[Vision2020] "The Age of Stupid" Live: New York 09/21/2009: But actress Gillian Anderson, Radiohead's Thom Yorke?: Re: The Face of Global Warming

[Ted Moffett]

Video of trailer for the film, etc. at first link below.  But Gillian
Anderson as a figure to promote this effort?  People will think "X-Files"...
There is enough promotion of the conspiracy theory that anthropogenic global
warming is a hoax, without someone involved in a conspiracy theory Hollywood
film series linked to the efforts to address climate change... I'm glad
she's willing to help, but I wonder about the overall effect of her image...
What credibility does she have?  Same goes for Radiohead's Thom Yorke... Oh
well, I guess these celebrities promote public awareness of the problem that
is established by the work of credible climate scientists, who are otherwise
boring for public promotion, or do want to or cannot be activists do to the
professional bias this behavior would suggest...

http://www.ncm.com/Fathom/OriginalPrograms/AgeofStupid.aspx?gclid=CIff8qea1pwCFSn6agodHCqNPg

http://www.ageofstupid.net/


*The Age of Stupid* is the new four-year epic from 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?

This event will include a live pre-show from the green carpet, the US debut
of The Age of Stupid, and a panel discussion focusing on the effects,
consequences and ways to reverse climate change. The panel will feature Kofi
Annan, Gillian Anderson, the film's director Franny Armstrong, the star of
the film Pete Postlethwaite, and other leading thinkers, celebrities, and
political figures from around the world. Newly added to the night is the
former president of Ireland Mary Robinson and UK Minister of Energy and
Climate Change. Audiences will also hear from field scientists working in
the Himalayas and Indonesian rain forest via live satellite link.  In
addition, a group of children will speak from the very room in Copenhagen in
which all our futures will be decided at the UN climate summit in December.
Finally, Radiohead's Thom Yorke will wrap up the evening with an acoustic
performance of the film's title track.

Be inspired by top climate campaigners to take action on the most pressing
issue facing humanity, and discover tips on how you can help to avert this
crisis.
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Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett

On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 7:31 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

> Courtesy of MailOnline at:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/MeltingGlacier
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
> Tears of Mother Nature: The image of a crying face looming from an icy
> cliff wall was taken at the Svalbard archipelago in Norway
>
> http://tinyurl.com/MeltingIceberg
>
> ---------------------------
>
> Pictured: Haunting face crying a river of tears as glacier melts into the
> sea
>
> By Alex Millson
> Last updated at 8:16 AM on 03rd September 2009
>
> But on closer inspection an eerie face is depicted in the melting ice wall
> that appears to be crying a river of tears.
>
> The forlorn-looking 'Mother Nature' figure appeared to locals during a
> thaw, with the melting ice and snow falling towards the sea below.
>
> The striking image of the Austfonna ice cap, located on Nordaustlandet in
> the Svalbard archipelago, would seem certain to be heavily used by
> environmentalists protesting against climate change.
>
> Rising sea levels caused by melting ice caps are one of the most worrying
> effects of global warming and experts warn swathes of low-lying countries
> will be left under water.
>
> The picture was captured by marine photographer and environmental lecturer
> Michael Nolan while on an annual voyage to observe the glacier and its
> surrounding wildlife.
>
> A glacier expert has confirmed the ice cap carrying an image of Mother
> Nature 'crying' has been continually shrinking by as much as 160 feet
> every year for several decades.
>
> Jon Ove Hagen, a member of the World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS) and
> professor in geosciences at Oslo University, Norway, has been studying the
> Austfonna ice-shelf since 1988.
>
> Austfonna is Norway's largest ice-cap. It sits on the island of
> Nordaustlandet in the Svalbard archipelago.
>
> Mr Hagen, 59, said: 'Austfonna, at over 3,000 square miles, is by far the
> largest ice cap in Svalbard and one of the largest in the Arctic.
>
> 'Retreat of glacier fronts at Austfonna over a 12-year period average a
> frontal retreat of about 160 feet-per-year.
>
> 'The geometry of the ice cap is changing. The fronts are retreating, the
> lower parts are getting thinner, with a thinning rate of about three
> feet-per-year while the interior of the ice cap is thickening with about
> 1.6 feet-per-year.
>
> 'The ice cap is losing about 1.6 cubic miles of ice every year.'
>
> Asked if the rapid shrinking of Austfonna was a concern to the WGMS, he
> said: ' It is of course a concern, but not more than in other parts of the
> world were we see even more rapid changes than here.'
>
> Worryingly, however, the scientist says there are even more dramatic
> changes being observed in other ice-masses in the region.
>
> He said: 'The large ice cap of Austfonna seems more stable that other
> smaller ice masses in the western part of the archipelago were larger
> changes are observed.'
>
> Austfonna is Europe's second largest ice-cap after the Vatnajvkull in
> Iceland and the seventh largest in the world.
>
> The giant slab - made entirely of fresh water - is 1800 feet at it's
> thickest point and rises to a towering 2600 feet above sea level.
>
> Mr Hagen has worked on glacier changes in the Svalbard region of Norway
> over the last 25 years.   He is currently leading co-ordinating a project
> to establish the effects of environmental damage on the Svalbard
> archipelago.
>
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>
> Seeya at Farmers' Market, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
>
> - Unknown
>
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