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So you want to tackle climate change?
There’s plenty of things you can do. You can:
Recycle
Refill your water bottle
Go vegetarian
Go vegan
Use a keep cup
Reject the straw
Switch to renewable power
Don’t drive, walk or cycle
Don’t have kids
Write to your MP
Go on the climate strike
Destroy the capitalist system of endless, unsustainable consumption
All of these are great but if you try to do them all at once then you’ll spread yourself too thin.
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So you want to make a show about tackling climate change.
There’s plenty of things you can do. You can:
Compile a list of facts and figures
Throw in some visual metaphors
Cover the stage with rubbish
Make a talking puppet out of said rubbish
Do a Theatre-in-Education style presentation
Do some audience interaction
Power the lights with a bike
Send your characters on a wild goose/polar bear chase
Change the plot every 5 minutes
Include your own personal stories
All of these are great but if you try to do them all at once then you’ll spread yourself too thin.
