Church in the #Philippines' partner church's development workers by the gov https://t.co/Upyml6YWb0

[Kellan Lyman @kellanlyman]

Reading the CIA World Factbook in preparation for hosting participants from Myanmar & Mexico for E-CARE's cooperative development training the next 2 weeks!

[Kellan Lyman @kellanlyman]

There are 600,000+ #IDPs and nearly 1,000,000 #stateless persons in #Myanmar. The #Rohingyas were stripped of their #citizenship by a law in 1982, a root cause of the #ethniccleansing crisis going on now.

[Kellan Lyman @kellanlyman]

#Didyouknow that #Myanmar (#Burma) was part of #India during British occupation? They gained their independence in 1948. #FunFacts

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And 70% of the #Myanmar people sustain their livelihoods through #agriculture. (Compare that to 30% in the #Philippines). #Funfacts #didyouknow

[Kellan Lyman @kellanlyman]

#Didyouknow Only 25% of Myanmar's population uses internet?? #Burma #Myanmar #RandomFacts