Climate change will remain a major, frontline social and political issue for many years to come. Visit this page regularly to keep up-to-date with upcoming global events relating to climate change issues, as well as new contributions from the scientific and literary community.
“The Story of Stuff”
“From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It’ll teach you something, it’ll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.”
- Description from http://www.storyofstuff.com/
“How it All Ends”
A high school science teacher in Oregon, US breaks down the issue of climate change for people who may be skeptical as to whether or not it is truly happening, and of the severity be the effects. He reaches a conclusion that is very hard to deny.
“The Girl Who Silenced the World at the UN for 6 minutes”
16 years ago, At the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development – referred to as the Rio Summit, Earth Summit in 1992 in Rio De Janeiro, Severn Cullis-Suzuki – daughter of renowned Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki – delivered this speech when she was just 12 years old. It is chilling that her message calls for action against the same issues that we are confronted with today, which means that her plea was not taken seriously enough in 1992. Will they listen now?
