We got married in our home town of #Lahore last Sunday & decided to use the opportunity of our friends & family gathered under one smog-filled sky to raise awareness about the #ClimateCrisis & platform local climate activists.
Its going to take time to get our own snaps sorted, but heres a thread of the highlights with links to sites/socials:
At our #ClimateWedding (#JibRish), we invited a few cutouts of climate-conscious celebrities to the event who we knew our guests would recognize, and shared how they have been advocating and working for the climate.
We recognize a guest or two at our #ClimateWedding might be controversial, but we believe their local recognition and their immense contribution to the world’s renewables movement are not things we can easily ignore.
#ClimateChange is a huge topic, even when talking locally, so we decided to focus on the two most immediate threats to the city - #Smog (air pollution) & #Heatwaves.
We shot short videos on these topics & placed their QR codes at the #ClimateWedding for our guests, explaining the issue & what could be done about it.
(p.s. english subtitles for the videos are still being worked on)
We also had a wedding newspaper printed called “The JibRish Tribune”, explaining our motives for the #ClimateWedding, profiles of our celebrity cutouts, and most importantly, sharing the work and contact details for our local climate activists who so graciously agreed to be a part of our wedding.
Guests loved it so much, we have had to order a second print for them to keep!
We invited local #ClimateChange activists, who have worked themselves on projects locally with minimal recognition and support, to our #ClimateWedding. We shared their work in our wedding newspaper, and in an exhibit at the venue. We are immensely thankful to them. Link’s to their social media posts below.
We know this is not a solution anymore but it is still the most basic action most of us can undertake ourselves, so at the wedding, we gifted citrus tree saplings (and rose plants) to our guests to take home and grow. We weren’t sure if any would take up the offer so ordered just enough for each family and…
@SiR_GameZaloT i am on the train home from work and sitting here crying as i am so moved by this absolutely wonderful, wonderful idea. How also so well executed. I love ALL of it. The cut outs, the newspaper, the trees. ALL of it. Would you be happy for me to share rhis beyond Mastodon? I want to tell everyone I know 💚
@pvonhellermannn@SiR_GameZaloT Hi Pauline, the bride here. Thank you so much for your beautiful message. We are glad that this resonated with you. Please feel free to share this with whoever you like 💛
@risham@SiR_GameZaloT Congratulations to you, too, Risham! What an amazing wedding. I can’t tell you how much this has touched me. I am
really grateful 🙏🏼. And thank you also for allowing me to share this - I will 💚💚💚
@SiR_GameZaloT Great story and beautiful pictures. Thanks for doing that and sharing it here! And congratulations, of course! A wonderful life to you and your wife and all your family and friends 💕💐🌳
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Bravo Dr Jibreel and, if I may, Risham! Such a lovely reason for a publicity 'stunt' and one which will long remain in the memory, I am sure.
@SiR_GameZaloT 💚 oh that is wonderful news! Many, many congratulations! And what a fabulous, great idea to have a #ClimateWedding. The world’s first, maybe! Really, lots of love and happiness to the two of you 💚
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