Culture

Ambassador for Culture, Misty Oldland takes action on the morning of 9/9/9 and performs:

'Beggin the G-20': The Copenhagen Climate Summit remix

The song is a reworked version of 'Beggin' by Frankie Valli and Misty hopes it will raise awareness of the importance of the Climate Protocol (climate agreement) is, which is due to be signed by the G-20 at the Copenhagen Climate Summit in December. The CP will decide what CO2 emissions reductions will be instated by the industrialized countries of the world. Leading scientists warn that only a 25% reduction in CO2 by 2012 will prevent global warming from reaching the 'tipping point': where runaway climate change will become potentially irreversible and catastrophic.

(P.S. the first line of the song is inspired by Rory Spowers' fantastic book Rising Tides.)

LYRICS

Rising tides

Retreatin' ice

We intend to create a national debate over the coming months: what are the most effective actions that we can all take in this Action Area? Together with our Ambassadors, we will then synthesize and distil the most credible and popular ideas into the core 999 Manisfesto, mobilizing as many people as possible to get involved. To start the ball rolling, 999 It's Time founder Rory Spowers has presented some of his own ideas below.

"Arts, culture and creative media have always gone hand in glove with activism and social movements looking for change. As writer and activist Arundhati Roy has said, writers and artists are almost morally obliged during times like these to take a stand and reflect on what is happening in the world around them. Perhaps most importantly, as Misty said at the 999 launch, there is a huge untapped possibility for using arts and creative educational media to help engage children and the younger generation with the critical issues of our time. They are not only the ones who will inherit the mess created by previous generations, but also the ones who most need a voice to help us all transcend the current crisis.

Back in 1992, at the first Earth Summit in Rio, a 12-year-old Severn Suzuki made an impassioned plea to the assembled on behalf of children around the world, leaving many in the audience visibly shaken. It later transpired that her speech had a major impact on many world leaders. Maybe we can use creative media to encourage more youth leaders to make such an impact in our current climate?

The extraordinary success of the Room 13 arts project, started at a Fort William school in Scotland, shows just how capable and undervalued the younger generation can be, running the entire arts studio by themselves."
 

Suggested Actions
 

1. Join and support an NGO:
   Please support the inspirational, educational and creative Chickenshed, where theatrical productions are performed uniquely by all members of the community! You can do this by joining their mailing list and becoming a future audience member, a volunteer or even a crowd funder.
    
2. Perform an easy 'one-click' action:
   Get on board the new maverick 'NOT STUPID' campaign from the makers of eco-film Age of Stupid. This audience funded venture uses the power of cinema to effect environmental awareness and proactive positive change. Click here to help climate change through culture.
    
3. Take a 'real time' practical personal action:
   Calling all Babes 4 The Biosphere - please help circulate this cosmic-climate chick chat from some very special eco-extra terrestrial super heroines! Here's B4B latest recommended personal action to help babes prevent unnecessary waste: Mooncup: Landfill is a bloody business!... Sisters, give that groovy girl-grail a go (i.e: 'moon cup'!)... Climety Change told us, as apparently this action is a most 'positive period policy preventing panti-pad pollution!'.
    
4. Engage in a 'group action' as a family, a community, a business, etc:
   Get into group and gang chats to save the planet by choosing telephone and video conferencing instead of CO2 intensive travel, in both your business and social life! To book conference calls and reduce CO2, please use Conference Genie.
    

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