Saturday 27 November 2010

Climate Canute

This tide is not for turning
I am not an activist. Today however I did participate in the Brighton living art project 350 EARTH, led by Thom Yorke of Radiohead. Part of his planetary art show, 2,000 of us donned blue and yellow ponchos and stood for an hour in freezing conditions to become King Canute, symbolically holding back the sea. Visit earth.350 for more info and maybe to participate if the project comes your way. Whilst I live opposite and just walked across the road to be part of this event, the irony of course was that several people I spoke to had driven  a long way here to participate...which reminds me: next time you have 45 minutes to spare, I  recommend Robert Newman's short film 'The History of Oil'.'