All the best
Mr. Green

1. At this very moment we are participating in the SUNRISE Climate Conference at RUC (Roskilde University Center). Pictures and more text are soon to be uploaded.

2. Friday the 16th we were also at RUC together with our friends from Karmakanonen. It was a great pleasure to be on the road again with the wonderful mobile sound system provided by Lux & Charlie. We look forward to more fun with them during the summer. Check teh out here and wish them a nice trip to Poland.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=730376183#!/pages/Karmakanonen/334107635343?ref=ts

3. On April 8th I went to the PH-Café to see who would have the honor of being “The Idealist of the Year 2009″. Behind this initiative is the conservative internet newspaper 180grader and Cevea – an independent centre-left think tank that develops progressive ideas for a future Denmark based on freedom, fairness and community.

http://www.cevea.dk/in_english

Among 12 others Frans Mikael Jansen, General Secretary from Mellemfolkelig Samvirke (MS), was nominated due to the progressive political MS campaign “The Climate Debt Agents”. It’s actually quite an honor for me, as Mr. Green, to see how our approach of communication with our green suits has inspired a large institution as MS to copy the visual identity of Mr. Green. And even get a Idealist of the Year nomination. I wonder what I am to do to be considered as an idealist? Do I have to make strong political statements and be politically active? Dress in red?
Or is it enough to simply be green?

Anyway, Mr. Jansen didn’t win. The winner was Søren Pind – liberal politician member af the Danish Parliament representing the party Venstre and former mayor of Copenhagen. And congratulations to Søren Pind!
(Read this article to learn more about why Søren Pind deserves the award) :

http://www.180grader.dk/Politik/soeren-pind-er-aarets-idealist

I enjoyed this afternoon at the PH-Café as I curiously followed the after-talk/debate with former minister of finance, Mogens Lykketoft and CEO/Saxobank Lars Seier Christensen. It was interesting to have a brief analysis on the financial crisis we’re in from an economic perspective and the shared thoughts from both Mogens and Lars on how we are to save our ass in tiny Denmark before it’s too late. Lars provided us with concrete solutions to change the economic situation here and now, while Mogens spend his time on talking about the past and about what wouldn’t work with Lars’ suggestions. I found that rather annoying. Not that I wanted Mogens to agree on everything that Lars said, but at least Mogens could be somewhat more progressive and willing to negotiate and find a way out of the mud even though they have different opinions. Hey, we’re in this together Mr. Lykketoft!

Oh well, nevertheless it was all interesting and I even had a chance to talk to Lars and former Minister of Culture, Jytte Hilden. She is the Chairman of Cevea and she looked forward to get to know Mr. Green better in the future. I’m thinking about attending Cevea’s summer university camp in august to learn more about how to be more politically active. Maybe even give a performance lecture to the participants at the camp…

Saturday the 12th was an important day outside the doors of the Bella centre. Both for the civil society and the business society. Mr. Green sought to connect the two worlds.

100.000 people went on the streets to demonstrate their demand for a fair binding climate deal and Mr. Green went on stage to motivate the crowd to act peacefully and to keep a positive spirit while marching.

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While the majority of Mr. Green was represented among at the demonstration, one Mr. Green ambassador was sent to Kronborg in Elsinore. Here prominent business leaders and key decision makers from all over the world were gathered at an event with the symbolic name To be or Not to Be – New Leadership for a Sustainable Economy. This conference was arranged between the Copenhagen Climate Council and the UN Global Compact.

Mr. Green came to hear what initiatives were on the table from the powerful business society to take action on climate change. With great power comes great responsibility.

The general message was clear. Business cannot wait for politicians to agree. Action is needed now. Climate change is a threat to humanity and there by a threat to business. Business can be a powerful change agent, because business is change ready.

Mr. Green was thrilled to hear that the activists banners “Bla bla bla…ACT NOW! ” were quoted in the very first panel debate of the conference. The speakers also focused much of the talks on what actions they had already taken, as well as what strategies and plans they had made for the near future.

The common cry for a clear treaty was that the stronger the treaty is, the easier it will be for business to adapt and the more safety and competetive advantage progressive companies will have arround the investments they make for sustainable change.

In general Mr. Green was very impressed with the plans put on the table. The only disappointment was that the diversity of the people present was very narrow. We would have liked to see more nationalities present, a wider age groups and a more equally division of gender. Also the questions to the speakers form the audience could have been more challenging, so we could have shared some of the difficulties of implementing sustainability within organisations.

Summing up:
Since August Mr. Green has done spectacular happenings in everything from supermarkets to festivals. Mr. Greens agenda is to inspire and encourage to a greener society without focusing on the ideological views on the bad and good guys in the climate debate. We can and we all need to make a difference!

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Get a glimpse of Mr. Greens prior activities in this short video:

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Mr. Green activities during COP15 where you can meet him:
10/12, kl. 10.30 – Conference, Christiansborg
10/12, kl. 20.00 – TED TALK, Berlin
11/12, kl. 11.00 – Reception, Fields
12/12, kl. 13.00 – Demonstration, Christiansborgs Slotsplads to Bella Center (www.12dec09.dk)
12/12, kl. 16.00 – Conference, Kronborg Castle
12/12, kl. 20.00 – Vega
13/12, kl. 12.30 – Mr. Green Cirkus show, Øksne Hallen
13/12, kl. 15.00 – CO2 Race with Captain Hope, Forum
15/12, kl. 20.00 – UN Delegation Party
17/12, kl. 12.00 – Golden Days, Town Square.

Vanen tro satte de hæderkronede natte riddere fra Aarhus By Knights gang i Cirkuskroen der med dens placering klods op af den brølende Århus Bugt hører blandt de mest truede af klimaforandringerne..

Med klimaet i fokus havde ridderne derfor havde allieret sig med Mr. Greens kuld af klovne!

Mr. Green er med når Nationalmuseet sammen med Co2-race laver klimavenlige arrangementer og aktiviteter hver søndag i november.

Alle aktiviteter er gratis og der behøves ingen tilmelding. Se programmet her:

Painting Big Hope

Kom og se Art performance, når kunstnerne Will Gurley og Jacob Fuglsang Mikkelsen udsmykker delene til 80’elbilen ”Hope”, der genskabes i pap i fuld størrelse i Nationalmuseets forhal.

Søndag den 1. november kl. 12-15

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Mr. Green har været i Berlin og facilitere en uges workshop om Sustainable Business for unge mennesker fra 5 forskellige EU lande. Arrangementet hed Young European Business Campus og var arrangeret i samarbejde med FEZ og 5 Kaospiloter.

Som afslutningen på ugen skulle de unge mennesker præsentere i Europa Komissionen, bla. for Andrew Smith, miljø og energi sekretæren fra den Britiske ambasade i Berlin.

Mr. Green stillede efterfølgende op til photo shoot for den britiske regerings nye kampagne der hedder Act On Copenhagen.

Selvom Mr. Green er ikke stor fan af Carbon Capture and Storage teknologien som Andrew Smith talte varmt for. Mr. Green kunne dog tilslutte sig det britiske mål der er en bindende aftale til COP15.

Mr. Green besøgte desuden den gamle Amerikanske NSA radarstation på Teufelberg uden for Berlin. Et kæmpe bygningsværk der er fuldstændigt forladt efter Den Kolde Krig sluttede. Radarstationen står som symbol for en meningsløs ideologisk konflikt der blev kastet uforståelige mængder af resourcer efter og som ingen regering tøvede med at afsætte midler til. Ironisk når man tænker på hvor vigtig klima forandringerne er og hvor lidt der gøres for at løse dem. Mr. Green nød dog at se hvordan naturen tager over når mennesket forsvinder og vidste med sig selv, at livet altid finder en vej. Det handler kun om at vi som mennesker skal beslutte om vi vil være en del af fremtiden eller ej.

Til slut vil Mr. Green gerne hylde Berlins velfungerende offentlige transport og den tyske indsats for at sortere skrald:-)

Et grønt spøgelse går gennem Danmark – klimaets spøgelse!
Alle magter i Kongeriget Danmark har anerkendt spøgelsets tilstedeværelse og har sluttet sig sammen for at finde dets sande identitet.

Gennem land og by, fra Hærvejen over Limfjordens vande, til Skagens kyster og Møns Klint, høres spøgelsets sagte hvisken, som havgus på en fuldmåne nat:

“Hvem tør gøre op med pladderromantiske strygerakkompagnerede pop-budskaber om smeltende isbjerge og svedende isbjørne?
“Hvem tør tage klimaets uendelige udfordringer op og motivere menneskeheden til ambitiøs grøn, glædelig aktivisme og plante grønne frø i menneskehedens bevidsthed?”

“Hvem tør?”

Al hidtidig samfundshistorie er historie uden hensyntagen til klimaet.
I kraft af handling må denne ignorante passivitet bringes til ophør.

“Mr. Green tør!”

Mr. Green støtter ethvert grønt initiativ mod de passive tilstande. I alle disse grønne initiativer fremhæver Mr. Green, at aktive handlinger er svaret på de presserende klimaudfordringer.
Mr. Green arbejder på overalt at skabe forbindelse og forståelse mellem de grønne frontløbere i alle lande.
Mr. Green forsmår at skjule sine anskuelser og sine hensigter.
Mr. Green erklærer åbent, at hans mål er, at hele den bestående samfundsorden gøres grøn. Lad kun de forurenende klasser skælve for en grøn revolution. Ved dén har grønne frontløbere kun den presente passitivitet at tabe. De har en verden at vinde!

“We are gonna save the planet and we will have fun doing it!!”

Se mere på http://www.od.dk/

Mr. Green havde æren af at have 16 grønne unge fra Ørestad Gymnasium iført grønne jakkesæt på OD dag. Denne dag satte de unge i form af sang, dans og gak en glædelig og meningsfuld standard for grøn aktivisme.

Denne video er filmet og produceret af 16-mands holdet og dækker deres tur rundt i København: