The Big Ask – Friends of the Earth Brussels – A Child makes it clear.
The Big Ask film clip International distribution: June 09
The Big Ask film clip, recorded on the beach in Oostende in August 2008, is being
used by Friends of the Earth across Europe in support of their “Big Ask” campaigns for
national climate laws which will ensure annual cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
Friends of the earth groups from Finland to Malta and from Spain to Latvia have
been distributing the clip online, via mainstream media and at public and political
events.
Some highlights:
- The clip was viewed by 35,000 people in Hyde Park at the end of the “Put
People First” demonstration as part of the protests at the G20 meeting of
world leaders in London in March.
- It was shown to official delegates at the UN climate conferences in Poznan
(Poland) and Bonn (Germany), and will inspiring many thousands of people to
attend the climate conference in Copenhagen in December 2009.
- It has been seen in cinemas across Ireland, supporting the Age of Stupid
climate change feature film, and has inspired a similar event on the beach in
Dublin.
- The clip has been shown on national TV in many countries including France
and Norway.
- In Finland, one influential conservative MP signed up to the Big Ask campaign
immediately after seeing the clip. He has a daughter the same age as the
actress in the clip.
- The clip will feature as part of the Coldcut tour in 10 countries across Europe in
2009 and 2010.
- The clip has been shown at events organised by Green and Social Democrat
groups in European Parliament.
Internationally the clip is receiving widespread international distribution through the
Friends of the Earth International federation. Groups from as far afield as Togo,
Swaziland, Colombia and Australia are already using the clip to support their
campaigns for fair solutions to the climate crisis. The clip has been distributed to UK
Foreign office officials (including diplomats and ambassadors) and will be used by
them to explain need for climate legislation to senior politicians worldwide,
particularly in South and Central America.
The clip has also been shown at film festivals in the US, Greece, Japan…
For more information on the international distribution of the clip, please contact:
David Heller at Friends of the Earth Europe:
david.heller@foeeurope.org
Friends of the Earth Europe is grateful to the European Climate Foundation for
support in the international distribution of the clip.