The International Network
for Sustainable Energy

• September 21-22, 2009
Age of Stupid Film Global Premiere

Change History, 89 minutes

We are in 2055 - We watch an animation starting from the Big Bang and follow the Earth’s history through dinosaurs, mammals, and humankind. The animated timeline stops in 2055 in a devastated world. Only an old man, “the Archivist”, is alive, who is looking through a digital representation of human history and wondering why humanity didn’t stop climate change when it had a chance.
Next, we can watch the films and historical data how our species got it all wrong in the “Age of Stupid”, which is the period between 1988-2015, when humanity had become aware of the likely consequences of continuing to increase greenhouse-gas emissions and still had time to avert global catastrophe but largely chose to ignore the warning. We watch documentaries of several stories that the Archivist collects before beaming them out into space.

Wake UP!
The aim is to make the public wake up to the impending climate disaster! The film ultimately aims to help bring about an exponential change in global awareness needed to force governments to introduce and pass strong legislation that cuts global carbon emissions, increases renewable energy and allows life to continue on this planet. ”Gotta aim high, right?”

Crowd funding: You Can Still Buy A Share!
The film-makers introduced an interesting way of funding called “crowd funding”. Hundreds of people invested in a share or donated money to cover the film’s expenses. In turn, people got a credit on the film’s website and will get a percentage of the profit, if there is any. Now, in July, 2009, you can still buy a share to help cover final costs for the Global Premiere on September 21-22, 2009.

The Filmmaker - The director of the film is Franny Armstrong, who got the idea of making this documentary and managed it with exceptional commitment through about five years. Her enthusiasm for the film’s idea attracted Oscar winner, John Battsek to the production of the film, and won over Oscar nominee Pete Postlethwaite, one of Britain’s most respected and best loved actors, for the role of The Archivist. These leading lights along with the rest of the outstanding cast and crew contribute greatly to the film’s success.

History? Join Not Stupid Campaign!

The “Not Stupid” Campaign is supported by Greenpeace, WWF, FOE, Low Carbon Communities, Transition Towns, Stop Climate Chaos, as well as INFORSE !
It was launched in November, 2008.

If you’d like to get your charity/NGO/organisation onto the list of supporters, please contact Daniel Vockins at daniel@ageofstupid.net . http://notstupid.org/.

Read article on page # 6
in Sustainable Energy News
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