Editing Our Video From May

I just spent last night, as the bonfires were being lit in key Belfast locations (mostly harmless but some with people's cars in them) editing the video Mandy took in May into a rough cut.  I'm trying to finish that today and then I will send it off to Raoul and Erika so we can look at the next step in shaping it into a trailer for funders and stakeholders.  If you're interested in feeding into the process please let me know, and I'll make sure you're included.

In the mean time Emma and Mandy have suggested two great videos that are currently inspiring me as I think about shaping the material.  Have a watch.

Emma's is the trailer for a philosphy and music programme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IG8AvHCpnkg

Mandy's is a great environmental website where there is a combo of film and animation http://www.storyofstuff.org/

Cape Farewell - Art & Climate Change Project

Sarah has found a link that you might be interested in.  Another group of artists who are currently engaging with scientists around the issue of climate change.  They are working in the High Arctic and have produced film, an exhibition and art work.

Follow the link at: http://www.capefarewell.com/

Meeting Dr Montgomery

Recently I met with Dr Ian Montgomery from Queens University.  I told him about our project, and he confirmed two (great!) things for me.

1) Queens has hired their first professor of Climate Change, who will come into post by October, and he is willing to introduce us to her.

2) Once I have completed the next draft of the script (Oct 2010), Dr Montgomery is willing to gather some colleagues to help me/us thrash out what we think 2060 will look like, checking the science imbedded in the work and thinking about what additional science we can provide to accompany our production. 

Belfast & London Storylines - 2060

I've just picked up a new popular science book: Turned Out Nice (How the British Isles will Change as the World Heats Up) by Marek Kohn.  Looks like it will provide some useful background material for the James (Belfast) and Claire (London) story lines.

F=Pgef - The Carbon Fix Formula

In this month's Wired Magazine, a brief article features a new formula by Yoichi Kaya, an Engineer at Tokyo University.  Kaya has developed this formula for "computing the total CO2 generated by human consumption, and where it comes from", says Wired.  It is the first time I've seen the population issue factored in so succinctly.

F=Pgef

F=Gobal CO2 emissions; P=Global population; g=consumption per person (Gross world product/population); e=energy intensity of gross world product (Gross energy consumption/Gross world product); f=total carbon used to make energy (Global CO2 emissions/Gross energy consumption)

Reduce ANY of P, g, e or f and Global CO2 emissions drop.