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In this Our Changing Climate climate change video essay, I look at why celebrities won’t save us from climate change. Specifically, I look at how celebrities like Leonard DiCaprio and Jane Fonda approach climate action and climate change in order to figure out whether celebrities are actually creating the change we need in order to address climate change and the climate crisis. Leonardo DiCaprio represents a more top-down celebrity approach to climate action. Choosing the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation as one of his main vectors of climate action. Leonardo DiCaprio does wield his wealth for climate action but his approach is very much in line with neoliberal capitalist thinking that exacerbated the climate crisis. Jane Fonda, on the other hand, seems to be taking a movement-based approach to wielding her celebrity. Jane Fonda uses direct action and getting arrested as a method to shine the spotlight on the work being done on the frontlines as well as work dismantling capitalist extraction industries. Ultimately Jane Fonda and Leonardo DiCaprio represent different approaches to how celebrities use their fame to spur climate action.
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Climate in Colour: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8Wp9EmfpV7EUSrSJAonxzw
zentouro: https://www.youtube.com/user/zentouro
Climate Adam: https://www.youtube.com/user/ClimateAdam
Kurtis Baute: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTRM8LE1g6UXrVZKwgw5oEA
Levi Hildebrand: https://www.youtube.com/user/The100LH
Simon Clark: https://www.youtube.com/user/SimonOxfPhys
Sarah Karver: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRwMkTu8sCwOOD6_7QYrZnw
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ClimateTown: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuVLG9pThvBABcYCm7pkNkA
Jack Harries: https://www.youtube.com/user/JacksGap
Beckisphere: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT39HQq5eDKonaUV8ujiBCQ
All About Climate: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs0uXl-w0672ni8pS3UDXsQ
Aime Maggie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpIcLW8YOY1kL_6J0TzDBGA
Just Have a Think: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRBwLPbXGsI2cJe9W1zfSjQ
Timestamps:
0:00 – Intro
1:03 – Are Celebrities Influencing Climate Action?
2:51 – The Personal Is Hypocritical?
5:20 – DiCaprio’s Way
7:06 – Fonda’s Way
8:49 – The True Heroes
9:45 – Support OCC on Patreon
10:46 – Outro
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Further Reading and Resources: https://ourchangingclimate.notion.site/Celebrity-Action-Resources-038d749c63bf4d80999a2f453eb95371?pvs=4
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