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WE ARE WATCHING is a monumental eye, made up of thousands of portraits contributed from 190 countries. It flies high above cities on a flag the size of a 10-storey building. Raised at key climate events to hold leaders accountable as they decide the future of our planet, its message is crystal-clear: the eyes of the world are upon you.
Artivist Dan Acher's globally participative work first flew at Madrid's COP25 UN Climate Change Conference. Its ongoing mission is to take the eyes of the world around the globe.
People from 191 countries - almost every nation in the world - have added their face so far. Zoom in to see who's watching and what they have to say, see the eye get sharper as faces are added.
Students, workers, grandparents, children the world over are demanding urgent climate action. Take a closer look at the faces on the flag and have your friends and family add theirs today. Together we can keep holding leaders accountable.
Download our animation of selected portraits and messages to world leaders and project it on walls, screens, buildings - anywhere you can take a stand and say: #WeAreWatching.
Earth first!
Make the world Greta again!
In us there is change, let's not be blind to the opportunities of a change in favor of life. Our land needs to breathe!
Reduce CO2 emission, Ban plastics bags, recycle ♻️, countries must be green, protect environment, never use plastics bags, be pioneers in environment,
I live on the shore of Lake Erie which is experiencing the highest water levels in history. It’s devastating and scary. The world must act now. Please
Let‘s make it possible that we all work together to save our homeplanet, thank you !!
Now or Forever
Save our children! No pipelines. No fossil fuel subsidies. We need climate justice and a zero carbon economy and there's no time to waste.
Infinite growth on a finite host is the ideology of the cancer cell. Degrowth now!
Let's work together to end climate change!
My community in California is on fire! Help!
Think about the future. Think about the children of the world. What legacy are you leaving behind? What you do today matters. Make it count.
Our eyes are on you - Our hearts are with you. We need to act now for all. Every year matters. Every choice matters.
make the right decisions now - our future lies in your hands!
Our world is the most magnific thing ever and we will never let it die, WE WILL FIGHT FOR IT
On behalf of my Kiribati people. Please listen to our plead and our small but worthy voices. We need leaders to listen to our calls NOW!!
Do it! Everything must change. climate justice is also social justice
"We are not drowning.. we are fighting"
You were young once too, feeling like you had a lifetime ahead of you. How would you feel about your future then, knowing what You do now?
I believe you will act responsibly, please respect us.
Climate change is real. Let's Open Up the conversation, URGENT ACTION is needed & the time to act is now!
The time for action is now! No longer will we be bystanders in this deviant destruction you are causing to earth. We are the saviors, we are watching.
Don’t take away my future for your own profit thanks
Time for empty words and pandering to the destructive corporations way past. Real, urgent and comprehensive action on the ecological catastrophe now!
We need radical transformative climate action not tinkering around the edges of the system that caused the climate emergency
We are watching you, brothers and sisters, to see what you propose to do to save our world from climate change disaster before it is too late!
Stop it. Grow up. Save this beautiful habitat. Grow a future for our children.
It's time to join forces to save the world, and we need powerful leaders to act with us.
We watch the decisions you make and will hold you RESPONSIBLE for those decisions. Please act as stewards towards our planet.
Being a world leader comes with a big responsibility and your decisions have a huge impact on societies, communities and the environment. Step up!
Hello, I know you are very busy, living your life, and with your families, happy, well fed, educated, in good health. We deserve the same.
As a resident of a Small Island Developing State, I implore you to take urgent action and not let this be another talk shop.
ACT NOW...fund genuine people working on programs of social change be it mobility or reducing pollution. In the end these contributions will MATTER !!
Do something positive about climate change NOW!
Your house is on fire. Respond appropriately.
We have run out of time! Has to be now!
You Need To Start Taking Your Responsibilities And Save Us And This Earth From Drowning!!!
We are doing what we can but only you can make the big changes needed to save our planet and our futures.
¿Será posible contar con decisiones políticas orientadas a cuidar el futuro de las nuevas generaciones? Esperamos que ésto sea posible.
We are doing our part as individuals, we need you to do your part as decision makers.
The waters are already taking my land. This is a crisis. We need to take action together to prevent it.
Make citizens of the world believe in politics again and show the world you care for our human race not for money ! Thanks
Let’s make it now! The world is watching you!
The only way is the climate caring way. For the children's future.
Earth first.
Time to make a change.
Listen to the people. Take the terrible state our world is in today and turn it around. Ban single use plastics. Sort out recycling. Cut emissions.
Our planet is a culmination of various miracles throughout time itself. Are we truly going to forsake all the wonder in our world for momentary profit?
Hay que dejar que los ciudadanos de cada país se sientan primero a gusto en sus país, disfruten de sus recursos naturales con las que nacieron...
We are watching you...!!
We can help mother earth.
Please don't kill my planet, I've got years left to enjoy it.
Please save our planet and our children’s and their children’s future
We're only borrowing the planet and need to take care of her.
Change. The worst thing that happens with change is that we better the world. The worst that happens without change is death of life as we know it.
Preserve what we had before and let's keep what we still have as we improve on the atrocities we are facing today. Protect commit by diversifying nature.
Clean energy. Plant trees. Say no to plastics. Save water. Re-use. Reduce. Recycle. Do what it takes to clean up our planet.
All we want is our future. Don't be the one to take that from us.
Please act now to tackle the climate crisis, drastic action is needed. Procrastination is costing The Earth
We are no longer relying on you creating the systemic change we need; because you will not deliver. But change is coming, and you cannot stop it. :)
I am watching! Countries need to come together, choose strong binding targets, and take action for my future!
We need to transition to a zero carbon economy now! Reforest, regenerate, rewild instead of extract, deplete, and destroy.
We have been striking, campaigning and pressuring you to take climate action, yet we still have yet to see real commitments. We are watching.
Keep the oil, gas and coal in the ground
Avrete dei figli, fatelo per loro!
I want to be near. I want to see. I want to participate. I want you to know that we care.
One of the fundamental causes underlying the loss of biodiversity is that people have failed to value the environment (basic belief patterns)
Be aware, we are watching and we’re not gonna let you destroy our planet and our future
You’re not scared enough! And you’re not doing enough! Wake up!!!
Inaction is no longer an option. We demand real, tangible, and sufficient change. We demand proper leadership. We demand action.
TENEMOS UN OBJETIVO FRENAR EL CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO ENTRE TODOS PODEMOS.
For the sake of all of us, and future generations, now is the time to be bold, and do what needs to be done. Listen to the science and act on it.
TENEMOS QUE DEJAR A LOS MAS JÓVENES UN FUTURO MAS NATURAL Y ECOLÓGICO
~Let's be better humans~
Oceans are dying, they're our oxygen. but yet, you still think they're a good trash bin.
To maintain peace in the entire world. Every one is god's precious creations, so no one have to suffer from discrimination.
Wir sind hier, wir sind laut, weil man uns die Zukunft klaut! What do we want? Climate Justice! When do we want it? Now!
United, we are as strong as a mighty oak. Divided, we are but insignificant weeds. Let's come together and get this done!
Enough talking about Climate Change, we need real action, real fast!
We are watching you! Please be as ambitious as the climate science requires you to be!
06.03.21 Today Dan Acher's Eyes of the World flew high above Geneva - home of the Human Rights Council - to mark the opening of the International Human Rights Film Festival.
14.12.19 - As the COP25 drew to a close, the faces of We Are Watching were brought into the COP25’s Green Zone. Fridays For Future leaders @xiyebeara and @saoioconnor spoke about the disconnect between what the science requires and what the climate negotiations are delivering.
12.12.19 - Tonight at the COP25's Green Zone, FFF leaders will address the reality of climate change across continents - with thousands of faces from 190 countries looking down on them. The eyes of the world are in Madrid.
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