Milieu Geschreven op 31-10-2010 - Erik van Erne. Geplaatst in Agenda

24 February 2011: The YouTube video “Me and My Bike” has won the film competition “1 Minute To Save The World,” a global contest that asked young contestants to create short films about climate change.

The caveat, of course, is that the videos could only be one-minute long.

Most of us just sit and wait for the governments to take action about climate change. Wafalme instead think that together we can, with small actions in our daily life, make a difference.

The most simple and innovative solution is coming from a group of kids in the slums of Nairobi: using bicycles instead of cars!

United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun and continuing until CO2 targets have been met.

31 October 2010: Advertisers and multi-nationals have long known the value of even just one minute of film. With the help of our international partners we will use your entries as a platform to carry your voices far and wide in a global campaign for the planet rallying public and political support in the lead up to the

To take part all you need to do is creatively respond to the challenge of climate change using film as your medium. We’re asking you to use whatever means you have to film your short and use your minute to speak up and make the world listen. We hope you will feel inspired to add your creative voice to this unique global climate campaign.

This year’s competition looks to be bigger than ever, with our determined shortlist of videos to be screened all over the globe. A short film competition on climate change inviting entrants and viewers from all over the world. The story of climate change will again be told by the people it continues to affect- you. We hope that your shared perspectives and creative responses will help us all understand, adapt and take action in response to a rapidly changing world in time to save it and ourselves.

The deadline for Best Film entries is 17:00 (GMT) on December 17th, 2010. The deadline for Best Youth Film entries is 17:00 (GMT) on November 12th, 2010, in time for COP16. The deadline for Best Youth Visions Film is 17:00 (GMT) on 17 December 2010. Submit Your 1 Minute Film on Climate Change Now. Source: 1 Minute to Save the World

See also: Cancun Climate Conference 2010: COP16 – First World Climate Summit: The Business Conference during UNFCCC COP16 Cancun, Mexico – United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity: Nagoya Biodiversity Conference COP10 – The Rio Conventions’ Ecosystems and Climate Change Pavilion – Climate Change Wave of Action: Time to Sow the Seed – Climate Change Wake-Up Call: Our Climate is Changing by Oxfam America – Climate Change: Innovative Solutions from Thailand by Oxfam Climate Fund –

An interview with the winners of the 1 Minute to Save the World competition for 2009. The winning film was My Paper Boat and was screened to delegates in Copenhagen during the UN Climate Conference in December 2009.

Facing the Floods – A Sea Change – The Antarctica Challenge – Global Warming Leonardo Dicaprio – The Burning Season – The Bottom Line – FRESH – Crude: The Real Price of Oil – THE SHIFT – The Fuel Film – DIRT! – Plastic Planet – The Age of Stupid – HOME – An Inconvenient Truth – Battle for Terra – One Peace at a Time – The Steam Experiment – Garbage Dreams and The Zaballeen – The Alberta Tar Sands: H2Oil – Running The Sahara

Climate Change Actions: Seal the Deal – Hopenhagen – TckTckTck – Climate Action Communication Wave – Be that Change – Just Listen – You Turn the Earth – Raise Your Voice – Beat the Heat Now – Earth Hour – Vote Earth – Earth Song – BAD2009 – Save the Rainforrest – UN REDD – Nature + People = Solution – 350.org – COP15