Bugger the Polar Bears This Is Serious

Bugger the Polar Bears This Is Serious is surprisingly educational entertainment. But even better is its good news. Rod Quantock's genius lies in painting a picture that incorporates more than doom and gloom, more even than science education, to show that, no longer at the mercy of under-the-counter coal and nuclear kickbacks, we can be part of a global campaign.

Rod's simple picture justly ridicules the short-sightedness of planning to pour the last of the Earth's coal and oil into the atmosphere rather than build sustainable infrastructure. But we learn to laugh at the stupidity and to understand that the power to exact the price for wilful stupidity from the wilfully stupid, rather than from seven billion others, is ours.

Rod's timing is impeccable. As he points out, after the looming Copenhagen conference, there will be no further opportunity to prevent runaway climate catastrophe. So the time to understand, to feel energised, to act in concert to repair the damage is right now. Surprisingly perhaps, Rod Quantock, a stage comedian, is a leader in climate activism—and he enables you to lead in turn.

This show has something for everyone. Only a very seasoned [sorry] climate warrior could leave it having learnt nothing. Accordingly, thanks to Rod, I have two new favourite web sites: 350.org and ClimateCodeRed.net.

— John P. Harvey