Mobilize Earth is the public name of Project Earth 2025, Inc., a US

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and

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. It aims to raise awareness, demand action, and "mitigate the

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and

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emergency by bringing together people from all walks of life". The project was publicly launched on 6 February 2020 with the release of ''Guardians of Life'', the first of twelve short films highlighting the most pressing issues facing humanity and the natural world. Directed by

Shaun Monson Shaun Monson is an American film director and producer and activist for animal rights and environmentalism. He wrote, directed, and produced the 2005 documentary '' Earthlings'', which covers animal rights issues within industries such as pets, ...

, ''Guardians of Life'' stars '' Joker'' actor

Joaquin Phoenix Joaquin Rafael Phoenix ( ; ; born October 28, 1974) is an American actor. Widely described as one of the most preeminent actors of his generation and known for Joaquin Phoenix filmography, his roles as dark, unconventional and eccentric charact ...

, ''

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'' actor

Rosario Dawson Rosario Isabel Dawson (born May 9, 1979) is an American actress. She made her feature-film debut in the 1995 independent drama '' Kids''. Her subsequent film roles include '' He Got Game'' (1998), '' Josie and the Pussycats'' (2001), ''Men in B ...

, and ''

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'' actor

Matthew Modine Matthew Avery Modine (born March 22, 1959) is an American actor and filmmaker. He shared the Venice Film Festival‘s Volpi Cup for Best Actor as part of the ensemble cast of Robert Altman film ''Streamers'' (1983). He went on to play lead rol ...

. Proceeds raised through the project will go to

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, a California-based organization dedicated to protecting the

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, and the

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group,

Extinction Rebellion Extinction Rebellion (abbreviated as XR) is a UK-founded global environmental movement, with the stated aim of using nonviolent civil disobedience to compel government action to avoid tipping points in the climate system, biodiversity loss, and ...

Aims and objectives

Mobilize Earth's stated objectives are: * To create and support captivating, awareness raising campaigns, speaking the truth on climate and ecological breakdown. * To support individuals, organizations, and industries to shift to circular and regenerative systems. * To work directly with organizations and individuals on the frontline of the climate crisis. * To identify and develop the best ideas to mitigate and adapt to the urgent needs of our planet's changing climate and ecosystems. * To support the practice of deep democracy across difference, grounded in relational practices, and local civic and environmental action.

Films

''Guardians of Life''

The three-minute-long film ''Guardians of Life'' is set in a well-equipped modern

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where a surgeon and other medical staff are struggling to revive a dying patient. The patient's heart stops beating and with the team in agreement, they abandon their attempts, take off their face masks, and the surgeon declares the time of death. One of the nurses (

Q'orianka Kilcher Q'orianka Waira Qoiana Kilcher (; born February 11, 1990) is an American actress. Her best known film roles are Pocahontas in Terrence Malick's 2005 film '' The New World'', and Kaiulani in '' Princess Kaiulani'' (2009). In 2020, she starred i ...

), however, who has traditional

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makeup under her face mask, begins old-fashioned, low-tech, manual

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and succeeds in resuscitating the patient. Finally the patient, hidden from the camera until now, is revealed to be the planet Earth – its continents ablaze with fire and clearly in a critical state.

References

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External links

Official web site

Amazon Watch web site

Extinction Rebellion web site
2020 establishments in New Jersey Advocacy groups in the United States Climate change organizations based in the United States Companies based in Bergen County, New Jersey Edgewater, New Jersey Environmental organizations based in New Jersey Extinction Rebellion Non-profit corporations

Aims and objectives

Films

''Guardians of Life''

See also

References

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