A TV documentary/news report about climate change is what first grabs Greg’s attention and gets him thinking about his connection to the earth.

Broadcast journalist Chris Morris previously covered climate news for BBC, doing on location reporting as well as short explainer-style pieces like the one below. In this clip, he gives a primer on emissions and the impact of one’s individual carbon footprint while speaking directly to the viewer, similar to how the TV Narrator does in the play:

There’s some direct to viewer address from BBC Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt around the 1:50 mark of this news this clip that also calls our British TV Narrator to mind:

Greg could also be watching news segments like the ones below, all featuring dire warnings about climate change impacts similar to what he hears in scene 1.6:

These two shorter clips feature especially frenetic editing and infographics to visually underscore the distressing future that climate change portends, which may be of interest as we think about how design can support this part of the text: