@aliceaedy

class="content__text" It’s been one year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Lives lost, disrupted and forever transformed. Work for @natgeo with @anastasiatl on the Ukrainian border last year.

February 25, 2023

class="content__text" It’s been 1 year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Lives lost, disrupted and forever transformed. I met Sisters Ludmyla, 35, and Nelya Tkachenko, 41 from Kyiv on assignment for @natgeo . They shared their concern for the children who crossed into Poland with them, and fought back tears thinking of the men and families still in Ukraine. Nelya says she’s neither here nor there. “Half my heart I left behind, half I brought with me.” Work for @natgeo with @anastasiatl on the Ukrainian border last year, five days following the invasion.

February 25, 2023

class="content__text" The one year anniversary of war in Ukraine. Last year, a few days after Russia’s invasion, I visited the Ukraine border for @natgeo with @anastasiatl for a multimedia story documenting the millions of refugees fleeing Russian invasion. A year on, on the anniversary of war, it’s hard to believe the atrocities that continue to unfold as we speak. It’s likely in the next few decades we will all either be welcoming refugees into our communities, or become refugees ourselves. Today is Ukraine, tomorrow it could be me. But remember, when you speak of the war in Ukraine, in the same breath, don’t forget to mention refugees Syria, Palestine, Afghanistan and beyond. Open your heart and avoid what @hassanakkad called ‘selective sympathy’. Our solidarity should be endlessly expansive, our compassion should know no limits. Let this be a moment where we discover our shared humanity. We cannot leave anyone behind, regardless of where they were lucky enough to be born in this random lottery game called life.

February 25, 2023

class="content__text" Remembering an @earthrise.studio project last year where we worked on a campaign called Materials Matter with @textileexchange in collaboration with @therighttoroamfilms & @brotherfilmco . We are so often hidden from the people and processes involved in the fashion industry!! The film celebrates three raw material suppliers that grow cotton, wool and viscose. I wanted to share some of the BTS behind this shoot, as we often show finished projects without also sharing the days of hard work and incredible teams behind them - so many brilliant people came together to make this vision a reality! Watch the finished film on the Textile Exchange YouTube 🎬

February 23, 2023

class="content__text" Eeeeeek!!! 😜 Come behind the scenes for lots of silliness for our new 12-part series with @bloomberg SPOTLIGHT! 🔍 Now live on @earthrise.studio YouTube 🎥 Over the past year, we’ve been working with @bloomberggreen on a 12-part series, presented by @jackharries and I on some of the most innovative climate solutions around the world. Our Spotlight episodes live within Bloomberg’s show called Getting Warmer with @KalPenn . While the show has been live for a few weeks on Bloomberg channels, we’re excited to announce that our first episode is now finally available to watch on our YouTube 🥳 It tackles plastic, recycling, and the circular economy ⭕️. We filmed during the hottest heatwave recorded in London, which made it a pretty sweaty affair 🥵🔥 and worked with a stellar team of 16 across 5 countries. A huge huge thank you to the INCREDIBLE team who worked on this show, across different continents, timezones, and seasons 🙏 Series Director & Producer: @joixlee Presenter & Producer: @Aliceaedy & @Jackharries Writer: @kay.ae13 Story Producer: @SamanthaLeeWQ & @mari_Suri02 Line Producer: @ChloePuttock Art Director & Graphics Designer: @BeaPatarata Assembly Editor: @Vera.V.Romanova Advanced Editor: @Woodplant Motion Designer: @Infinity_Pool_Money Camera: @Isseyrider Lighting: @LucaPiercey

February 22, 2023

class="content__text" This weekend I was in @sundaytimes Style magazine with an incredible group of women curated by @amy_powney for the launch of her documentary premiere @fashionreimagined 🎥 with @[email protected]@domipalmer and written by @karendacre ✍🏼 thank you for having me @amy_powney@motherofpearl ❤️

February 15, 2023

class="content__text"@earthrise.studio 2022 in numbers 💥 📈 17.7 million people reached 🤝 32 partnerships/collaborations 📹 9 original productions 👩‍👩‍👧‍👧 4 new team members 🏠 1 new studio 💻 907 hours on Zoom ✉️ 353 Instagram posts ☕️ And approximately 520 cups of coffee per person (reusable…mostly?! 😬)

February 15, 2023

class="content__text" One of my favourite quotes is by Amitav Ghosh: “The climate crisis is a crisis of culture, and thus of the imagination”.   It’s clear we need a new story. A revolution in thinking. That’s what drives my passion for storytelling.  But often we are constrained by our busy lives, distracted minds.    I was fascinated to read Lenovo’s Think Report stating that nearly 80% of people believe that we, as a society, need to develop a new approach to thinking.   85% of people in the US, 78% in the UK and 67% in Japan agree that if people in the world today engaged in more thoughtful, meaningful and deep thinking, it would increase our productive humanity.    I certainly hope so.   My way to find a sense of calm and focus is to get out in nature - where the noise of the wind replaces the sound of the city’s sirens and gives me space to hear my own thoughts. To broaden my horizons, and find a new perceptive. What’s your way? #IntelvPro #IntelInfluencer @lenovothinkpad@intelbusiness Powered by Intel vPro® Enterprise with Intel® Core™ i9 processor   #LenovoPartner

February 15, 2023

class="content__text" Introducing: Unearthed! 🔍 our new @earthrise.studio 12-part series with @bloomberg presented by Jack and I now LIVE!!! My biggest achievement of the series being not killing him working on this together 🤩 Over the past year, we’ve been working with @bloomberggreen on a 12-part series, to bring you some of the most innovative climate solutions around the world. Our Unearthed episodes live within Bloomberg’s show called Getting Warmer with Kal Penn. Episode 1 is streaming live today across Bloomberg channels. You can watch it at 8pm EST: 📺 on connected TV devices (Samsung TV+, LG Channels, and Fire TV) 🖥️ online at Bloomberg.com And from 10pm EST on Bloomberg (BTV). If you can’t catch it today, don’t worry, it’ll be up on Earthrise channels in two weeks. We can’t wait to hear what you think! 💬👇🏼

February 08, 2023

class="content__text" “I’m more of a guy’s girl” 🚩🚩🚩😜😜😜 the most incredible weekend with these powerhouse women.

February 08, 2023

class="content__text" FORA BOLSONARO!!!! 🇧🇷 Nowhere else I’d rather be than documenting the Terra Livre camp, a gathering of 8,000 indigenous people in Brazil, to raise awareness for the indigenous struggle in a historic year of the election in October. So great to be seeing friends here from across the resistance movement @midiaindiaoficial@midianinja@[email protected]@guajajarasonia@ericmarky@oliverninja@txanamari and many more. The Future is Indigenous ✨

May 01, 2022

class="content__text" It’s an old cliche that in times of crisis you see the best and worst in humanity. In the days I spent on the Ukrainian border, I felt that duality was explicitly clear: a heartwarming volunteer response from the Polish but two Nazi rallies to confront the African students leaving Ukraine. How do I celebrate the warm welcome of Ukrainians across borders, but simultaneously grieve the stark contrast to Europe’s response to the Syrian refugee crisis? How do I honour that 2.5 million refugees from Ukraine have been quickly absorbed into Europe seemingly without a trace, but recognise that the same nations and borders who are letting Ukrainians through without batting an eyelid have beaten Syrians with batons and chasing them with dogs. I’ve felt completely overwhelmed by watching this paradox unfold. The double standard is blatant. Indeed, we’re unlikely to see the informal refugee camps at border like the ones I’ve visited across Europe - and if Ukrainians needed to cross an ocean, we most certainly wouldn’t let them drown. The hypocrisy is painful. The Syrian crisis was not a political crisis, it was a crisis of empathy. So when you speak of the war in Ukraine, in the same breath, don’t forget to mention refugees Syria, Palestine, Afghanistan and beyond. Open your heart and avoid what @hassanakkad called ‘selective sympathy’. Our solidarity should be endlessly expansive, our compassion should know no limits. Let this be a moment where we discover our shared humanity. We cannot leave anyone behind, regardless of where they were lucky enough to be born in this random lottery game called life. It’s very likely in the next few decades we will all either be welcoming refugees into our communities, or become refugees ourselves. Today is Ukraine, tomorrow it could be me.

April 01, 2022