Freeze for World Environment Day

[Kinje]

Over 200 people in Wellington froze together to support World Environment Day.

The purpose of the Freeze was to encourage everyone to stop and think together about our environment. By thinking and acting together, we can turn any harmful impacts on the environment around.

Isn't it great how one idea, seeded by a few people and spread through each others' networks, can lead to a self-organised event with over 200 people taking part and countless others paying attention? This video has now gone global. Keep spreading it.

We were inspired by similar Freeze 'improvs' that have happened before, but this was the first one with an environmental message. We'd like to see more communities do this around the globe. We need more action on problems like climate change. Urgently. Yet we can still have a good time while we do it.

[bungbung]

Happened on this yesterday by accident.

Had to laugh at the folk taking photos of the freeze with their still cameras...

[Pwalo]

I try, but I can't see the connection between pretending to be a statue and the enviroment.

I'm sure it's entertaining and fuldilling to take part in, but it all seems, well silly.

[dipshit]

Some of my photography work was used in a presentation at the International DarkSkies Association convention in Sydney in October 2006 that gave rise to 'Earth Hour'. Some of you may remember hearing about it on the news back in March.

[Donor]

I try, but I can't see the connection between pretending to be a statue and the enviroment.

I'm sure it's entertaining and fuldilling to take part in, but it all seems, well silly.

I really did my bit for the environment day!

Strewth! What did ya do?

Nothing! Along with 199 other people!

Wow! That'll inspire the country, 'specially the people who never saw it!

Yeah, some of our finest non-motivated motivational work yet!

It's certainly made me think...

...I think I'll have a milo before bed...