The EU ETS "backloading" campaign: A short term "quick fix" to the glut of permits in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) became mired in party politics in Brussels. CAN Europe and WWF launched a colorful campaign, which helped push the measure toward ultimate approval by European Parliament. The photo on the right shows us hawking the faux newspaper "Future Times" outside the European Parliament in 2013, heralding Europe's exit from recession one year after reform of the EU ETS. Below, we staged the world's first open air carbon auction as a media stunt to highlight the ridiculously low price of a ton of CO2 on Europe's carbon market - at the time, it cost less than a burger.
Photo credits: Lode Sadaine/WWF EU/CAN Europe
Photo credits: Lode Sadaine/WWF EU/CAN Europe
After a report we commissioned identified the most overcrowded rail routes in Britain in 2007, Sardine Man made his way around the country, with a camera man and blogger in tow. Sardine Man highlighted the packed conditions on commuter trains as part of a campaign to increase train service, garnering over 80 national and regional media hits as well as four journal articles. I worked on media relations, as well as inside the Sardine Man costume, participating in photo ops and interviews in every city we visited.
With Transport 2000 (now Campaign for Better Transport). |
Fund What Counts: This campaign mobilized citizens to urge their finance ministers to meet the climate finance promises to developing countries. It consisted of a short video and letter writing campaign with a "Where's the Finance? (WTF?)" stunt at the UNFCCC Conference of Parties in Warsaw, November 2013.
With Oxfam, CIDSE and GCCA. Every coin has two faces from CAN EUROPE on Vimeo. |
I served as communications lead, project coordinator and/or media liaison for the campaigns highlighted on this page while working at CAN Europe and Transport 2000. I currently volunteer with the Moms Clean Air Force, working on advocacy, blogging and communications.