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Vera Mark
Aug 28, 20222 min read
Floods Followed by Formula 1: Feels Fucking Wrong
But what can they do? No seriously, what can news outlets do, what should they do in a time where bad, terrible and horrifying news...
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Vera Mark
Feb 2, 20223 min read
To hope, or not to hope?
That was a question thrown up in a recent Zoom panel at the Sundance Film festival, organised by the National Resources Defence Council’s...
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Vera Mark
Jan 19, 20223 min read
Let's Speed Up the Climate Crisis...
... in arts and entertainment. Recently, I came across two of my go-to writers in environmental matters basically saying the same thing:...
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Vera Mark
Nov 17, 20213 min read
We Need to Talk About Diversity
The problem is, I am not really the right person to talk, or write, about diversity, being a privileged white woman. (At least I am a...
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Vera Mark
Nov 10, 20213 min read
To Stream Or Not To Stream
Hands up: who can claim that during the pandemic, they did not turn to streaming to make up for the loss of social interaction? To keep...
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Vera Mark
Nov 3, 20212 min read
Use Stories to Show Opportunities, Engage and Re-Connect
I just watched the opening address of the Climate Crisis Film Festival and streamed one of their short films, and I encourage you to sign...
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Vera Mark
Oct 31, 20212 min read
Bake Green Behaviour Into Your Story's DNA
We need big stories to tackle big issues - think Erin Brockovich or HBO’s Chernobyl. But we also should make smaller, individual...
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Vera Mark
Oct 27, 20213 min read
Eco villains: change or die!
Or, possibly worse, be humiliated. Moving on from the ‘Green Hero’ post last week, let’s turn to the villains. Hands up: who doesn’t...
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Vera Mark
Oct 24, 20212 min read
Let's Create Green Heroes
Picking up from the last post, here’s the first of my Ecotopia storytelling principles: highlight the positive. Let’s create Green...
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