SAMOANS USE FILM-MAKING TO COUNTER CLIMATE CHANGE
July 1st, 2010
BY EMMA JACKSON
SAMOANS have embraced an increasingly effective method of communication to express concerns about climate change - video. Eight groups from communities within the Pacific archipelago have participated in film-making workshops sponsored by the UN Development Programme's (UNDP) Global Environment Facility (GEF) initiative. There, they interviewed fellow residents to demonstrate the extreme impact climate change is having on their lives. The videos have been edited together to make a film.
The videos show how climate change-related phenomena such ...
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