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10:10 is an ambitious project to unite every sector of British society behind one simple idea: that by working together we can achieve a 10% cut in the UK’s carbon emissions in 2010. Cutting 10% in one year is a bold target, but for most of us it’s an achievable one, and is in line with what scientists say we need over the next 18 months. We now know for certain that unless we act quickly to reduce our use of dirty fossil fuels, humanity will face terrible problems in the years to come. Politicians have so far failed to do what needs to be done, so it’s time for businesses, organisations and people all over the UK to step in and show that we’re ready to defend our future. It’s now or never for the climate.
By signing up to this 10% target the team at Artists’ Project Earth is determined to reduce our carbon footprint. We will endeavour to have video-conferences instead of travelling to meetings, and where we do need to travel, we will try to go by public transport. We will be looking into the production processes of the albums we produce to ensure that low-carbon alternatives are used wherever possible and we will source products and services locally and ethically. In short we will be looking at every aspect of the organisation to ensure that our carbon footprint is as light as possible.
It’s easy to feel powerless in the face of a huge problem like climate change, but by uniting everyone behind immediate, effective and achievable action, 10:10 enables all of us to make a meaningful difference. 10:10 is the perfect opportunity to discover what’s possible when we work together.
Why not sign up at www.1010uk.org
In the same week that figures were released stating that global carbon emissions are down by 2.6% on last year thanks to the recession, at a packed conference in Camden Town, London, Artists Project Earth (APE) awarded $50,000 to The Transition Network, for its work in helping to mitigate serious climate change.
That’s two bits of good news about climate change amongst the clamouring headlines of doom that have begun to assail us on a daily basis. But APE believes that a better world is possible and that the creative arts will play a key role in telling the stories about a resilient and hopeful future that are so far, not being told. That is why APE has made this award to The Transition Network towards the work it is doing to help local communities and organisations to build resilience, interdependence and sustainability into their daily lives.
In the words of Transition Network co-founder, Rob Hopkins, “We have a paucity of stories that articulate what a lower energy world might look like. What is hard but important, is to be able to articulate a vision of a post-carbon world, so enticing that people leap out of bed every morning and put their shoulder to the wheel of making it happen.”
The APE award will help “make it happen”. Money raised from the sale of APE’s first three ‘Rhythms Del Mundo’ albums – now topping the million sales mark – will support cutting-edge projects that we can all get involved with: projects that are creating a better world, like community-supported agriculture, garden-share schemes, farmers’ markets, community-owned renewable energy systems, co-housing, car-sharing etc.
Sophy Banks, Co-founder of Transition Training, who collected the cheque on behalf of The Transition Network believes, “We don’t have to wait for politicians to tell us what to do, we just have to get motivated into taking action. If, as communities we can transform our own systems of living so that they are vibrant, upbeat, and meet challenges head-on with compassion and goodwill, then we can seed a wave of cultural diversity and social justice that will ripple across the world.”
At the moment, society doesn’t have a positive, socially-based vision of the future, yet to get people engaged, they need vision and hope. The Transition Network offers that vision but we all have to get connected to make the change happen. “This is a historic window of opportunity to be the change we want to see in the world,” says Banks. “This money will be used by The Transition Network to provide structure and resources to develop these initiatives further”.
APE has planted 350 trees through the auspices of the Trees For Life organisation, in support of the 350.org campaign.
APE has also registered the planting of these trees with the United Nation’s Seven Billion Trees campaign – which we have just heard, has now reached its goal of planting 7 billion trees in 170 countries worldwide.
APE will continue to plant trees in our Grove to compensate for some our activities which inevitably include the emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
For more details visit: http://www.treesforlife.org.uk/groves/ape.html
The Copenhagen Climate Conference, 7th – 18th December 2009
For the last few months, the Artists Project Earth team have been preparing for the United Nations CoP15 Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. To find out more visit our CoP15 page where we'll be posting all our news from the Conference as it happens.
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