My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

Radiohead have partnered with Greenpeace for a poignant new ad that shows a homeless polar bear wandering around London, set to the fittingly unfitting soundtrack of “Everything In Its Right Place” from the Oxford band’s beloved album Kid A. With narration from Jude Law, the clip is being used to help raise awareness about oil companies looking to drill in the Arctic, a landscape already decimated by global warming.

“We have to stop the oil giants pushing into the Arctic,” said Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke on the Greenpeace website. “An oil spill in the Arctic would devastate this region of breathtaking beauty, while burning that oil will only add to the biggest problem we all face, climate change. That’s why I’m backing this campaign.”

Using media to change the world… http://cameras-4-change.org/

Using media to change the world… http://cameras-4-change.org/

VISION: 

We envision a world where everyone has the opportunity to empower, engage, encourage, connect and catalyze others globally by creating a voice through visual media. We want to transform lives by igniting the spark of creativity, educating and creating a conduit that connects us all through visual media and storytelling.

MISSION: 
Cameras 4 change transforms lives and brings change by uniting vision and voice through visual media

METHODOLOGY: 
Cameras 4 Change offers arts-based programs utilizing cameras and creative writing. By partnering with other organizations that work towards ending the United Nations Millenium Development Goals, we create unique programs that highlight some of the worlds most important human rights issues including; Water & Sanitation, HIV/AIDs, Gender Equality, and Education through the use of visual media, creative writing and photo-based arts programming.

Rhinos are being poached “at record rates” for their horns, which could lead to the species’ extinction in less than fifteen years.

The number of illegally hunted rhinos this year may reach over 600, surpassing last year’s record high of 448. Conservationists estimate that the world rhino population has plummeted 90% since 1970.

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“We’ve certainly reached a tipping point in rhino populations. There is no way that our national populations can sustain the level of poaching,” Pelham Jones, chairman of the South Africa Private Rhino Owners Association, told Reuters on the sidelines of a conservation summit in Nairobi.

Selling the horns is a lucrative business; one horn can be worth $60,000 per kilogram, which is more than the price of gold. The horns are sold on the Asian market as a cure for various ailments including cancer, a claim scientists have dismissed.

In the video here, NBC correspondent Rohit Kachroo describes the killing and decimating of the rhino population as “mass murder.”

A billion people currently lack access to clean drinking water. Levi Strauss & Co. and Water.org are committed to changing this. Starting March 22nd, Levi’s and Water.org will Go WaterLess. You too can join the partnership by visiting http://www.levi.com/waterless and taking the Go WaterLess challenge.

Sign the global appeal for a bulletproof Arms Trade Treaty

Serious human rights abuses have been committed around the world through the irresponsible trade by countries in weapons, ammunition and other arms. We could change that now with an Arms Trade Treaty.

Join Mulgrave’s Amnesty International Club. Speak to Mr Pulfer for details.

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