a unique pacific island community faces the first devastating effects of climate change, including a terrifying flood. will they decide to stay with their island home or move to a new and unfamiliar land, leaving their culture and language behind forever? low-lying takuu atoll is only about 1m above sea level and has already started to experience unprecedented flooding from king tides.

this powerful and heartwrenching new zealand-made documentary has won several awards already; if you get the chance, you should see it.

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they shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old
age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
at the going down of the sun, and in the morning
we will remember them

photos from the 2010 dawn service at the cenotaph…