{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"350 Indonesia","provider_url":"https:\/\/350.org\/id","author_name":"D\u00e9bora Gastal","author_url":"https:\/\/350.org\/id\/author\/debora\/","title":"Connecting the Dots from Mythology to Reality","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"z0yroAGKl2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/350.org\/id\/connecting-dots-mythology-reality\/\">Connecting the Dots from Mythology to Reality<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/350.org\/id\/connecting-dots-mythology-reality\/embed\/#?secret=z0yroAGKl2\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Connecting the Dots from Mythology to Reality&#8221; &#8212; 350 Indonesia\" data-secret=\"z0yroAGKl2\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/350.org\/id\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"If history used to repeat itself, now its speeding up. I wanted to talk to my friend Papa, who lives in Kenya, today about his upcoming action for Connect the Dots. But he said he couldn't talk, it was raining too hard, so we chatted on Facebook instead. Around our chat box, were typical facebook pictures of friends relaxing in the sun, gathered around a table or drinking a bit too much. His words cut through them like lightning. I felt I could hear the rain pounding on the thin metal roof.I don't know where he is right now, he had to sign off. They had to move to higher ground.Papa is a dancer, choreographer and climate organizer in Kenya. He uses movement as a way to understand and share what is happening around him. Currently he is the choreographer and assistant director for Ondieki the Fisherman, Kenya's first opera. The piece will be performed on May 5th. As his contribution to the Connect The Dots project, Papa has choreographed a series of circular motions and lighting forms into the fabric of the piece.In the opera, Papa sees a contemporary commentary on climate change. Just minutes ago Papa told me, \u201cThe story is set in the shores of Lake Victoria and touches on the life of the fishermen. The major character is a lazy and careless fisherman who doesn't care about the storm and warnings of his elders. In the end the major character drowns and dies in the lake. Flood sweeps the populace and people mourn for the loss.\u201d Two minutes later he wrote \u201cAs I write this now, I am at a friend's who lives near a river. The river has just blown the wall and the whole floor is water. I wonder how we gonna sleep.\u201dThe parable of the story was arriving upon his doorstep. Kenya, like much of Africa is ahead of its times climatically. Effects that are predicted to come in 20 years for much of the world are already making life much harder in much of Africa. Extreme droughts, melting glaciers, floods, desertification, and other impacts are becoming the norm in Africa \u2013 the continent that has done the least to cause the impacts it is now experiencing. Injustice grows."}