1 minute to save the world - and the winner is...

Posted by jossc — 10 December 2009 at 1:12pm - Comments

The winning entry: My Paper Boat by Arun Bose

Remember '1 minute to save the world' - the international competition to make your own one minute film about the effects of climate change? The idea behind the project was to provide a platform to allow people to share their visions of how climate change impacts their lives - and how it will impact the future of life on this planet.

The competition was open to people all over the world and there were over 200 entries. They came from all ages, from both professionals and amateurs, and from 30 countries. People from 173 countries voted for their favourite films.

Well, the results are now in and the video above, My Paper Boat by Arun Bose from India, was judged the overall winner. Another very strong entry, Cats against climate change, has gone viral, receiving over 300,000 hits on Youtube in the past two weeks.

For a full list of winning films across all categories, visit the 1minutetosavetheworld website. Go and check them out - and feel free to use them on your own site or pass them on to your friends. We need your help to get these videos seen and to get the message out - we need action on climate change now!

About Joss

Bass player and backing vox in the four piece beat combo that is the UK Greenpeace Web Experience. In my 6 years here I've worked on almost every campaign and been fascinated by them all to varying degrees. Just now I'm working on Peace and Oceans - which means getting rid of our Trident nuclear weapons system and creating large marine reserves so that marine life can get some protection from overfishing.

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