Anti-nuclear activists give talk in Durban
Earthlife Africa and South Durban Community Environmental Alliance (SDCEA) invites the public to hear from two anti-nuclear activists from Russia and the US.
THE public is invited to a talk on the future of nuclear energy, entitled Anti-nuclear activism in Russia, the US and around the world, on Saturday 16 September at St Paul’s Church, 161 Monty Naicker Road, Durban Central (opposite the Workshop) from 4pm to 6.30pm.
Earthlife Africa and South Durban Community Environmental Alliance (SDCEA) invites the public to hear from two anti-nuclear activists from Russia and the US, Vladimir Slivyak and Chris Williams, who will share their experience fighting nuclear power and talk about the situation in their countries and across the world.
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Various countries have been phasing out nuclear energy and they will share why people are resisting nuclear power and how they manage to successfully stop the construction of nuclear reactors.
Slivyak is with the Russian environmental organisation Ecodefense, and has been an environmental and energy activist since 1989.
He was principal organiser for various campaigns in Russia and abroad which succeeded in halting construction of nuclear reactors and international transportation of nuclear waste, and has been teaching environmental policy in one of Russia’s leading universities – the Higher School of Economics – since 2015.
Slivyak has provided policy advice to members of parliaments and governments in Russia, Germany and other countries. Slivyak has been involved in the campaign against new nuclear reactors in South Africa since 2015.
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Chris Williams of Hancock, Vermont, USA, is a long time sustainable energy policy activist. He is currently Vermont organiser for the Citizens Awareness Network. For 18 years he was the executive director for Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana, a not-for-profit consumer and environmental advocacy organisation. He currently serves as board chair of the Nuclear Information and Research Service.
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