Homework

Did your attitude about climate change change since you started?

My attitude about climate change didn't change at all because I never consired myself as a real danger for the planet. I'm not a huge fan of mass consumption. I don't have a car. I don't wear fur and even though I'm not that into waste sorting, it doesn't mean I'm a bad person.

Have you done things differently?

I haven't changed a single thing in my every day behaviour. I should say that I don't feel guilty and I'm not very sorry.

How are the communications strategies different? How are they the same?

Thoses communications strategies are different because every eco-freak is unique and has its own interest. Some of them are obsessed with changing your daily consumption, some of them want you to feel insecure and finally some of them pretend they do care because they are fed up with the eco-preachers. Those strategies are eventually all the same because they are made by freaks whose only purpose is to make you feel guilty.

What's the most effective? For me. For others.

Humour is the most effective means to raise people's awareness or at least draw their attention. But none of those strategies worked on me.

What's the message you received from all of this?

The obvious message is: time is running out, hurry up and get a greener life. The less obvious message is : feel guilty!

Don't cry, it's just a blog... about climate

Now let me go buy whisky and heroin because I feel like Janis Joplin deep inside.

Global apnea instead of global warming?

The earth is dying because of us. We have to wake up and face the facts. Since the Industrial Revolution, human activity has dramatically increased the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere which means that our atmosphere - or let us say, the air that our children will breathe - is filled in catastrophic proportions with CO2, methane, tropospheric ozone, CFCs, and nitrous oxide. But as we all know, the very heart of the problem comes from that goddamn carbon dioxide. As a matter of fact, many of our habits contribute to the destruction of the planet. The world population is expected to reach between  8 and 10.5 billion in the year 2050. I know that scientists tend to put the blame on cars, factories and deforestation but the real question is : "who's guilty?" And the answer to that question is : "us". And guess who's emitting CO2 when breathing? Us!!!! Can't you see people that we're the mistake in the whole equation. To prevent the earth from dying, we have to break habits and innovate : let's stop breathing!

Climate change will save us

Let us be rational. Climate change is not the 21srt century's Black Plague. I hate caricatures and those so called defensors of nature we see on tv do not give us a real picture of our current situation - supposing there IS a situation. Climate change can help people.  And I mean it. For instance, when sea levels rise and Pakistan, New York and French Brittany are drowned under the waters, realtors from the rest of the world will have to hire assistants all over the world to find new places for homeless people to live in. The construction business will flourish across the Russian toundra and the Amazonian forest so that huge buildings can be erected out of nothing to welcome inhabitants from all horizons. To sum it up, climate change will provide jobs to many people and help create international communities of stateless citizens.Climate change provides us many opportunities we have to catch before it is too late. And in any case, don't worry, climate change will make our earth a better  place.

Everything changes but Love and Climate : a tribute to Bruce Springsteen

This song is not about a river. This song is about THE metaphorical river. Scientists and litterary critics have made it very clear. The imagery of the river symbolizes both the sacred blood of the earth and the passion that is doomed to run dry in a romance. That recent discovery has shed light upon one of our main debates in modern philosophy. Organic life on earth is defined by its impermanence. And as the Great Pascal and the also Great Hobbes would say : why do all good things have to come to end? To answer this question we have to chose between lack of character or nervous breakdown. In other words: does everything change all the time or, is change only inherent to earthly matters as opposed to spiritual matters? In his song, th Boss speaks the truth and I can tell you, it is a sad one. Climate and love are linked. In the end, the river is dry and Mary acts like she doesn't care about Bruce anymore. Can we say that's a coincidence? I don't think so. When you believe in love and marry your pretty highschool girlfriend, the nightmare officially begins. Once she gets pregnant, you have to get a job. But your job is not satisfying no matter how hard you work. Your boss makes fun of your growing beer belly. So you quit and become an alcoholic. Your pretty wife - who, at that moment, has stopped being that pretty - starts yelling at you. And from this moment on, you begin to act miserably. You throw beer cans in the river. Then, drunkdriving leads you to end up in the river and consequently the river is filled with oil. And then finally, the river which has turned into a puddle of mud is dried out by construction workers building a new old people's house. End of the story. We can't prevent climate change to destroy the earth only because we can't help falling in love.

The importance of being art(s)y

I will never be Oprah. by lauraencinas

I will never Oprah. I sound like an epileptic robot. Why do teachers have to be so crueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel? But don't you worry people, I know it's a long way to the top if you want to rock'n'roll. Yeah.

Visual violence is the answer.

As a street art supporter, I would definitely draw my inspiration from Joshua Allen Harris's work except that I would like to frighten people because I do think that psychological violence is way more impacting than poetry or utopia. You see, I'm much more of a George Orwell than a Thomas Moore. So I would use the devices of art happening and I would spread my action around the world in the biggest capitals on the same day. I would arrange animals' corpses on the streets maybe for instance in Paris, at the feet of the Eiffel Tower. Those corpses would turn out to be fake and made out of silicone but they would be covered with blood and would be supposed to reek of rottenness thanks to synthetic perfume. Eventually, this action that is to be perceived at the same time as an act of eco-terrorism and extreme street art guerilla would certainly create a huge buzz. Those kind of actions should be repeated every month and in the end fake human bodies should replace those of animals.This strategy would endeavour to make the authorities tackle the problem and try to instaur measures to protect us from a dark future.