last night i went to see the film chasing ice which was put on by ealing transition. it’s well worth seeing if you get a chance. if you are in doubt about the shifts in climate, after watching james balog‘s time lapse movies of glaciers you will have a visual picture that is at the same time utterly compelling visually and will make you want to lament. it’s what he calls the extreme ice survey. the commitment to place 25 cameras in extreme positions and conditions to take hourly photographs of glaciers is amazing…

james balog gave a TED talk in 2009 and towards the end of this you see some of the time lapse movies. it’s well worth 20 minutes of your life.

i have been meaning to go to a gathering of ealing transition for a while so it was good to finally go and meet people and hear of local initiatives in response to climate change and shifting our dependency on oil. it’s an extraordinary movement. one of the anglican 5 marks of mission is care for the environment. one brilliant way of doing that would be to join in with transiition if it’s going on near you.