Video: The climate change tipping point
Posted in: Found on the web by Andrew Zincke , October 13, 2008 – 10:00 am
This video from animator Leo Murray and his friends at the Royal College of Art is worth 11 minutes of your time.
Although Leo admits on his website, ‘I am not a scientist, I’m an animator’, he does a good job of explaining the science behind global warming. The animation itself is deceptively simple and very effective.
Leo has picked the worst case, but still eminently possible, scenarios and his argument builds to a Terminator-style apocalyptic crescendo. However, his message is one of empowerment: we’re at a crucial point in history and can make a positive difference.
His main answer is to consume less however there’s also an ambiguously militant call to ‘confront powerful vested interests.’ But even if you aren’t prepared to follow all of his advice, this is an impressive film.
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Why don’t these videos come with subtitles?
Flag as inappropriateONEin Seven of the UK population is DEAF!!!!!!!!!!
Yurek, subtitles will follow, in English and other languages, but there’s no budget for this stuff! Leo and other people are working on it in their spare time.
Flag as inappropriateHi yurek. There is a script for the video available on Leo’s website:
Flag as inappropriatehttp://wakeupfreakout.org/wakeup.html