AWARD YEAR
2021
CATEGORY
Community
GOALS
Climate Action, Navigate Post-Factual Society
KEYWORDS
digital commmunity, activism, online platform , climate change, communication
COUNTRY
United Kingdom
DESIGNED BY
Alice Aedy, Jack & Finn Harries
WEBSITE
https://www.springwise.com/sustainability-innovation/publishing-media/earthrise-jack-harries-finn-harries-alice-aedy-climate-change
Earthrise
Organising and activating young climate activists
British activists and former YouTube celebrities, Jack and Finn Harries have joined forces with filmmaker Alice Aedy to launch an online community and platform focused on communicating the climate crisis.
Earthrise will develop into curated content from journalists, scientists and storytellers, aiming to humanise the climate crisis and untangle the hard data, jargon and abstract graphs that have “for too long dominated the climate conversation.”
The London-based team wants to harness their online audience to build a platform that can infuse climate activism with a strong sense of diversity and optimism.
Alice says that telling the stories of people already living on the frontlines of climate change is key to bringing home the severity of the situation and helps to tackle “this idea of, “Oh we’re f*** anyway. What’s the point? I’m just going to live my life.”
The long-term plan includes live events, like talks and workshops to engage and activate new generation.