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How Are You Greening Your Life? - Winner of the Second Week!

We are excited to announce the winner of the second week of our competition: Cristina Sinziana Buliga in Romania! Cristina submitted a fantastic poem about reducing her water use. Her new solar backpack will be in the mail shortly!

Cristina's entry:

How Are You Greening Your Life? - Winner of the Fourth Week!

We are excited to announce the winner of the fourth week of our competition: Tara Whitsitt in New York! Tara shared this photo and caption about cover crops in Maryland:

How Are You Greening Your Life? - Winner of the Fifth Week!

We are excited to announce the winner of the fifth week of our competition: Hans van der Broek in Hoi An, Vietnam!

How Are You Greening Your Life? - Winner for the Week of 12-18 March!

It was certainly a challenge after receiving so many fantastic entries, but the Connect4Climate Weekly Competition panel of judges has reached a decision! Congratulations to James Kamau Wangu in Kenya! We will be mailing your solar backpack to you shortly!

Guadalajara Film Festival takes climate change seriously

Connect4Climate is working with the Guadalajara Film Festival (FICG) to address climate concerns in the film industry. At FICG29 the film festival director Ivan Trujillo announced that they will work to determine th

Film4Climate announced at Berlinale

At the Berlinale (Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), one of the world’s leading film festivals, organizers of

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How is the film industry taking on climate change? Film4Climate trailer

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Film Industry Heavyweights Connect at Cannes

Cannes, France - We're thrilled to be here on the Côte d'Azur at the renowned Cannes Film Festival to talk with, learn from, and partner with film industry producers, directors, judges, and commissions who also want to green their industry.

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Film4Climate Panel Discussion

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The panelists included: singer/songwriter and Cannes jury member Rokia Traore; Director, Guadalajara International Film Festival Ivan Trujillo; CEO, Ile-de-France Film Commission Olivier-René Veillon; Publisher & Chief Editor, Green Film Shooting Brigit Heidsiek; Head of Training and Film Education Flanders Audiovisual Fund Siebe Dumon; Chief Executive Officer, Sardegna Film Commission/Foundation &Vice President, Italian Commission Association (IFC) Nevina Satta; and Michael Geidel of Climate Media Factory, Green Film Initiative.

Rokia Traore (who traveled to Cannes with her two month old daughter!) opened the panel with some heartfelt words about her home country of Mali, and the plight of the African continent in general.

“Every day in Africa, we are facing climate change consequences,” Rokia Traoré told Connect4Climate. “We have to make people aware that humans are simply one of the elements of nature. We have to be able to think not just about now, but tomorrow. What are our responsibilities concerning our children and their world? We are the ones responsible for that.”

Veillon added: “To have a sustainable approach in production is also the right economic approach”.

<a href="http://connect4climate.org/sites/default/files/upload/Film4Climate%20pr…; target="_blank">Download the Film4Climate at Cannes Press Release.</a>

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Film4Climate in Cannes with Twitter

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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Film4Climate?src=hash" target="_blank">#Film4Climate</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/guardian" target="_blank">@guardian</a>: Cannes concludes with call-to-arms on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/climatechange?src=hash" target="_blank">#climatechange</a> <a href="http://t.co/o3qFZRSjCK" target="_blank">http://t.co/o3qFZRSjCK</a> <a href="http://t.co/UqZqAyeXvF" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/UqZqAyeXvF</a>
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/Luc_Jacquet" target="_blank">@Luc_Jacquet</a> on climate change and film: 'to not tackle the issue through film would be criminal' <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Film4Climate?src=hash" target="_blank">#Film4Climate</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cannes2015?src=hash" target="_blank">#Cannes2015</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IceandtheSky?src=hash" target="_blank">#IceandtheSky</a>
— Connect4Climate (@Connect4Climate) <a href="https://twitter.com/Connect4Climate/status/602407944030965760" target="_blank">May 24, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Film4Climate, Ecoprod call on producers | News | <a href="https://twitter.com/screen" target="_blank">@Screen</a>: <a href="http://t.co/VNAvjSdvHE" target="_blank">http://t.co/VNAvjSdvHE</a> By Geoffrey Macnab
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NEXTCannes?src=hash" target="_blank">#NEXTCannes</a> with <a href="https://twitter.com/Connect4Climate" target="_blank">@Connect4Climate</a> yesterday with <a href="https://twitter.com/giuliacamillabr" target="_blank">@giuliacamillabr</a>, Donald Ranvaud, <a href="https://twitter.com/rokiatraore" target="_blank">@rokiatraore</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/opuech" target="_blank">@opuech</a> <a href="http://t.co/CQPHgfaAfZ" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/CQPHgfaAfZ</a>
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Sustainability is the key to save the business, and the planet - Nevina Satta <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Film4Climate?src=hash" target="_blank">#Film4Climate</a> <a href="http://t.co/Uk3qvMTdRu" target="_blank">http://t.co/Uk3qvMTdRu</a> <a href="http://t.co/kYVOwY9i2J" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/kYVOwY9i2J</a>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/CaptPaulWatson" target="_blank">@captpaulwatson</a> special guest doing a talk <a href="https://twitter.com/Connect4Climate" target="_blank">@Connect4Climate</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/film4climate?src=hash" target="_blank">#film4climate</a> Thx to Donald Ranvaud from <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cannes2015?src=hash" target="_blank">#cannes2015</a> RT <a href="http://t.co/jEKDWeLyjb" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/jEKDWeLyjb</a>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/iceandthesky?src=hash" target="_blank">#iceandthesky</a> team <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClaudeLorius?src=hash" target="_blank">#ClaudeLorius</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/Luc" target="_blank">@Luc</a> Jacquet at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cannes2014?src=hash" target="_blank">#Cannes2014</a> - Thanks much for championing the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/climate?src=hash" target="_blank">#climate</a> cause! <a href="http://t.co/tKtDoPuPxJ" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/tKtDoPuPxJ</a>
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Connect4Climate Takes Center Stage on Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day

The team at Connect4Climate is still soaring from the energy produced by the leaders, entertainers, visionaries, concerned citizens, and fans who attended Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day.

Connect4Climate Photo/Video Competition 2011 Winners: Health

These are the winners divided by group age.

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Winners: Health, 13-17 years old

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1st Place in the 13-17 age category

Dump site #1 - Oscar Atoli – Kenya - This is the biggest dumpsite in Kenya. Since the dumpsite was established the air pollution is increasing every day because of waste disposal, but the women and street kids never mind, if the pollution is affecting others tenants leaving near the dumpsite. The dumpsite is full of women and street children. Since 10 years ago. But with the population of Kenya the dumpsite is increasing day by day and now is said to have reached 50,000 by this year, these is because of lack of employment, shelter and the availability of essential services shrinking, the future for these women and children looks bleak.

2nd place winner in the 13-17 age category

Clean Environmement Needed for Healthy Living - Bubacarr Baldeh – Gambia - Rubbish collection should be a priority for every individual.

3rd place winner in the 13-17 age category

Feel the Oxygen - Phomolo Rangoajane - Mants'ase Children's Home –  Lesotho - Green leaves remove carbon from the air and give off life sustaining oxygen.

*View this video by 3rd place winner Mutetelenu Kalama as he speaks about his photo submission

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNkKBDwhQEo]

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Winners: Health, 18-24 years old

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1st place winner in the 18-24 age category

Change - Amine Ghrabi - Tunisia- Tunisians or the first 2011 revolutionnaries went out into the streets on the 24th september 2011 calling leaders to act  in order to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. A bicycle parade was organized and over a hundred citizens took part to the event. Although there is no clear and secure bikways that could be used, they were biking and rollering all the day around Tunis in a call for a clean energy future. Everyone of them remember very well how the Tunisian Revolution had proven that change can come quickly.

The photo shows two of them in the heart of the old city using the tramway lines of Bab El Khadhra district [The green door]. The background shows the traffic jam and the famous yellow buses that make the streets of the city so crowded.

*View this video by first place winner Amine Ghrabi regarding his photo submission.

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDh7wF2QhOY]

2nd place winner in the 18-24 age category

Abandoned Homes and Active Factories - Nourine Shenawy – Egypt -

The sad thing that is not shown in this picture is that other than these two buildings, there is an entire residential compounds with schools, mousques and chuches, and hospitals, even with the intoxicating fumes and the poisonous wastes coming out of the factories. Egypt has no architectural plan, a factory can be built in the middle of the city since there is a space for it, and with the increase of the population in Alexandria in the last thrity years, flats and houses are built near the factories regardless of health hazards. My question is who has the right to stay? The factories that build, or the people that live? Should people abandon their homes? Or is home just another house one can leave to live a humane life with a clean atmosphere?

3rd place winner in the 18-24 age category

Poor Garbage Collection: A Health Hazard - Mutetelenu Kalama – Zambia -

With the rising of industries, Zambia is experiencing poor garbage collection including big cities were it can be easy to collect waste. 
In turn a lot of children have been affected because they are always found playing on top of this waste, hence a lot of deaths have been reported because of poor garbage collection, and so cilmate change hast not been left out.

*Watch 3rd place winner Mutetelenu Kalama speak about her photo submission

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRBK3g6FnP4]

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Winners: Health, 25-35 years old

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1st place winner in the 25-35 age category

Homemade Soccer Ball - Dumpster on Fire - Julius Mwelu – Kenya - A young man in Nairobi plays with a home-made soccer ball next to a burning dumpsite emitting smoke, which affects the environment.

2nd place in the 25-35 age category

Junk Market - Wilson Fernandes da Silva – Angola - It is sad to know that everything we do for survival but little or a lot that we need to live is always better for an even fight with ourselves. Many people eat the products sold in this market garbage in the neighborhood of São. Paul in Luanda. A few meters from the city administration this scenario is seen by thousands of people over the same old policies that hinder Africa deteriorate in termsof better health. If management does not have the money residents can contribute to private companies is clear that a solution but finally the policies make us wait.

3rd place winner in the 25-35 age category

The African Forum for Mobility and Development - Naigaga Kawuma Christine – Uganda - Using cycling as a mitigation measure to climate change in Uganda and especially Kampala. We are a group of Non governmental organizations to conserve the environment.

Connect4Climate Photo/Video Competition 2011 Winners: Gender

Look at the awarded photographies.

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Winners: Gender, 25-35 years old

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1st place in the 25-35 age category

Women at Work in the Forest - Ndimby Andriantsoavina, Madagascar - All works related to food preparation is dedicated to women. So women have to fetch the wood in the forest to prepare the lunch.

*Watch this video by 1st place winner Ndiby Andriantsoavina speak about his photo submission

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xYq4YKOE6U]

2nd place in the 25-35 category

Rural women, Renewable Energy and ICTs - Herbert Lwanga, Uganda

In a typical Ugandan setting, women play the roles of digging, fetching water, doing household work, cooking, hosting visitors and, above all, bearing children i.e. they are movers of the “caring economy” which however, carries no definite rewards except that they benefit from occasional “thank you” expressions from their husbands, children, visiting neighbours, relatives, and community members. To-date however, these roles are shifting very fast, thanks to the onset of Information Communication Technologies and technology in general.

As can be attested by the attached photograph, the lady seen operating this solution is rural based and apart from providing an alternative energy source, she generates continuous revenue hence, realizing her entrepreneurial dream; with this revenue she is empowered to pay school fees for her children and, supplementing the food security budget for her household.

She also plays the role of providing the rural farming communities with a constant energy source that enables them to use their phones uninterrupted thus, leading them to access and benefit from information that addresses their personal, farming and community needs. Furthermore, the photograph is a testimony of the combined role of women and youth in developing, producing and applying ICTs for transforming especially rural communities i.e. the LOG`EL Commercial, solar phone-charger is produced and disseminated by the  LOG`EL team (mainly comprising the youth) and it is being commercially utilized by a female operator.

This technology solution has the potential for replication in other countries for, apart from being an alternative source of affordable energy, it has viable prospects for reducing poverty, managing climate change, reducing environmental degradation and uplifting the convenience for humanity in general. Inquiries for collaboration are welcome.

3rd place in the 25-35 age category

And Still Hope by Anab Garab Somali/America

I took this photo of a young girl named Ikraam on September 12th, 2011, in the Gedo region of Somalia.I went with Markabley Relief and Development Trust a group distributing food as emergency relief to parts of the region. Ikraam is looked after by her aunt who does her best to care for young Ikraam. She was very interested in learning English so I taught her a few words while I was there. I visited the local school and spoke with teachers and Ikraams aunt who informed me that although they are quite happy to have a school in the area unfortunately it is only open for 2 hours a day. A school teacher said they teach seven subjects at the school English being one of them. But two hours a day isn't enough.