Lea Schick

Lea Schick is the editor and moderator of this debate forum. During the RETHINK exhibition she will facilitate the RETHINK SOCIAL LIFE discussions here on her blog. We will very much encourage you to participate in the debate!

Tell the world leaders your opinion

BBC allows everybody to make a short video of themselves telling the world leaders what they want them to do at COP15 and why. The best videos will be featured in a special televised debate   on BBC News, at the climax of the conference.

•    Are you worried about climate change?
•    What deal would you strike in Copenhagen?
•    Who should cut their emissions? By how much? And      how should they make these cuts?
•    How would you improve the negotiation process?
•    How will climate change  affect you in future?
•    Is it already affecting you now?
•     Why does climate change matter to you?
•    How much are you personally willing to adapt, to live more sustainably?
•    Are you prepared to change the way you travel, the food you eat, or to have fewer children?
•    Would you pay more taxes - to invest in green energy and compensate countries hurt by climate change?
Whatever you do, we'd like to hear from you.

This is your change to tell how your social life is being changed by climate change, and how you are willing to change in the future in order to save the environment. Give the politicians an idea about how important it is for you, and that you will support their decisions.


 

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ABOUT RETHINK SOCIAL LIFE

Climate change is in large part a result of the way in which we – particularly those of us living in the Western world – live and organize our lives. Social practices that rose in the 20th Century to become widespread and orthodox to all levels of Western society, such as the immoderate consumption of manufactured goods, motorized transportation, tourism, and the ever-increasing demand for energy, are all key factors in the current climate challenge. This raises the question of what role we as individuals can play, in either countering or exacerbating the current climate crisis.

How can we as individuals begin to comprehend the often abstract threat that climate change poses, and what we can do about it? How do we create participation and civic involvement? And how does climate change affect our understanding of ourselves, as individuals? We here encourage you to read about and discuss how climate change in any thinkable way will interfere with our society in general and how we personally live our everyday lives.

 

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