Entertainers get propaganda on climate change - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM

MORE than a dozen Jamaican entertainers, among them Lloyd Lovindeer who more than 20 years ago recorded the song Wild Gilbert, were on Wednesday educated about the damning effects of climate change at a workshop hosted by the National Environmental Education Committee and Panos Caribbean.

The workshop, held at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingston, saw the group of about 15 artistes exposed to critical climate change messages...
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The artistes, who all appeared receptive, were urged to first recognise the urgency of the climate change scenario and to help, through their work, to influence the behaviour of others in stemming the effects of a changing climate.

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Imagine 10 rabbits lost at sea, in a boat carved out of a giant carrot.

The carrot is their only source of food, so they all keep nibbling at it. The boat is shrinking rapidly – but none of them wants to be the first to stop, because then they’ll be the first to starve. There’s no point in any of them stopping unless everyone stops – if even one rabbit carries on eating, the boat will sink.

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