Take action in new orleans
The dancers ask:
“Will we rise in time to turn the tide?”
With their show RISE, Mélange Dance Company is calling New Orleans to take climate action. We have a critical seven year window to protect our future from irreversible damage. Together, we can advocate for real solutions.
Join Mélange in the following 3 Climate Clock campaignS:
What do we want? Climate Coverage! Demand WDSU connect weather disaster stories to the root of the issue— climate change. We can’t let media outlets continue to under report on the climate crisis. The Oscars slap received hours of news discussion the same day a report about the possible collapse of human civilization in mere decades received less than thirty seconds of air time. News Channels like WDSU can easily display the clock during weather segments. Contact the channel directly using the following script (LINK).
Contact Information. WDSU Main: (504) 679-0600.
Email web staff: nonews@ibsys.com.
Email news tips: newsdesk@wdsu.com. WDSU Mailing Address. WDSU NewsChannel 6. 846 Howard Avenue. New Orleans, LA 70113.
2. What do we want? Climate Curriculum! The Climate Clock is planning a journey through local schools. Student Climate Clock “ambassadors” can welcome an action clock to campus by presenting the Climate Clock to their peers at assembly. Schools will host the clock for a month during which science teachers are invited to use the clock in their classrooms and administrators are invited to read the time left on the clock at the end of each week. At the end of the month, student ambassadors will bring the clock to the next school, present it to the campus, and pass forward their student ambassadorship.
3. What do we want? Cultural Power! Join Mélange in their campaign to install a Climate Clock monument in New Orleans. Nola is on the front lines of the climate crisis. Pushing local policy to align with the science requires a shift in cultural attitude. The campaign is currently onboarding local volunteers to support 3 main teams: fundraising, content creation, and community engagement. Reach out to Mélange here [CONTACT INFO LINK] to get plugged in.
Adrienne Maree Brown writes, “We are in an imagination battle.” Every battle needs a drummer that keeps the beat. The Climate Clock can help us keep up the pace in our battle for climate justice. It is a versatile organizing tool of service to the entire Climate Movement, helping us keep time, tracking the solutions we need [LINK TO LIFELINES?] to win the future we deserve. To win, we must imagine this future and we must imagine it together.
Across the world, people are using the Climate Clock to drum awake friends and family, to set the beat for policy makers, and to invite communities to rise in time. Together, we will root the seeds of our imagination firmly in the ground of our collective mission. Don’t miss a beat. Stay up to date with the latest on Social Media [LINKS]. Join Twitter Storm at (add time and SoMe kit link)
Start your own local initiative! Contact Community Manager Becca Richie at becca@climateclock.world to get started.
“RISE immerses audiences in a journey through the wonders of the sea, a boundless body that inextricably connects us all, as her currents regulate our global climate and her floor holds our planet’s record of change. Dancers are abruptly swept by waves of warning into a tangled twist of fate, entering a warming world at our hands, a world that our oceans can no longer save us from… we are confronted with the reality of the climate clock that ticks quickly.
We face a countdown in less than a decade of time to act towards a just transition away from fossil fuels in order to limit global warming to 1.5C and salvage a livable future on our beautiful Mother Earth for future and current generations.”
