A group of Creative Media students from Kingston College has chosen, for their final assessment project, the climate crisis, with particular emphasis on the need for system change.

Director Neha Sunda and Production Managers Jack Pauley and Era Birka, together with their team, were out filming at the XR protest in London last October when they spotted Kingston Peace Council and Movement for the Abolition of War banners at the XR Peace site near the Ministry of Defence. They were intrigued to hear our particular message concerning the connection between militarism and climate change and decided to include it in their 24-minute filmed magazine show – devoting four minutes to a specialist interview.

We have been to their studio in Kingston for practice sessions, with the final filming scheduled for 16 January. This is an exciting project and it has been enjoyable and eye-opening to see how such a studio operates and to work with such a charming, focussed and professional team. The magazine show ‘Changing London’ features footage of the XR action plus pre-recorded interviews with Richmond Councillor Martin Elengorn and with a group of allotment holders, then live filming including KPC’s Mary Holmes participating in a debate on system change and I was being interviewed on the significance of military-related greenhouse gas emissions.

It has been a delight working with the group. We wish them well with their project and hope their important message will spread far and wide!

- Hilary Evans