Introduction
Cape Farewell is an inspirational international project addressing climate change through the creative interaction of art and science. The brainchild of British artist and filmmaker David Buckland, it brings together scientists, artists, educators and high school students from around the world on expeditions to the Arctic. David Buckland believes that scientists need the help of the world’s best engineers of the imagination – artists – to get across the urgency of climate change.
In September 2008, 28 young voyagers from Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Brazil and India boarded a Russian research vessel in Reykjavik, Iceland as part of the Cape Farewell Youth Expedition. The expedition sailed around the southern tip of Greenland to Iqaluit on Canada's Baffin Island. As ambassadors of their schools and communities, the student voyagers observed and interpreted the effects of climate change in the Arctic. What they saw and experienced inspired them, their fellow students and communities to seek social and technological solutions to this huge global problem.
Teaching Resources
The following lesson plans and accompanying videos were developed as teaching resources for educators. Please feel free to view and download the lesson plans and videos to use in the classroom (credit British Council, Cape Farewell Youth Expedition 2008 and Big Heart Media).
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