Day: 19 December 2017

New interactive film provides hope for the future of the planet

Stuart Mitchell

It really is possible to power the world entirely with green energy. That’s the message in ‘Home’, a new interactive film from Danish renewable energy company, Ørsted. The film transforms climate change from a global crisis to a personal experience by challenging any previous conceptions of what ‘home’ means to each of us. When reflecting on the significant effects of climate change, one usually thinks of it impacting someone and somewhere else. But ‘Home’ demonstrates how all the things we hold closest are threatened by global warming. No matter who…

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UN and partners launch plan to support five million Syrian refugees and countries hosting them

Stuart Mitchell

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Amin Awad – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at his press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The Syria crisis has been going on for seven years. 5.3 million people are displaced beyond Syria’s borders. Another seven million internally displaced people (IDPs) are displaced [inside Syria]. There is unprecedented destruction – over 500,000 people killed, towns decimated. More than 200 armed groups are fighting in the country. We know of the proxy war, we know…

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Clearing decades-old landmines will protect endangered elephants, lions and local communities

Stuart Mitchell

APOPO, the charity famed for its use of specially trained rats in landmine and tuberculosis detection, is proud to announce it will begin clearing landmines in Zimbabwe’s largest wildlife conservation area and important elephant migration area, coinciding with new beginnings in the country. APOPO has been tasked by the Zimbabwean Ministry of Defence with clearing the deadly landmines inside what is now the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park (GLTP) – the largest conservation area in the world, spanning South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The four-decades old landmines cause a serious threat…

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Harrison’s Fund Launch #Gymexcuse Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

The average Brit walks fewer than 1,000 steps per day, just ONE TENTH of the recommended number, according to new research. A nation-wide study of Brits has revealed the true extent to which our lifestyles have become sedentary, with almost 1,000 emerging as the average steps taken per person in the UK, despite advice from doctors and health experts to take at least 10,000 steps daily. One way in which we are particularly relaxed is when it comes to going to the gym or working out – it seems Brits…

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BBH NY is Named Agency of Record for CARE

Stuart Mitchell

BBH NY has announced that it has been selected as advertising agency of record by CARE, the leading humanitarian organization dedicated to fighting global poverty. BBH NY is charged with developing a new integrated marketing campaign designed to raise awareness of CARE’s global efforts. Founded in 1945, CARE is an Atlanta-based nonprofit that works in over 90 countries, helping people lift themselves out of poverty. Last year, the organization supported 962 poverty-fighting and humanitarian aid projects, reaching more than 80 million people around the world. The empowerment of women and…

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