There is lots of talk about climate change but sometimes it is such an obtuse concept that we get lost in it. See the movie “Chasing Ice” and the impact of a changing climate will come smartly into focus. Thanks to the Stroud Water Research Center, I, with about 300 other viewers, was able to see the movie on the big screen at the Winterthur Museum. I see that is available on Netflix for streaming. Watch it.
Startling, scary, compelling, awesome, brave, audacious were some of the words I heard from the audience as we shuffled from the theater.
The film documents the photographer, James Balog’s efforts to digitally capture, over multiple years, the life of selected glaciers in Greenland, Iceland, Alaska and Montana. Named The Extreme Ice Survey, Balog and his team survived gale force winds, extreme cold, hazardous treks, bad knees and stark landscapes to set-up and periodically visit strategically placed camera installations that snapped time-lapse photos. The pictorial story they tell of dramatic glacier shrinkage made the very sobered audience catch its breath over and over.
Encourage your schools, churches, community groups, government representatives and your friends to watch this movie but don’t let it stop there – take the time to discuss what you have seen and then think about what you, your friends and your organizations can do to reduce your carbon footprint and make an impact on climate change.
