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On the day that submissions on the Draft Climate Change Bill were closed, NICVA decided to show the film 'An Inconvenient Truth'. The clear message is that this is not a ‘green’ issue. This is an issue for all of us.
‘An Inconvenient Truth’ makes sobering and shocking viewing and after watching the Al Gore documentary the audience of voluntary and community organisations discussed how they can act to make a positive impact on climate change.
In the wake of such a powerful film it would have been all too easy to get overwhelmed with the scale of the problem.
However what emerged from the discussion was an agreement that if each individual and each organisation takes what ever action they can it will make a significant impact.
To paraphrase Al Gore, there is no silver bullet solution to climate change. But there is silver buckshot and all those little pieces of buckshot will add up to something significant.
Even if you couldn't make the event yourself we've produced a short five minute round up of the event to give you a flavour of what happened.
Speaking after the event Terry Waught from Action Renewables said:
"This event was just fantastic! It was a first class question and answer session, chaired by Sue Christie. There was a good audience and judging by the questions, a very interested one too.
Watching Al’s film has certainly renewed my enthusiasm, and I appreciate the opportunity to see it."
Frances McCandless from NICVA said:
"This is not just an event for environmental organisations. Because this is not a ‘green’ issue. This is an issue for all of us. For us as individuals and for us as voluntary and community organisations."
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