I was invited to the Klimahaus in Bremerhaven www.klimahaus-bremerhaven.de on wednesday 4th november, an amazing experience. I rode there with about 40 students, and then did interviews with radio and local newspapers.
I was provided with a guide, Margret Grobe, an experienced climate scientist, who showed me around the exhibits in the afternoon, which include methods of demonstrating reduction of your carbon footprint, videos from a journey around the world through Bremerhaven, Switzerland, Sardinia, Niger, Cameroon, the antarctic, Samoa, Alaska, with the inhabitants speaking about the problems climate change is causing. There is then a very moving exhibit of the future these countries will face because of climate change, and a video of a little girl saying "You grown-ups say that you love us, but please make your actions match your words". This approach engages the emotions of the audience more than a dry scientific exposition, something which is vital if we are to motivate people to act.
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