Working with The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, I was commissioned to develop an episodic social media series of infographic explainer videos for the IISD's Experimental Lakes Area (ELA). These Lakes are located in a sparsely populated region of Northwestern Ontario, Canada. Scientists are able to examine how all aspects of entire lake ecosystems respond to human induced changes to the environment. This unique approach with entire ecosystem experiments has influenced billion-dollar decisions of governments and industries.
With input from the world's leading scientific experts, these videos are meant to explain the intensive research that is done at ELA, and how the respective effects of human-induced climate change, mercury from industrial emissions, and estrogen and phosphorus from waste water runoff can negatively impact natural ecosystems.
Developed in English and French, I was tasked with producing, writing, directing, voicing, animating, and editing this series, which seeks to clearly articulate our challenges, but ultimately offer a message of hope, and a call for people to take action.
Topics covered include: What is a lake? How do we collect data? Climate Change, Algal Blooms, Mercury, Synthetic estrogen, Ending fossil fuel subsidies, the African Great Lakes.