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January 15, 2010

Today in videos: Forests

Posted by Juliette at 10:21 AM

Today in videos, we'll look at videos about forests. Greenpeace Switzerland just released a new one, really powerful, quick and effective. I don't think you need to speak German to understand the point that was made there.

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January 14, 2010

The top 10 Greenpeace videos

Posted by Juliette at 10:51 AM

Diving into our videos on YouTube, I look at which ones have been the most popular. Here are the top 10 most watched videos on our YouTube account, with explanation:
1) Naked people on a glacier.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a YouTube video in possession of the word "naked" in its title, must have lots of views. Such is the case for the video recounting how hundreds of people stripped naked on a Swiss glacier for a Spencer Tunick art installation. I find it a bit sad that the human mind must be so easily drived by nudity, more than many other urgent needs, but so be it.
This art installation had for goal to draw attention on Climate Change on the dramatic melt of Alpine glaciers - and drive attention it did.

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January 13, 2010

Where does stuff go?

Posted by Juliette at 2:06 PM

In today's edition of good video finds, here is a classic of the genre:

As hilarious as this fake interview is, it does highlight the misconceptions about what the environment can and cannot sustain.

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January 12, 2010

How to demolish a contrarian rumor

Posted by Juliette at 3:01 PM

One of my favourite video channels on Youtube is owned by Peter Sinclair, alias greenman3610. His specialty is to take any rumor spread by Climate Change contrarians and to demolish it - and demolish he does. Take this one from last year in which he debunks the rumor saying (in short) colder than usual temperatures mean Climate Change stopped right there (highly relevant this year too!):

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January 11, 2010

Looking back on 2009

Posted by Juliette at 5:05 PM

Following up on Lisa's entry about what inspired us in 2009, Greenpeace offices everywhere are looking back on what happened in 2009 in video. Here are a few that I found:

Greenpeace Russia has the coolest garbage can you've ever seen:

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The iceberg

Posted by Juliette at 11:56 AM

In today's edition of "Greenpeace video I never heard about and discovered in a random news scan", here is Greenpeace Germany's version of the iceberg: