So I decided to look them up for their environmental
influence. They have a really nice blog.
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We have two new partners helping get the word out about ocean acidification, and we're very grateful.
First, Alternative Channel, an international Web TV (in 3 languages) devoted to sustainable development. It's a free platform where citizens, corporations, NGOs and NPOs can share uploading videos about sustainable development and humanitarian causes. The channel has 100,000 monthly visitors coming from 156 different countries. Sustainable development is clearly a global concern.
And the North American Assocation for Environmental Education (NAAEE) is letting their members know about the film. If anyone can use A Sea Change, they can!
You may have noticed the drop off in our blogging. We're finding Twitter a super convenient way to convey info quickly. There's a certain ease in the short-form format; we don't feel the need to craft our language quite as carefully. And it's unbeatable for live coverage of an event. If you've been following us, you know we tweeted quite a bit at Netroots Nation last week.
But we're hearing a bit about what's not going to happen in Copenhagen in December this year and want to devote a bit more space that topic.
Two recent stories in Grist:
Game theorist Bruce Bueno de Mesquita says COP-15 doomed already;
Yvo de Boer of UN climate convention says 350 ppm is a pipe dream, that there's "no hope in hell."
Frankly, we're not relying on COP-15 anyway. Sure we're planning to show. But it's determined CITIZENS we're counting on, NOT GOVERNMENTS. Citizens are nimble; governments are ponderous—they move at the speed of old-school glaciers.
>And TIME IS JUST TOO SHORT TO DILLY DALLY and wait for someone else to save us.
We'll keep working on getting the word out about the connection between excess carbon dioxide and changing seawater chemistry. And the urgent need to cut emissions, starting at home.
We hope you'll join us.
Well, our old cell phone was on the verge of dying. The body was cracked in two or three places. High time to upgrade massively because we're also wanting to tweet more frequently and generally be more accessible. Yet not carry our laptop everywhere. So we took the plunge into the 21st century.
To protect our new investment, we needed a case. Imagine our pleasure at finding something recycled, right in the Apple Store: this cool case by Agent 18, made from recycled plastic bottles.
Many thanks to Elizabeth Peters for her advice and support during the transition!
Following a screening of A Sea Change at the Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries, Barbara Ettinger and Sven Huseby answer questions about the film and ocean acidification. The plan was to receive tweeted questions and emails from other venues screening for World Oceans Day. Well, we couldn't get online: Verizon decided to test its cables during that one-hour period, alas. So no live webcast.
However, we did receive some questions from Spain. From Vilanova i la Geltrú, to be exact, in Catalonia. Outreach coordinator Angela Alston fielded those.
Moderating is Beacon Institute CEO John Cronin.
Our thanks to John and the Beacon Institute staff for making the screening and this video possible.
NEW YORK CITY PREMIERE OF A SEA CHANGE
Sept. 13, American Museum of Natural History. Free! Filmmakers Barbara Ettinger and Sven Huseby present. 4 pm; W. 79th St.. and Central Park West.
U.S. TELECAST
Sat.,Sept. 26, 2009, 8 pm, Planet Green Network. Look for this channel on cable,Direct TV, and more. It's the first & only 24-houreco-lifestyle TV network. A Sea Change airs as part of Planet Green's "Reel Impact" series. We're in terrific company: also airing are An Inconvenient Truth, Who Killed the Electric Car, and No-Impact Man.
TAKE ACTION
Organize a house party and watch the telecast with your neighbors. We're working on setting up a quick way to email your representatives and express your concern about ocean acidification and the need for the US to lead the way in CO2 emission reduction at COP-15. The oceans aren't on the table at COP-15. We have to change that.
The American Clean Energy and Security Act -- the Waxman-Markey bill, HR 2454-- represents a critical opportunity to deliver on President Obama's vision for a clean energy economy.
The bill's coming up for a vote on the House floor by Friday, June 26, the end of this week. Congress needs to hear from you, if you're an American voter.
To act immediately, go to 1Sky.org, where they've set up an easy-to-use action page.
You can fax or call your representative toll-free and urge her or him to oppose any moves to weaken this bill, support all efforts to strengthen it, and to vote to pass H.R. 2454 so it can be made even stronger in the Senate and beyond.
If you call, ask to speak to a legislative assistant in charge of energy policy. 1Sky provides a calling script you can use in talking with staffers about the bill using the calling script on the next screen.
Thanks for 1Sky for this great tool.
Thank you taking action!
"One reviewer has called it a “global warming horror documentary.”And there is certainly plenty to fear as Huseby—and the audience—learnsmore and more about the threat of ocean acidification. He interviewsscientists who tell him 118 billion metric tons (or 118 billion VW Bugsworth) of CO2 have already been absorbed by the ocean. He watches theenamel of a human tooth quickly dissolve after sitting in a cupful ofcarbonated water. He listens during a conference where scientists askeach other how they missed this big issue—and whether we’re alreadyscrewed (answer: probably).
But despite all this, A Sea Change emerges as more love story than horror flick. . . .
Huseby is more energized than ever in his quest to publicize thedual threats of ocean acidification and global warming. During a paneldiscussion following a Seattle International Film Festival screening,Huseby announced that he’ll be attending the United Nations ClimateChange Conference in Copenhagen this December and will be showing thefilm there. He’s also planning screenings for the National Oceanic andAtmospheric Administration (NOAA) and a UN delegation. He’s even beenasked to testify on the topic in front of Congress.
“We have a 10-15 year window to make some noise,” he said. “I wouldlove to see the term ‘ocean acidification’ become part of the politicaldiscourse.”
And thanks to this film—and Huseby’s love of the ocean—it just might."
—Sarah van Schagen, Grist
Sven Huseby interviewed on KOMO ABC Seattle. Sven co-produced and stars in A Sea Change.
Elena and Dennis of Sea Rocket Bistro appeared on Channel 6 in San Diego to promote their World Oceans Day screenings of A Sea Change. The best advocates we could ask for!
Sea Rocket Bistro is a farm-to-table restaurant that focuses on localfoods in order to provide a more physical connection between their guestsand the food they serve. Their focus is seafood, naturally.
Just before the Seattle International Film Festival, Sven went down to the Seattle waterfront with a reporter from KING5.
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