Culture jamming: New ways to communicate climate change

MSc student Richard Dent describes how working on a Leonardo DiCaprio film about environmental damage has changed his approach to communicating climate change challenges through multimedia. 'This year I have been enrolled in UCL's MSc in Environment, Science and Society  degree to research climate change communication and the social issues around climate change mitigation behaviour. As a climate change communicator I feel it's important to draw on the latest social science research being conducted at universities like UCL. 'Energy Union is a multimedia tour featuring Coldcut's culture-jam audiovisual show which tells the story of climate change and the power of renewable energy. Created  by a team based at Ninjatune Records, the show is currently touring festivals and  venues across Europe. Energy Union seeks to engage young people in personal and  political action on intelligent energy. I was the researcher, co-writer, producer and project manager of the film.