More than 800 teenagers are expected to descend on the Area nightclub on Tuesday night for a party aimed at saving the world.
Organisers hope the event will help them spread the message that climate change can be tackled - not just by the young but also by adults as well.
Greg Peachy, founder of the FREdome Visionary Trust, believes the majority of environmental problems could be solved by the aggressive, stimulated growth of green algae in seawater.
This, he claims, could then be used as a form of fertiliser to reclaim up to 75% of the world's arid land - providing growing space for near limitless bio fuels and food.
Fifteen-year-olds, Jasmine and Sophie, who lead a group's junior wing, FREdome YEA (Youth Encouraging Adults), have organised the event to raise funds and gain further support for their campaign - even persauading the club to let them use it for free.
Jasmine said: "We hope that after the Club night, everyone will do at least one thing - that's what we want. Then something might actually happen."
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The night will provide a mixture of educational messages and live music from top bands, including Edinburgh's Mars Patrol and local act None The Less.
For an invite please visit www.myspace.com/fredome_yea, click on WeCare, make a friend request, and add name, school & MySpace URL to the party invitation blog.
Tickets are £5 and Doors open at 7pm. This event is for under 18s only and no entry will be allowed after 9pm.
Posted by: Arthur, Garston on 5:45pm Thu 20 Mar 08
Surely the objective should be to save the human race, whatever happens with climate change will not lead to the ultimate destruction of the planet earth for quite some eons to come
Surely the objective should be to save the human race, whatever happens with climate change will not lead to the ultimate destruction of the planet earth for quite some eons to come
Presumably the participants will be issued with plastic stick-on haloes and T-shirts with the slogan: "Look at ME! I'm saving the world. Aren't I a little goodie-two-shoes?"
Oh, the idealism and naivety of youth! What they mean is that they'll have a jolly good pi**-up, pretend they're saving the world and then go home and crash out, drunk out of their tiny minds but convinced they've somehow helped the future of humanity. Hey ho - it won't even save one polar bear cub, never mind the world. Still, the thought and good intention is there, bless their little cotton socks!
Presumably the participants will be issued with plastic stick-on haloes and T-shirts with the slogan: "Look at ME! I'm saving the world. Aren't I a little goodie-two-shoes?"
Oh, the idealism and naivety of youth! What they mean is that they'll have a jolly good pi**-up, pretend they're saving the world and then go home and crash out, drunk out of their tiny minds but convinced they've somehow helped the future of humanity. Hey ho - it won't even save one polar bear cub, never mind the world. Still, the thought and good intention is there, bless their little cotton socks!
Posted by: Greg Peachey, Garston / St Albans on 5:33pm Sat 22 Mar 08
Roy, how easy it is to become cynical and negative as you get older!
Your comment starts, appropriately, with “presumably”, as what follows is presumption. There is no alcohol at the event. All youngsters are not drunkards, and the young do have depth. Our youth leaders set up their own web page, which they chose to call “We Care” – because they DO care. The group is called YEA – Youth Encouraging Adults, but we also need to see some encouragement going back the other way!
We believe that something will come of this. The cause is to preserve and publish a person-millennium of research – 30 specialists working for 30 years into a single, rapid solution to the energy crisis, climate change, starvation and disease. The research is in danger of being lost, because it was taken into storage when two world recessions caused the sponsoring charity to collapse. If public opinion can cause modest funding to be released, the research could have a very major impact:
In essence the research concerns a process for extremely rapid conversion of excess carbon dioxide, seawater and sunlight into virtually unlimited fuel and immunising foods.
Roy, how easy it is to become cynical and negative as you get older!
Your comment starts, appropriately, with “presumably”, as what follows is presumption. There is no alcohol at the event. All youngsters are not drunkards, and the young do have depth. Our youth leaders set up their own web page, which they chose to call “We Care” – because they DO care. The group is called YEA – Youth Encouraging Adults, but we also need to see some encouragement going back the other way!
We believe that something will come of this. The cause is to preserve and publish a person-millennium of research – 30 specialists working for 30 years into a single, rapid solution to the energy crisis, climate change, starvation and disease. The research is in danger of being lost, because it was taken into storage when two world recessions caused the sponsoring charity to collapse. If public opinion can cause modest funding to be released, the research could have a very major impact:
In essence the research concerns a process for extremely rapid conversion of excess carbon dioxide, seawater and sunlight into virtually unlimited fuel and immunising foods.
[quote][bold]Arthur[/bold] wrote:
Surely the objective should be to save the human race, whatever happens with climate change will not lead to the ultimate destruction of the planet earth for quite some eons to come[/quote] The solution about which we are raising awareness is not only climate change, but also the energy crisis, starvation and disease. The latter two are certainly killers. Conventional fuels will not last forever. I’m sure you will have noticed that oil prices have more than quadrupled since 2002. Unless we take decisive action, this trend threatens future collapse of the world economic system, without which the majority of individuals could not survive.
Back to climate change for a moment: Specialists, such as Mike Hillard, writing for Mensa magazine, argues very persuasively from data that we may well already be past the tipping point. Al Gore states that a six-degree rise in global temperatures would cause the extinction of life. The Stern report states that we are very close to disaster. Decisive and rapid reclamation of 75% of the world’s (arid) land may be the only solution.
We believe that there are compelling reasons to tackle all four problems, particularly if it can be done all in one go. Together with the young people, who did not create these problems, but will inherit them, we are campaigning for a change in attitude – from complacency or skepticism, to open-mindedness and action.
Arthur wrote:
Surely the objective should be to save the human race, whatever happens with climate change will not lead to the ultimate destruction of the planet earth for quite some eons to come
The solution about which we are raising awareness is not only climate change, but also the energy crisis, starvation and disease. The latter two are certainly killers. Conventional fuels will not last forever. I’m sure you will have noticed that oil prices have more than quadrupled since 2002. Unless we take decisive action, this trend threatens future collapse of the world economic system, without which the majority of individuals could not survive.
Back to climate change for a moment: Specialists, such as Mike Hillard, writing for Mensa magazine, argues very persuasively from data that we may well already be past the tipping point. Al Gore states that a six-degree rise in global temperatures would cause the extinction of life. The Stern report states that we are very close to disaster. Decisive and rapid reclamation of 75% of the world’s (arid) land may be the only solution.
We believe that there are compelling reasons to tackle all four problems, particularly if it can be done all in one go. Together with the young people, who did not create these problems, but will inherit them, we are campaigning for a change in attitude – from complacency or skepticism, to open-mindedness and action.
Posted by: Arthur, Garston on 4:52pm Sun 23 Mar 08
[quote][bold]Greg Peachey[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]Arthur[/bold] wrote: Surely the objective should be to save the human race, whatever happens with climate change will not lead to the ultimate destruction of the planet earth for quite some eons to come[/quote] The solution about which we are raising awareness is not only climate change, but also the energy crisis, starvation and disease. The latter two are certainly killers. Conventional fuels will not last forever. I’m sure you will have noticed that oil prices have more than quadrupled since 2002. Unless we take decisive action, this trend threatens future collapse of the world economic system, without which the majority of individuals could not survive. Back to climate change for a moment: Specialists, such as Mike Hillard, writing for Mensa magazine, argues very persuasively from data that we may well already be past the tipping point. Al Gore states that a six-degree rise in global temperatures would cause the extinction of life. The Stern report states that we are very close to disaster. Decisive and rapid reclamation of 75% of the world’s (arid) land may be the only solution. We believe that there are compelling reasons to tackle all four problems, particularly if it can be done all in one go. Together with the young people, who did not create these problems, but will inherit them, we are campaigning for a change in attitude – from complacency or skepticism, to open-mindedness and action.[/quote] Greg completely misses my point - he's not talking about "saving the world" he's talking about saving the human race's opportunity for living on it for a while longer - the world will still be here whatever happens with climate change! as eaons of time have democtrated (the ice age, etc.)
Greg Peachey wrote:
Arthur wrote: Surely the objective should be to save the human race, whatever happens with climate change will not lead to the ultimate destruction of the planet earth for quite some eons to come
The solution about which we are raising awareness is not only climate change, but also the energy crisis, starvation and disease. The latter two are certainly killers. Conventional fuels will not last forever. I’m sure you will have noticed that oil prices have more than quadrupled since 2002. Unless we take decisive action, this trend threatens future collapse of the world economic system, without which the majority of individuals could not survive. Back to climate change for a moment: Specialists, such as Mike Hillard, writing for Mensa magazine, argues very persuasively from data that we may well already be past the tipping point. Al Gore states that a six-degree rise in global temperatures would cause the extinction of life. The Stern report states that we are very close to disaster. Decisive and rapid reclamation of 75% of the world’s (arid) land may be the only solution. We believe that there are compelling reasons to tackle all four problems, particularly if it can be done all in one go. Together with the young people, who did not create these problems, but will inherit them, we are campaigning for a change in attitude – from complacency or skepticism, to open-mindedness and action.
Greg completely misses my point - he's not talking about "saving the world" he's talking about saving the human race's opportunity for living on it for a while longer - the world will still be here whatever happens with climate change! as eaons of time have democtrated (the ice age, etc.)
Posted by: Greg Peachey, Garston/St Albans on 11:45pm Sun 23 Mar 08
Sorry – I freely admit to being concerned principally with the survival of the human race, as I consider that to be the more relevant issue. I did not take your comment as pedantic. However, I think the term “world” does have a broader interpretation than yours. For example, “One World Week”, as far as I know, is not a bid to keep the planet in a single piece!
Sorry – I freely admit to being concerned principally with the survival of the human race, as I consider that to be the more relevant issue. I did not take your comment as pedantic. However, I think the term “world” does have a broader interpretation than yours. For example, “One World Week”, as far as I know, is not a bid to keep the planet in a single piece!
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