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There are a lot of different ways to make people aware of climate change, but this is probably the most creative we have seen. On the 2nd of September, one thousand tiny sculpted ice men melted as they sat on the stairs near the central Gendarmenmarkt square in Berlin, Germany.

1000 icy men melting in Berlin

This was performed by the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF), to make people aware about climate change, and specifically about the climate change effects on the Arctic. The Ice men were sculpted by brazilian artist Néle Azevedo. However, this is not the first time that she has done this, as she has been sculpting tiny ice men since 2005. In that moment she criticised the role of the monuments in cities, but nowadays her work is being used by environmentalists to spotlight that climate change can affect us in many different ways.

This has been a good idea which makes us think about how global warming can affect all of us.  Indeed melting  ice from the Arctic could make oceans rise more than 1 metre if current greenhouse gases emissions continue increasing.

These icy men started melting after 30 minutes, at 23 ºC, which was the current temperature in Berlin.

10:10 is a campaign which aims to make people join together to lower their energy bills and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, in the UK. 10:10 has just been launched today, did you know about it?

This independent campaign also aims to make us save some money, encouraging us to reduce our energy bills and greenhouse gas emissions by 10%, and some major energy suppliers have decided to help by labeling their customers utility bills to show how much people have saved. People can sign up today via the website - 10:10 official website.

Some celebrities have already signed to support the campaign, such as actor Colin Firth, fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. But that’s not all, because 10:10 will also try to get schools, universities, banks, shops, football clubs and more groups to sign up to support this energy-saving idea.

“10:10 is a fantastically simple but effective idea. I wholeheartedly urge Londoners to get involved”, Boris Johnson said. “We are already bringing in measures in the capital to slash energy use over the coming year – boosting electric vehicles usage, launching a public bike hire scheme, cutting home energy consumption and installing energy efficiency devices into public buildings”.

A non profit organisation runs the 10:10 initiative, formed by more than 60 people from 20 organisations providing time and effort to get the ball rolling.

10:10 is a great idea which is also supported by GreenJobs. If you want to sign you can do so from the 10:10 official website.