Top 10 Climate Change Videos for Change.org’s Blog Action Day

Web video can be an extremely effective way to raise consciousness about a sustainable business or cause. Video is a great interlude to all the text online and is relatively inexpensive to make, share and watch. The moving images and music can captivate an audience and convey thousands of words in just a few minutes. Especially today, now that we have numerous ways to share video on social networks and blogs, video has great potential to become viral and carry your business, non-profit organization or cause to thousands or even millions of viewers.

In honor of Change.org’s Blog Action Day, I combed social networks and blogs for the Top 10 Climate Change Videos. The response was astounding and I’ve highlighted here the Top 10. Please let me know which videos you liked and share them with your friends! Thanks to everyone who made and helped me find these great videos.

Top 10 Climate Change Videos

1. “A New Sound – Green For All”

Who: Green for All – “Green For All is a national organization working to build an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty.”

Where: Found thanks to Tova Ramer on the Compassionate Action Network (Ning).

Why: This in-your-face video starts off rather jarring, grabbing your attention with effective sound and cinematography–but that’s just the beginning. The best part about this Top 10 Climate Change Video is that it provides a solution, the green economy, and makes a connection between climate change and lifting people out of poverty, Green for All’s mission.

2.”Face the Music”

Who: Oxfam -”A confederation of 14 organizations working with over 3,000 partners in more than 70 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty and injustice.”

Where: Found by searching viddler, a video hosting alternative to YouTube.

Why: Using colorful animation and sounds, this video is effectively communicates the difference between developing and developed countries’ contribution to climate change. I especially love this video because you don’t need to know English to get the message. This video reaches across many boundaries in a fun and straight forward way making it a Top 10 Climate Change Video.

3. “David Keith’s unusual climate change idea”

Who: David Keith – Environmental Scientist at the University of Calgary and Canadian Geographic’s Environmental Scientist of the Year in 2006.

Where: TED.com

Why: Of course, who doesn’t love a TED talk — especially one about creating a huge ash cloud to deflect the sun’s rays. Out of this world.

4. “The Big Ask“

Who: The Big Ask is a campaign started by Friends of the Earth Europe that brings together people from 18 countries, all with the goal of getting their countries to reduce carbon emissions 40% by 2020.

Where: I found this heart wrenching video via Max Gladwell.

Why: Big real and virtual impact. When this video was created on August 10, 2009, more than 6,000 people took part in the recording of video clip in Ostende on the Belgian coast, making it the largest climate change event ever organized in Belgium.

5. “Stop Global War-Ming”

Who: A group of hopeful youngsters who want the world to divert massive defense resources into a world-wide joint effort to restore the planet.

Where: 1minutetosavetheworld.com – A short film competition on climate change inviting entrants and viewers from all over the world.

Why: This video shows how entering online contests can help virally spread a good video and a great message. By joining the 1minutetosavetheworld.com video contest, these kids were able to virally share their climate change cause and engage people around the globe. Way to go!

6. Al Gore’s Introductory Tour of Google Earth’s climate change tour

Who: Google Earth – An amazing 3D program that lets you travel anywhere on earth and view satellite images, maps, and 3D street views.

Where: YouTube.

Why: Just released three days ago, Google Earth’s climate change tour helps drive home the need to act now by helping people visualize the effects of climate change now and in coming years. A must download and share.

7. “Flat”

Who: Nitsana Bellehesen – Breast Fest Film Festival

Where: Nitsana Bellehesen showed this video at the Hub Tel Aviv, an incubator for social entrepreneurs in Israel (and my office).

Why: I love this futuristic view of how pollution is affecting our bodies. As a part of the Brest Fest Film Festival, this video is a call to action! Today is the LAST DAY to vote for your favorite film (I hope you’ll vote for FLAT) — so be a part of Blog Action Day and help spread the word about the effects of pollution on humanity’s future by voting now!

8. Sir David Attenborough: The Truth About Climate Change

Who: The legendary broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough.

Where: Television and the YouTube via ToughLoveforX.

Why: I love David Attenborough. Something so soothing about his approach, even when the subject is nothing less than alarming.

9. “The Most Terrifying Video You’ll Ever See”

Who: Greg Craven

Where: YouTube

Why: Over 7.5 million views. This brilliant viral marketing campaign  led to over 7 million views and a book deal for the creator. While the content is well thought out, logical and unique ( l like the homemade quirky feel), the title itself is enough to generate big traffic. Keep this kind of title copy in mind if you’re trying to mass market a video or article and you’re sure to see results.

10.  Neglected SkyAward: Winner in the 5th Annual Media That Matters Film Festival

Who: John Cooney and Citizens for Global Solutions

Where: Media That Matters Film Festival

What: Fast paced animation, simple and effective.