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On Saturday 2nd March everyone was invited to wear Vivienne Westwood's Face Of War and to join the Climate Revolution.
The Face of War is Vivienne's symbol of the need for a climate revolution. The Face is a circle around the left eye and a sad smile drawn above the top lip depicting a sad face. The idea was inspired and adopted from Boudicca (the Queen of Iceni) who used a specific dye called woad as face paint, (a very dark blue almost black dye) which herself and her troops wore in their battle with the Romans.
This is extensively used on Vivienne Westwood catwalks and she wore it herself for the closing ceremony of the paralympics.
The Face of War is an expression that new change is needed, and by wearing your Face Of War you are showing the world that you want a different future, one that belongs to you.
If you are disheartened with the financial system, want to do something to save the planet, fight for human rights or if you are just fed up with the propaganda then this event was for you.
“We have a real chance
to win this fight if we stop our delayed thinking, seeing everything
with old eyes. It’s time to make our voices heard – on the streets,
through social media.” said Westwood.
According to the designer, the earth can no longer “run for profit and waste and based primarily on the extractive industries” and the current financial crises is here to prove that changes will have to be made by all.
Westwood
believes that in order to stop climate changes “we need a formal
inauguration of the Revolution and a plan of operation.”
The
plan of operation consists of recognising the connection between climate
change and the current financial crises, implement Arctic Commons and
Save the Rainforest, make use of clean energy sources such as nuclear
energy and set strict rules limiting the exploitation of the planet’s
natural resources. Westwood informed that a cabinet of operations will
be formed in order to officially get the Climate Revolution going.
The
designer added “many people have changed their way of living. The more
this happens, the greater the Revolution, the greater the chance of
saving our planet."
British Artist Daniel
Lismore was on hand to paint on your Face Of War.
The Message frrom +Vivienne Westwood
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For more information and to join the Climate Revolution go to http://climaterevolution.org.uk/
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