The Herds, a Vast Act of Theater to Spark Climate Action | Amir Nizar Zuabi | TED

Recounting his work on the journey of Little Amal — a 13-foot puppet symbolizing the refugee experience — Zuabi unveils his newest project: “The Herds,” a vast theatrical production of animal puppets that will “migrate” from West Africa to Norway in 2025, aimed at sparking climate change awareness. Countdown is TED’s global initiative to accelerate…

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@mattstone8878

February 21, 2024 at 12:06 pm

Let people have the freedom to live in the way that they see fit and stop trying to control people through legislation.

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- @owlson2527
  
  February 21, 2024 at 12:14 pm
  
  If we weren’t killing the planet ACTIVELY then you might have a point, but alas.
  
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- @gnocchidokie
  
  February 21, 2024 at 7:36 pm
  
  You have your freedom to do what you please. It’s not against the law to carry a 500 pack of plastic straws around with you. Good legislation stops greedy businesses and conglomerates from putting increased profits above the health of the country and its people.
  
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- @mattstone8878
  
  February 21, 2024 at 7:44 pm
  
  @gnocchidokie I do not have the freedom to do as I please. I have a list of things I want to do but am legally obligated not to at this very moment. Kindly stop schilling for big government. They lost public trust during Covid. Are you telling me they handled that whole thing in a way that met your expectations? No. They knew well in advance a pandemic could break out and they did nothing to prepare.
  
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- @mattstone8878
  
  February 21, 2024 at 7:46 pm
  
  @gnocchidokie I replied to your comment but it was censored. What does that tell you?
  
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@SarahLewis-kp8jg

February 21, 2024 at 12:31 pm

7:17:58 1 Like = 1 Pushup ????

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@ji4072

February 21, 2024 at 12:59 pm

HEY!HEY!HEY!

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@songbirdiiswe

February 21, 2024 at 1:05 pm

What an amazing, and thoughtful idea and project. Can’t wait to see it!????????????????

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@markwawrinchuk1816

February 21, 2024 at 1:31 pm

What a joke !

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@ModuliOfRiemannSurfaces

February 21, 2024 at 2:01 pm

Mostly unrelated but any attempts to persuade transitions to green energy that don’t put nearly 100% of their focus on nuclear energy (fission and fusion) are juvenile and useless.

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@theendgamefl888

February 21, 2024 at 6:32 pm

In the end, no one will know anything about the huge object that lies between the Earth and the Moon and will change all life on Earth. But in their ignorance they called it: global warming/climate change.
It was noticed too late because it was buried in spray-painting campaigns all over the world so that no one would see the signs in the sky – but they knew how to create further distraction with a doll. And a lot of people fell for it, because obviously the initiators just wanted to bring something good to humanity.

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@Claus-dx2qy

February 22, 2024 at 2:34 am

Figuratively, a great reminiscence of Augusto Boal, the iconic Brazilian theatre dramacist, founder of The Theatre of the Oppressed and political activist.

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@gummertje2

February 22, 2024 at 5:48 am

Do you know about geo engineering ??? Climate change maybe this ???

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@susancerezo401

February 22, 2024 at 2:59 pm

In a world that seems to be concentrating on conflicts and so much negativity, here is some wonderfully good news!!!! Incredibly inspiring, as was… still is…. The Walk of Little Amal !
Thank you dear Nizar !!!!! ????
It is time for Artists and people who understand how we are destroying our planet everywhere to appeal to the parts of people that need waking up.
I long to be able to help, in however small a way to make this the beautiful and meaningful project it should be !!
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@mamatembo24

February 23, 2024 at 4:10 pm

OMG I cannot wait. Little Amal was beautiful nd inspirational. I was so happy to see her in Chicago last year

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