Airsick: An Industrial Devolution

Twenty days। Twenty thousand still images. A single message. Toronto Star photographer Lucas Oleniuk captures the issue of global warming in a video created entirely by using still images. It's part of the countdown to Earth Hour, March 29.
The Star's Lucas Oleniuk started with a simple idea: to illustrate the phenomenon of climate change with images taken in our own back yard.

Armed with a concept and a camera, he set out for 20 days in Ontario - capturing some 40,000 time-lapse images in the process. Of those, about 20,000 were used to create the video you are about to see.

"Airsick: An Industrial Devolution" is more than just another video. It is a statement, a warning, a wake-up call. And it dovetails perfectly with the Star's commitment to Earth Hour, a global action slated for March 29 - when people in cities around the world will turn out their lights for an hour to take a stand against climate change. (The Earth Hour organization calls our changing weather patterns "the greatest threat our planet has ever faced.")

For essays by noted writers, a blog by our environmental reporters, and the HD version of Airsick, please see our special section devoted to earth hour at thestar.com/earthhour.

Good journalism, we like to believe, has the power to make a difference - to make the world a better place. That, ultimately, is the purpose of this video.