Velcrow Ripper is an award-winning filmmaker with dozens of films and videos under his belt, including Bones of the Forest and Scared Sacred; the latter was named one of Canada’s Top 10 movies of 2004, and won the 2005 Genie. His other movies include Open Season and In The Company of Fear. Ripper’s newest movie, Fierce Light: When Spirit Meets Action, was shown during the most recent Hot Docs! documentary film festival, is particularly focused on the links between activism and different forms of spirituality. Ripper’s films and ideas takes us around the world as he talks to philosophers, politicians, human-rights activists and environmentalists. The film’s message of hope and change is delivered via magnificent visuals. To learn more about Velcrow or his latest form, go to: http://www.fiercelight.org/

In just over three weeks, members of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will meet in Copenhagen to decide on what steps to take after the Kyoto Protocol runs out in 2012. The University of Toronto will be sending its own delegation to the conference, consisting largely of students. News correspondent Tyler Irving speaks with members of that delegation about what they will be doing and how to get involved.