"Ripples Of Hope: How Empowered & Inspired Youth Are Changing The World"

A KICKSTARTER FILM PROJECT

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/574555259/ripples-of-hope-how-empowered-y...

A Carbon Neutral ECO FILM

Ripples Video Introduction by Dr. Jane Goodall.

In June of this year Stuart & I (Gregory) found ourselves filming Jane Goodall on tour, for the love of the game , (you must read the whole story in the updates section) because we were inspired by a film we saw that featured her.

While filming, we heard Jane tell the story of how the Jane Goodall Institute´s youth program, Roots & Shoots, was the original idea of twelve African (Tanzanian) teenagers, and how their inspiration led to Jane Goodall lending her full support to them and how this original idea has spread to over 123 countries and 150,000 young people who are fully engaged in positive ACTion.

We were inspired and amazed by this story and felt, just why do we not hear more about these kind of stories instead of all of the typical, negatively charged tales of disengaged youth and 'lazy' teenagers?

After spending the whole day filming the mega-inspirational and passionate Jane Goodall and becoming positively inspired by what she has done, what she is doing and most importantly how the great sustainable projects that they are working on in Africa are making a real difference, driven by locals and most importantly empowering young people, our lizard-like brains (they're quite intelligent for their size) started gurgling and pulsating.

We know that the best way to engage the West to become aware of global situations is through the web, TV and cinema. So, we had the inspiration and great desire to make a docu-film surrounding this truly inspiring story and how their "ripples" (borrowed this word from Nobel Peace Prize Winner Desmond Tutu!) have and are continuing to be felt throughout the world.

It is our aim to show that there are people in Africa who are committed to positively undertaking many seemingly small acts and are taking creative action to empower themselves and others. This Africa is much more than the poverty, aids and war that many people believe this great continent to be, in fact lots of us are enablers of tragic situations there by turning a blind eye, and the fact that we indirectly and directly support the impoverishment of others daily. We would also like to show that if each one of us commits to doing something positive, then saving ourselves and our planet is achievable. 'The planet is fine. Compared to the people, the planet is doing great. Been here four and a half billion years. Did you ever think about the arithmetic?' - George Carlin

We would like this film to raise awareness about the spirit and strength of empowered people, young and older, who are taking action, because we believe their stories contain uniting and powerful messages that surpass all race and religion and connect to our collective spirit, our humanity. The film will also feature African musicians and artists who are working to creatively to change things (there is a great Tanzanian Reggae musician/organic farmer/environmental activist whom we plan to film).

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