Bruno Giussani is a writer, the European Director of the 
Can anything happy be said about global warming? Given that the thought of climate change inevitably brings up images of glaciers melting, temperatures rising, of floods and droughts and hurricanes, it seems that the only way to look at it with a smile is to clad it in irony.
American singer Jill Sobule was at the TED2006 conference at the end of February (see this previous post) and was stirred by Al Gore's two speeches on the impending climate crisis, and wrote a song right there, performing it on stage the last day of the conference (while the host held her laptop open in front of her eyes so that she could read the lyrics that she had just finished writing). In the past days she went to a studio in Los Angeles and recorded the song, in which she imagines picnics and rollerskating and sunbathing in Central Park in the heart of winter: "Manhattan in January" is here to download in MP3 format (for free). Al Gore apparently loved it.
(via TEDblog)
Just a quick note to say great to see people blogging about climate change and if you want more information on the topic you might like to check out my blog. Links are always welcome, if you like the site but more importantly it may provide you with a few interesting stories for your readers.
http://climatechangeaction.blogspot.com
Subjects covored range from the science of climate change, the impacts of these effects, alternative energy, climate policy (both UK and International), sustainable development and biodiversity.
Hope this is of some interest.
Calvin Jones
Posted by: Calvin Jones | March 11, 2006 at 10:07 AM
Check out Blubird's "Don't Want to be Warm," a great global warming song. They're a 12-year-old punk pop duo from Portland, Oregon, formed at the Rock and Roll Camp for Girls. The song is being featured in an HBO documentary and an upcoming feature film:
http://blubirdtheband.com/media.html
Posted by: bicyclejoe | April 05, 2006 at 02:26 AM
BluBird's song is also featured on Neil Young's web site now.
Posted by: James | March 06, 2007 at 04:34 PM
Great Global Warming song?
Man, that's the worst song I've heard in years.
Three chords over and over and over. There are young people with TALENT out there. please put your efforts into them.
Posted by: JJ | June 05, 2007 at 05:32 AM
Yeah JJ. Except that, as the post says, it was composed and written in a few hours.
Posted by: BrunoG | June 05, 2007 at 08:09 PM