Vera Mark

Feb 2, 20223 min

To hope, or not to hope?

That was a question thrown up in a recent Zoom panel at the Sundance Film festival, organised by the National Resources Defence Council’s...

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Jan 19, 20223 min

Let's Speed Up the Climate Crisis...

... in arts and entertainment. Recently, I came across two of my go-to writers in environmental matters basically saying the same thing:...

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Nov 17, 20213 min

We Need to Talk About Diversity

The problem is, I am not really the right person to talk, or write, about diversity, being a privileged white woman. (At least I am a...

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Nov 10, 20213 min

To Stream Or Not To Stream

Hands up: who can claim that during the pandemic, they did not turn to streaming to make up for the loss of social interaction? To keep...

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Nov 3, 20212 min

Use Stories to Show Opportunities, Engage and Re-Connect

I just watched the opening address of the Climate Crisis Film Festival and streamed one of their short films, and I encourage you to sign...

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Oct 31, 20212 min

Bake Green Behaviour Into Your Story's DNA

We need big stories to tackle big issues - think Erin Brockovich or HBO’s Chernobyl. But we also should make smaller, individual...

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Oct 27, 20213 min

Eco villains: change or die!

Or, possibly worse, be humiliated. Moving on from the ‘Green Hero’ post last week, let’s turn to the villains. Hands up: who doesn’t...

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Oct 24, 20212 min

Let's Create Green Heroes

Picking up from the last post, here’s the first of my Ecotopia storytelling principles: highlight the positive. Let’s create Green...

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