Everything's Cool: Global Warming Action at Sundance
by Kyeann Sayer, Nomad 
on 01.24.07
Just met super-cool "Everything's Cool" makers Daniel Gold and Judith Helfand, (mentioned here). More on the movie to come. For now, check out Monday's visual event, linking Park City and Arctic students! Local coverage here.
800 Park City students, along with the cast and crew of “Everything’s Cool” formed a message with their bodies spelling out “Step It Up”. The words morphed as the students changed positions to form “Go Carbon Neutral.” The image also contained a circle with bear paws, representing carbon neutral footprints and a word in Inuktitut meaning “I hear you and I am doing something about it.”
Local youth were answering the Arctic Inuit Community, who are featured in "Everything's Cool" laying on the Arctic Sea ice on Earth Day 2005 in 30 below temperatures warning the world about the devastating impact the melting arctic will have on the rest of the world.
Working Films teamed with John Quigley of Spectral Q, who directed the human aerial image. Naysayers: these people are offsetting like crazy, so let's let the visual impact counter balance the helicopter carbon! :: Working Films, Everything's Cool
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Thank You!
Very Cool!
Interesting, but WTF is that a picture of???
May God blessings be with real caring humans.
Irony!! Spelling that in the snow really adds to the effect. Shmucks.
What is that weird writing in the top? Klingon? :-)
I see a hotair balloon. Maybe they took the photo from another hotair balloon instead of helicopter? :)
Dale, as the post says, the language is Inuktitut. Nick, am not sure whether you're referring to the carbon produced by the event. As was mentioned, the filmmakers are making sincere and impressive carbon offsetting efforts.
This is very cool. I hope this collective effort helps raise awarness about this film. Does anyone else know if this is getting spread about in the media?
I was in that! And by the way, the pic is bear paws and the thing at the top is in inuit.
I was in that. At the top of the 'U'
Coldest day of my life.
Hope the rest of nation joins hand for a better tomorrow,
God bless the earth,
Tracy Ho
wisdomgettingloaded
Yea i was in that....awesome
I was in that! far right paw, faar right claw! It was cool but so very very cold. I was in like 9th grade! shweet!!!!! save the environment, plant a bush back in texas!