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I Want My MTV (and VH1, LOGO, Comedy Central, Sike, BET, CMT, TV Land, Nick@Nite and Teen Nick): An Inconvenient Special

July 30, 2017 DReynolds

I LOVE music.

Especially modern alternative rock music from the likes of Pierce the Veil, Sleeping with Sirens, Neck Deep and Fall Out Boy, as well as Electronic (ED) Music from Calvin Harris, Steve Aoki, and The Chainsmokers. And what does music and pop culture have to do with our planet’s climate change crisis you ask? Well, as it turns out, plenty.

WE ONLY GET ONE HOME

Combining my LOVE of music with my climate change concerns along with Nobel Peace Prize winner Vice President Al Gore, Grammy-nominated rapper Fat Joe and legendary DJ Steve Aoki with globally iconic MTV to share what’s happening to our planet seems like a surreal dream.

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But I am pleased to share with you that starting on August 2nd at 7:30 PM on MTV you can see that dream come true by watching ‘An Inconvenient Special’, a Town Hall that I filmed recently at the MTV Studios in New York’s Times Square in support of Vice President Gore’s new movie; ‘An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power’ that stars Vice President Gore leading a Town Hall to discuss climate change.

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I PLEDGE TO #BEINCONVENIENT AND USE MY CHOICE, MY VOICE, MY VOTE

You can read all about the show by visiting MTV News (Julie Zelinger’s article, Meet The Teen Trying To Stop Miami From Going Underwater, for MTV News is especially good and details what’s happening here in South Florida), Rolling Stone or Billboard amongst many other outlets covering the Special.

So how did I, a 17 year old child, have the opportunity to share South Florida’s plight with a potential audience of tens of millions (MTV’s Twitter account alone has more than 15,000,000 followers)?

#SAVEMIAMI

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A couple of months ago I was contacted by MTV and asked to film a Miami focused segment for their ‘An Inconvenient Special’ with Fat Joe who, aside from being famous all over the world for his music, has lived in South Florida for over a decade and told me that he loves raising his family here. Joe and I spent a day filming on the shores of Biscayne Bay at Matheson Hammock Park, a place I learned to swim at and have often visited while conducting field research on sea level rise and one where I’ve filmed my own videos (here’s one example) to illustrate what is happening to South Florida.

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Joe and I talked about what’s happening all over the region, what governments like Miami-Dade, Miami Beach and South Miami are doing, what people (including children and young adults) can do to help solve the problem and my view that our planet’s global warming crisis is the biggest challenge that my generation (including his 12 year old daughter Azariah) will face in our lifetimes.

TIME IS RUNNING OUT

A few days after we filmed the segment on Miami’s plight MTV and Vice President Gore’s office contacted me again and asked if I could fly to New York to participate in the Town Hall with Vice President Gore and, of course, I happily accepted. In New York I attended a special screening of the new movie (spoiler alert; it’s fantastic!), rehearsed the show a bit and then filmed it in front of a live audience in their Times Square studio that MTV had branded just for the Special.

“Since I met Delaney I’ve started to debate every night at dinner and you’d be surprised by how many people have denied that this existed and I start arguing with them, like Delaney taught me, and I already see that by having dinner debates how serious this is and we just have to think about people less fortunate, we have to think about the earth and the future, so I’ve been opening my eyes to it and learning more about it. It’s a real serious thing. Just think about the hundreds of millions of people who are going to be affected by this.”

– Rapper & Music Producer Fat Joe

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In addition to Vice President Gore leading the Town Hall, we were joined by Steve Aoki who served as celebrity correspondent and took questions from the audience, MTV News Correspondent Gaby Wilson who served as moderator and Fat Joe who shared his perspective as a South Floridian and someone who, like me, is concerned about the impact of climate change on communities that might not easily be able to afford to move to higher ground (or as his hit song might say, All The Way Up).

IT’S NOT TOO LATE

The Town Hall audience was truly excellent and had wonderful questions for the Vice President, Joe and myself so I sure hope you will either tune in or set your DVR and catch ‘An Inconvenient Special’. And I especially hope you will tell all of your friends and family to tune in too because we will need everyone‘s help to change our behaviors and solve our climate crisis before it’s too late.

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Viacom Networks, MTV’s owner, has declared the week of July 31st as ‘An Inconvenient Week’ and will be sharing climate change content on social, digital and on-air media across its 10 channels including MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, Spike, LOGO, BET, CMT, TV Land, Nick@Nite and Teen Nick. You can learn more by watching each of these station’s social media channels and can tune in in all sorts of ways including the following:

MTV:  Wednesday August 2nd at 7:30 PM

BET: Wednesday August 2nd at 11:00 PM

VH1: Friday August 4th at 5:00 PM (ET)

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Thanks to Vice President Al Gore for his friendship and inspiration but especially for his incredible dedication to solving our planet’s climate crisis. To learn more about his work, the new book and movie please visit www.inconvenientsequel.com. And to become involved in solving climate change please visit Climate Reality and consider signing up for an upcoming Climate Leadership Training course like the one I attended a few years ago here in Miami.

Thanks also to Miami born Steve Aoki and especially to Fat Joe, who I am happy has chosen to make Miami his home and for so enthusiastically joining the climate discussion. We need both of you, Steve and Joe, to take the message about what’s happening to South Florida and the rest of the world to your global audiences (and dinner tables all over earth!) before its too late.

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And to MTV and everyone involved in your exceptional work here and in New York in making this show, much less including me and my message, THANK YOU. Thanks Gaby, Kim, Lindsey, Amanda, Alan, Elise, Elmer, Andrea, Jason, Daniel, Christine, Mike, Andrea, Melanie, Wanda, and Dani!

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THIS IS ON US

In February 2017 MTV learned that over 70% of its viewers ages 16 to 26 are very worried about environmental protection including climate change. That’s important because young people will soon be forced to solve our world’s climate crisis and shift our society from fossil fuel energy to one where sustainable power such as solar and wind dominate.

That percentage does not surprise me, it’s similar to what I see with my work, but it gives me great hope that by working together we can solve this epic problem. As a step in the right direction towards solving the problem please consider learning more by tuning into An Inconvenient Special this week and then taking a friend to see the movie starting August 4th.

FIGHT LIKE YOUR WORLD DEPENDS ON IT

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Delaney’s Bio

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My name is Delaney Reynolds and I am a college student at the University of Miami's Rosensteil School of Marine and Atmospheric Science in Miami, Florida and founder of The Sink or Swim Project (miamisearise.com). I split my time between this vibrant, cosmopolitan area of nearly three million people and my second home on No Name Key, a 1,000 acre island filled with nature and 43 solar powered homes in the Florida Keys.

My life is surrounded by water and that is how I became interested in global warming and the threat of sea level rise to our future. In addition to being a full-time student, I am also a published author and illustrator of three children’s books on ecological topics related to the wonders of No Name Key, as well as a comic adventure book about global warming entitled Where Did All of the Polar Bears Go?, and I am currently writing a book for young adults about sea level rise in South Florida.

I am pleased to welcome you to our website and I look forward to working with you.

If you have any inquiries, you can contact me by email at delaney@miamisearise.com or by phone at (786) 671-2061.

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Delaney’s Books

In addition to being a full time student I am also a published author. I have written and illustrated four children’s books on ecological topics related to the wonders of No Name Key in the Florida Keys. My first book, My Animal Friends on No Name Key, was completed in 2009 when I was nine years old. My second book was published while I was in sixth grade and is entitled My Fish Friends Near No Name Key and my third, My Flying Friends of No Name Key, was completed in 2013 while I was in 8th grade. My most recent one is an adventure comic book entitled Where Did All The Polar Bears Go? and it was published in 2015.

I am currently working on a new book geared towards young adults that is tentatively titled Sink or Swim and that focuses on educating my generation about the very real impact of sea level rise is already having on South Florida as well as what we will need to do when we inherit this growing problem.

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Could South Miami’s New Solar Measure Be Adopted Nationwide? One Tireless Teen Advocate Thinks So

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In the midst of devastating hurricanes, flooding, and sea-level rise, Florida teenager Delaney Reynolds has some choice words for President Trump: “You talk a lot about job creation,” she says. “I would like to see you make sustainable jobs a priority—both to put people to work and to help transition those in fossil fuels or utility jobs into clean-industry jobs.”

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The Huffington Post Blog / Philippe Cousteau – The Missing Link: How Youth Are the Hope for Our Oceans

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I believe that part of the reason for the lack of progress on many ocean issues is because the conservation community has made the mistake of dismissing this dedication and passion as youthful enthusiasm—of assuming that youth are merely the hands and feet of the environmental movement when they have the capacity to be the hearts and minds as well. Take high school junior Delaney Reynolds, for example. She is a published author and illustrator of three children’s books, as well as a comic book on environmental and ecology topics.

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The Sink or Swim Project in Kiddos Magazine

 Kiddos Magazine Article

Delaney Reynolds is the founder of The Sink or Swim Project and currently attends High School in Miami. Her frequent family trips to the ocean inspired Ms. Reynolds to create this project at a young age with the goal of educating the public on climate change and its threats to our future. She is actively speaking out about climate change through her web site blog, talks at schools, and media interviews.

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A New Generation of Environmental Promotion: Who is Delaney Reynolds?

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With the future looking brighter thanks to Palmer Trinity School, one student shines brightly for her efforts to educate her peers on the importance of sea rise and global warming. This student is Delaney Reynolds, who has achieved much in the field of environmental protection, and has been featured for her previous achievements earlier this year. “We are so proud of Delaney and her hard work in not only shining a light on the environment, but mentoring younger students and informing them about this important topic.”- Patrick Roberts, Head of School , Palmer Trinity.

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Delaney Reynolds Joins Cousteau Siblings’ Organization Earthecho International As Youth Council Member

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Delaney is one of fifteen appointed to the council and will be serving a two-year term. Council members range from 15-22 years old, and were selected from across the country. Delaney was encouraged to apply for the position by Leopoldo Llinas, a science teacher and director of environmental stewardship at Palmer Trinity School. As a member of the EarthEco Youth Leadership Council, Delaney will: provide guidance for the organization’s youth-facing programs and resources; advise partner organizations and other external groups on the development of youth strategies; represent the organization at events, conferences and trainings; and serve as an ambassador for EarthEcho programs by executing environmental service projects in her local community.

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Pinecrest Teen Teaches Others of Dangers of Sea Rise, Climate Change

Pinecrest teen teaches others of dangers of sea rise, climate change

Pinecrest resident Robert Reynolds remembers taking his family for a boat ride to the Florida Keys. The trips to the ocean inspired his 16-year-old daughter, Palmer Trinity student Delaney Reynolds, to orchestrate an initiative with the goal of educating the public on climate change. Delaney, an 11th-grader, designed “The Sink or Swim Project,” which informs and engages all ages on rising sea levels. Her project has picked up so much steam that National Geographic recently recorded one of her presentations. The taping will be part of the show Years of Living Dangerously, which will air later this year.

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Palmer Trinity Student Takes on Sea Level Rise

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Palmer Trinity School (PTS) student Delaney Reynolds recently presented a lecture on sea level rise and global warming titled “Sink or Swim” to students enrolled in Breakthrough Miami, an enrichment program that provides motivated middle school students from underserved communities with the tools they need to achieve their goals in life. The event was filmed by National Geographic as part of its Emmy Award-winning show Years of Living Dangerously and will air on television later this year.

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Delaney Reynolds on EarthEcho International

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Delaney Reynolds was born in Miami and is a High Honor Roll Junior in High School. She is a published author and illustrator of three children’s books as well as a comic book on environmental and ecology topics. She’s a graduate of the Outward Bound Academy of Agents of Change Leadership Training, a yearlong program that took her mountain climbing in North Carolina, hiking to the top of a volcano in Ecuador and diving with sharks, penguins and sea turtles in the Galapagos. In mid-February she returned from a week long Marine Biology Expedition in Hawaii where she swam with dolphins and giant manta rays, followed whales and explored volcanoes, black sand beaches and rain forests.

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Delaney Reynolds, 16 Year Old “Eco Warrior”

CAVU had the opportunity to speak with and conduct a first on-camera interview with a young woman who has accomplished more in her 16 years than most adults. Delaney Reynolds of Miami Florida is the founder of an organization called Sink or Swim which looks at the varied threats of sea level rise and other environmental issues she views as impacting her life and future.

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Palmer Trinity Members Participate in Al Gore’s Climate Reality Training

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Three members of the Palmer Trinity School (PTS) community including parent Jenny May Arias, 11th grade student Delaney Reynolds, and science teacher Dr. Leopoldo Llinas recently were selected to attend the Climate Reality Leadership Corps event hosted by the environmental nonprofit organization, Climate Reality Project.
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The Sink or Swim Project on Climate.gov

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The Sink or Swim Project is designed to educate, inform and engage the generations, both young people alive today and those who are about to be born, who will inherit sea level rise and who must work together to solve it.
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Young Palmer Trinity Student Writes and Illustrates Three Books

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Many people dream about writing or illustrating and publishing a book in their life time, but few accomplish that goal. To see a child write and illustrate a book is quite an accomplishment, but that’s exactly what Pinecrest resident Delaney Reynolds has achieved at a very early age.
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Palmer Trinity Junior, Delaney Reynolds, Speaks at TEDxYouthMiami Conference

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PTS Junior Delaney Reynolds hosted a talk on her Sink or Swim Project at TEDxYouth@Miami on Friday, February 26th, 2016. Delaney launched this sustainable initiative as a member of the PTS Agents of Change Social Entrepreneurship program. The TEDxYouth@Miami event took place at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts.

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Palmer Trinity Student Delaney Reynolds is a Guest Speaker at PBBA Luncheon

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