Date for your diary - The Wave...

Stop Climate Chaos are organising a special train to take over 500 people down to London to march peacefully in the lead up to the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen. It's so important that as many people as possible take a stand to show the world leaders that they need to take urgent action... The key messages of the march are to quit dirty coal, protect the poorest and act fair and fast... Please visit the Stop Climate Chaos Website for more information. I'll post details about train bookings as soon as the payment system is available. The train is due to visit various stations in the North including Leeds, Bradford & Doncaster. I'll be there with lots of friends - it would be amazing if you could join us...

The Age of Stupid..

If you get the opportunity to see this fantastic film please do - I can't recommend it enough.

The Age of Stupid Trailer

The Age of Stupid is the new release by McLibel director Franny Armstrong. Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated world of 2055, looking at old footage from 2008 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance? I think what makes this film have so much impact is that it really gives the facts from a human viewpoint - real life stories are used to illustrate the crises occuring worldwide. The footage of the NIMBY brigade opposing proposals for a wind farm in the UK is particularly galling. The film does end with a sense of hope that there is still time to take action but I do feel it is difficult to not feel incredibly small and helpless in the face of such huge global corporations and their senseless greed. I do believe though that everyone can make a difference and despite what you may think about climate issues the fact is that there is only so much resource to go around and with our increasing population numbers we all need to make changes on as many levels as we can.

It was great to see the film at the wonderful Hyde Park Picture House to a full audience - in fact the queues were so big outside they had to delay the start by 30 mins to get everyone seated...

Further information about the film can be found at - The Age of Stupid
Other informative sites to find out more about what can be done...
Friends of the Earth
Stop Climate Chaos