FT.com / World / Europe - Germany promotes green awareness
By Hugh Williamson
Published: March 12 2007 02:00 | Last updated: March 12 2007 02:00
Germany is this week building on its reputation as an advocate of environmental causes through an ambitious public education campaign, distributing to schools 6,000 free copies of a prize-winning documentary byAl Gore, the former US vice-president, writes Hugh Williamson in Berlin.
The Oscar-winning film, An Inconvenient Truth, will be shown to 5,000 teachers next Sunday in special cinema screenings in 27 German cities.A DVD copy will then be sent to schools to be watched by children aged nine and upwards. The scheme is being run by the environment ministry; WWF, the conservation charity; and a private businessman.
German environmentalists argue the film's message - that urgent global action is needed to manage climate change - is more appropriate in the US than in Germany, where campaigning about global warming has been under way for decades.
Sigmar Gabriel, environment minister and a trained teacher, counters that detailed awareness of the issues is modest in Germany.
"The film is good because it gives both information but also stirs emotions."
Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2007
Monday, March 12, 2007
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