well worn theatre brings climate change action play to jozi

Submitted by sproutingforth on Wed, 2010-09-01 12:42

I'm a fan of theatre in any form. I particularly admire those who do theatre with a message (alright, I know all theatre has a message, but, you know), especially one with climate change for school kids. And this one is aimed at grades 5 to 9.

What's more, the team of actors, are prepared to act just about anywhere – in a quad, hall or field – just so that they can get their message across.

The “high-octane, action-packed adventure story” by the theatre team Craig Morris, Lerato Moloi, Jacques De Silva and Joni Barnard, from the Well Worn Theatre Company has already made it to the halls and quads of at least 20 schools with their climate change programme.

The team take you on a voyage around the world, on their preferred mode of transport – two carbon-kicking bicycles (one with its own solar cooker on the back for making popcorn). The message, which includes all the elements of global warming, fossil fuels, deforestation, waste and renewable energy, is great.

Support them.

The team also meet with the teachers before the show just so that they can emphasise why they feel climate change and energy is such an important part of children's every day learning. And they provide supportive gear like CFL light bulbs, tree packs, learning materials, web tools, posters and fun activities. All to inspire schools to cut carbon and get climate active.

Interested?

Call them on 011 023 9440
sms them on 076 715 2414
email them
for more: www.wellworn.org.za/

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Watch out

Submitted by Mike (not verified) on Thu, 2010-09-23 22:03.

Everyone who is fanatical about ecological acts knows about the crisis spinning in the center of each ocean-those masses of great piles of rubbish-how this relates to global warming, well you'll see now. You remember how when you spin water in a bowl or bath the water makes things that float in it go to the center? Well scientists have theorised that the ocean conveyor could break again! If the heat goes up enough though. If it goes up, there wouldn't be any spin there, in the converge of most of these currents the water could simply stop holding the islands of rubbish floating there on their own, and simply be washed to all the coasts of all the sea-based nations of the world. No more fish. Try this as an additional argument, because it ought top be heard by any fisherman in the world, or anyone that likes having brain-food.

Solutions?

Submitted by Mike (not verified) on Thu, 2010-09-23 22:14.

There are a couple of words that are keyed here for solving it. Well why haven't recycling companies just fished for these things? I mean, with all that waste, you wander if anyone is making plans on getting at that. There isn't really a large market for these items, but I know of some ideas. Simply using hard plastics in casts to make a type of plastic-plank! This would be the first I've heard of it. Also the soft plastics for canvassing for shelter for the poor? Simple sheeting can be developed that can be made into hot-blankets (they don't breathe through) and bringing in tents of this stuff, and using polystyrene in packaging rather than having new polystyrene, but this is a bit unhygienic, so I'd prefer it being used for items that aren't classified as foods, (how many food types are packaged with that?) So if it's hard for that to be done, then what will we do with the island...just put it in a landfill?