Showing posts with label Video. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Video. Show all posts
Wednesday, 19 October 2016
Famous pianist plays on ‘melting’ glacier in stunning video
Beautiful, sad music emanates from a floating platform amidst collapsing glaciers. Famed Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi took to this temporary stage to provide a soundtrack to the plight of the Arctic Circle. “It is important that we understand the importance of the Arctic, stop the process of destruction and protect it,” the composer said.
In a stirring video created by Greenpeace, Ludovico Einaudi plays on a platform floating in the Arctic Ocean. Einaudi’s music provides a soundtrack to the Wahlenbergbreen glacier’s early melting. The haunting music shows the peaceful, almost contemplative, setting of the arctic ocean as well as the chaos and suddenness of glacier melt and collapse.
The music video has struck a chord with global audiences, crossing the 300,000 view mark in less than 2 days. The attention is crucial to protecting these fragile and globally important waters.
The Arctic helps regulate weather for the entire planet, features immense bio diversity, and should be protected for future generations, according to Greenpeace, which organized the concert. Despite its size and global importance, the Arctic waters are among the least protected and regulated in the world due in part to the complex sovereignty issues in the region. The video is meant to support a petition to get world leaders to protect the region.
More than 7.5 million people have signed Greenpeace’s petition to create a protected sanctuary in the international waters of the Arctic. The video is designed for a last public push behind the proposal before representatives from 15 nations and the EU meet in Spain this week to discuss it.
The 15 nations and the EU are part of the OSPAR, an international commission formed to coordinate protection of the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic. The commission’s mandate covers a portion of the Arctic Circle.
The proposal in front of the commission includes a territory equivalent in size to the United Kingdom. While only 10% of the long-term goal Greenpeace is working toward, this sizeable sanctuary would be a major step forward.
The haunting composition from Einaudi is the perfect illustration of the plight facing the Arctic. Famed for his soundtracks including films like Black Swan, his composition in the video captures both the pensive quiet of the Arctic and the cataclysmic melting going on each day.
“Being here has been a great experience. I could see the purity and fragility of this area with my own eyes and interpret a song I wrote to be played upon the best stage in the world,” the composer told reporters.
The Arctic waters are under increasing threats from climate change and human activity in the region. As ice melts and recedes, new waterways and fishing areas have opened up spurring a significant increase in boat traffic, which brings its own destructive impacts to the fragile ecosystem.
Sunday, 9 October 2016
The Woody Harrelson Video Message The Mainstream Media Does NOT Want You To Watch
In 2013, Hollywood actor, environmental activist, and “happy hippie”, Woody Harrelson brought non-wood, tree-free paper to the market to help our farmers, our forests, and our future. In 2014, Woody hosted Ethos, a powerful documentary aimed at encouraging us to engage in ethical consumerism by awakening our consciousness about what’s happening in the world. In 2015, he told The Guardian:
“We live in a completely corrupted world where every government is just a bunch of businessmen working for a bunch of bigger businessmen and none of them give a shit about the people. The sad fact is no one knows how to change it, because no one knows how to take on the corporations. So I guess we’re stuck with this system until the oil runs out.”
In 2016, Woody, who is no stranger to controversy, is back with a strong message the entire world needs to hear. In the less-than-two-minute video featured below, he tells us how we can utilize our power to support and promote the type of world we want to live in, right now, at this moment; why we should support the products and companies which resonate with our values and the planet; and why it’s time to take responsibility for our lives and take these matters into our own hands.
You will not find this video anywhere on the mainstream media. The video is on the Facebook page of Awareness Act, uploaded by RealLeadersMagazine on YouTube. Chances are the video may be removed by the time this article is published — for obvious reasons. In that case, you can read Woody’s message here:
“We get into the habit of buying junk fast foods that have no actual food in them. We buy gallons of poisonous household cleaners when one degradable soft soap would do. We are poisoning our homes and wasting our hard earned money for no good reason. Why? Because the advertising industry tells us to. They just want you to buy stuff.
“For example, if a company pollutes the environment or uses bad business practices, if you don’t buy their stuff they would change; if you don’t want food with chemicals or GMOs in it, then don’t buy it. The minute we start taking responsibility and spending our money wisely, every politician, every corporation and leader around the world is gonna know that we have woken up.
“This is the 21st century. If we use our resources wisely, there’s no reason why anyone shouldn’t have what they need. There is no reason, whatsoever, why people are still starving to death on our planet. The common man or woman whether they are Israeli or Palestinian, Protestant or Catholic, Iraqi or American, common man just wants to live in peace and justice in a clean environment.
“When we look around the world and we see that that is not the case, we know that the will of the majority is not being listened to. That’s the first sign that our system is broken. Government won’t make these changes for us; yet again it is down to the common man.
“No company will continue a practice or product that you, the consumer, will not buy. It’s vitally important that you understand this because this gives you ultimate power to change the world you live in.
“Companies are extremely sensitive about you buying their products because if you don’t buy their stuff, they go out of business. That’s not something many companies are willing to consider and by choosing to spend your money wisely you can promote those companies that do business in a socially responsible way.”
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Tuesday, 13 September 2016
This Video will Restore Your Faith In Humanity
In an effort to raise money for children in Syria who cannot even afford a jacket, an organization created this video to raise awareness. This video is in another language, but it speaks for itself. You can, however, select subtitles.
The caption at the end says:
Are you a person who would act when you see someone who needs help?
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