You Told us to Talk about the Weather

A cross posting from my Passed the Point of No Return blog.

This story came through via the BBC News Norfolk page.

It's about a film which was filmed on the West Acre estate, a few miles from where I live.

It was written in collaboration with young farmers and it questions why discussions about the weather are so common, in contrast to discussions about climate change.

Environmental campaign group the Climate Majority Project hopes the five-minute film will help pupils and teachers speak "honestly and sensitively" about the issue.

It was written by King's Lynn-born playwright Emma-Louise Howell, who spent time speaking to young farmers in the county about their experience of climate change.

She said: "They really were engaged in it and they were almost shouting into a void saying 'we have got a bit of an answer, working with nature'.

"You can't control the weather, but they are having to adjust every single day to the shift in climate.

"It's not conceptual to them."

The Climate Majority project provides more details about their work.

The film is narrated by Michael Sheen, who lends his distinctive voice to the film.

More details on the Substack here.

In the past 6 hours, 94% of Brits have spoken about the weather.

In the past 5 years, 7000 Brits have been arrested for speaking out about the climate crisis.

Now we’re asking: how can we change small-talk into a conversation for meaningful change?

Watch the film here: