Hello, my name is Joe Gantz and I make documentary films. Our most recent film, American Winter, was on HBO in March (www.americanwinterfilm.com), and I’m now making one on the environment called, The Race To Save The World.
Separate from this film, we are trying to turn New Years Eve into a night of demonstration/celebration for clean energy, because New Year’s Eve is a time when folks are looking to do something meaningful for the future, with New Years resolutions.
But the biggest advantage to using New Years Eve to celebrate for renewable energy, is that there are TV cameras filming in big cities, and a global audience watching television. Also the TV commentators, who have hours to fill with chatter, want to talk about something that their audience can get excited about. I think that TV commentators would talk about these people, in different cities, who are creatively celebrating for a global shift to clean energy. And if a global TV audience sees these celebrations on New Years Eve, they will think… wow, this protest is going on all over the world.
We are calling this global celebration, A New Dawn. And after people take to the streets and celebrate, then they will play and listen to music.
Climate change is a huge problem that is threatening the survival of life as we know it on this planet. C02 stays in the atmosphere for 10,000 years, and the levels of CO2 are higher now than at anytime in history. Here is a Video on the subject: https://vimeo.com/75669489 <file://localhost/75669489> password: methane2013
I have attached a link from a NY Times article about a study by the National Research Council. It’s an eye-opening piece, called Global Warming Carries Risk of Deep Changes. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/04/science/earth/panel-says-global-warming-risks-sudden-deep-changes.html?_r=0
Here is a little tidbit from the study… “Among the greatest risks in coming years, the panel said, is that climate change could greatly increase the extinction rate of plants and animals, essentially provoking the sixth mass extinction in the earth’s history. The panel said many of the world’s coral reefs, a vital source of fish that feed millions of people, already seemed fated to die within decades.” Just a little by-the-way.
We have started a URL FlashClimateMob.com and we want to get the information in the following tweet out to everyone, young and old, around the world: #FlashClimateMob Celebrate on New Year’s Eve for 100% Renewable Energy Now. Join us in every city center at 11pm w/signs, at 12:30 w/music
Can you help us get this information out to people around the world? I hope you are doing well.
Best Regards,
Joe
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