Green Finger Crazy

I’m loving what I can do with iMovie.

Here’s another Green Finger video.

Britain from Above

We can’t normally see or picture the impact of our lifestyles on the earth - be this our travel to work, our flights abroad, or the way our commodities and food reach us.  But this BBC video with satellite tracking and computer imaging, although used to demonstrate migration, is a good tool to visualise the intensity of our day to day lives.

Can you just imagine the extent of our daily carbon emissions according to this video and the blanket of pollution we are building up?

Learning from friends

Sometimes friends share information with you that shocks you so much it has the impact of a meteor.

Casper’s nugget fact would make most people think twice before using plastic bags ever again when shopping.

Guess how many plastic bags the world uses per year?

500 billion per year!

Think again before using another plastic bag.

Al Gore’s Second Round on Climate Change

For those of you still not convinced about the urgency of climate change which we seem to be staring in the face, here’s one of the widest known climate communicators speaking out again.  His new presentation offers evidence that the pace of climate change may be even worse than scientists were recently predicting.

So to prevent all the doom and gloom, our challenge is to act with a sense of “generational mission” to set it right.

Climate Camp: Be Prepared

It’s already started and I know I’m already a day late, so I’m in the process of eagerly packing my bag.  Already, the Climate Camp based at Kingsnorth in Kent has already been receiving awesome coverage.

The government is planning to build 8 new coal-fired power stations, locking us into an energy system that burns the dirtiest fossil fuel that exists.  Not only is this going to fuel climate change even more which is disastrous, it sends a message out to the rest of world, especially emerging economies such as China, that this is acceptable.  And it simply isn’t.

If you are concerned about climate change or want to learn more or even just want to have some fun with energetic people, join us at the Climate Camp!  It could change your life.  If you can’t come during the week, come at the weekend for the day of action on the 9th August.  If you can’t make that, follow what is happening there and give your support!!!! =)

VisionOnTV are producing a whole series of short video clips throughout the camp which makes good browsing…

The International Gateway for Gifted Youth (IGGY)

Today IGGY welcomed Casper and I to have a session with a group of talented young people from all over the world, revolving around our Voyage to the Arctic and how that has inspired us to set up UK YCC.

Most importantly the session tapped into the role of young people on the issue of climate change and with the inspiration that we were hoping to trigger, they gave it back to me ten times over with their enthusiasm and belief to be change makers.  With fantastic suggestions on what they can do as part of the climate change movement, we left with safe knowledge that we’d just made a hundred more friends and that we weren’t alone!

Thank you for letting us speak!

Be an activist. Be Humankind.

Oxfam’s new look.  It’s vibrant, it’s optimistic, engaging and empowering.

Oxfam is asking us to be the change we want to see in the world and be humankind…

UK YCC Power Meeting

Today Casper and I had another of our power meetings…

Lots of flip chats, pens and discussion, we couldn’t have done it without the tub of M&S chocolate biscuits that always seem to be a feature of our meetings and Casper never fails to supply.  I can see this becoming problematic in terms of dress sizes…

Crap at the Environment

Meet Mark Watson, my now morning environmental entertainment.

Mark is a comedian who, like many of us feel, claims he is crap at the environment, but is trying to be less crap.  And whilst doing so, is trying to encourage a movement of people who want to be less crap too.  Not so long ago, quite ignorant about the impacts of climate change, he is now trying to make a difference and what better way than to combine it with humour?

Mark’s accounts on ‘Book of the Week’ from his new book ‘Crap at the Environment’ give me my morning chuckles and no doubt many will identify with his feelings about the challenge of keeping your carbon footprint small.  It’s a book to request for the birthday list…  I’d recommend going to BBC Radio 4’s listen again to share my morning enjoyment.  Apparently, he also has a weekly Tuesday evening show, ‘Mark Makes the World Substantially Better’.  I’ll be checking it out myself…

More Great Footage!

Whilst out the Arctic, there was a lot of creative material being put together by the awesome team of photographers and film makers who were with us.  And this video was put together to give to the Aspen Group which was visiting the Arctic on a trip not dissimilar to ours.  The Aspen Group is made up of influential leaders, including former President Jimmy Carter, former Secretary of State Madeline Albright, former Senator Tom Daschle, Prince Albert of Monaco, founder of Google Larry Paige, the CEO of Shell-US, the CEO of Chevron, many representatives of international NGOs, and many more big players.  And we wanted to share our message with them while they were on their own voyage.

You can watch our video here.