lucy wightman

Greenpeace assembled 100 ice sculptures of 100 children at the Temple of Earth in Beijing where Chinese emperors used to pray for the earth’s well-being.  This project is to bring awareness to our inevitable extinction, more specifically the threat of loss in Asia resulting from water shortages caused by the climate changes.

What is so beautiful about this campaign, aside from its obvious unique presentation, is that the water for the ice is from glacial melt.  The disappearance of the Himalayan glaciers threatens the fresh water supply of the one-fifth of the world’s population who live in their watershed. 

The melting sculptures mark the start of the 100-day countdown to the United Nations Copenhagen Climate Summit, and the launch of the TckTckTck campaign urging  governments to agree at the Summit.

Photography © Greenpeace / Kuang Yin