YouTube climate crisis coverage

YouTube Video Series Leads
Global Warming Discussion. By Holly Van Woerkom, BYU
Newsnet, February 19, 2008. “Exploding balloons and test tubes? Check.
Average-looking guy with a funny hat? Check. Low-tech filming techniques? Check.
These elements included in the… video How It All
Ends [10 min] may have contributed to its
extreme popularity among YouTube viewers. But unlike other YouTube sensations,
which are typically anything but thought provoking, this is a video with a cause
- its creator hopes to change public opinion on global climate change. Oregon
high school teacher Greg Craven's quest to spark discussion about global climate
change began in August 2007, when he posted a video on YouTube.com called
The Most Terrifying Video
You’ll Ever See [9 1/2 sec] which quickly
gained more than 3 million hits in its first six months. After thousands of
comments and criticisms from viewers, Craven created the equally successful
How It All Ends, part of a 44-part, six hour expansion pack, which he
says ‘answers every single objection or question to my argument that I've come
across to date.’”