# Do These Videos Make the Point?

*Published:* 2008-05-13
*Author:* Sheryl Canter

![Sheryl Canter](https://blogs.edf.org/climate411/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2008/02/sheryl_canter.jpg)*This post is by Sheryl Canter, an online writer and editorial manager at Environmental Defense Fund.*

We’ve created some 30-second spots on the importance of passing climate change legislation, and we’d like your feedback on them.

The "American Voices" videos, which will run on WashingtonPost.com, feature regular Americans talking about how climate change affects them personally:

`[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/UaDaLGcm9vk" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]`

`[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/UdpRdDp0NXg" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]`

The "Real Costs" videos focus on the economic costs of doing nothing, of failing to address climate change. Here are links to these ads, which are running in 45 districts right now:

[Real Costs – Political instability, high oil prices (YouTube)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfBqn704BOw)  
[Real Costs – Agricultural decline, infrastructure damage (YouTube)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isLHIIuM4Dc)

What do you think? Are they compelling, effective? Which group gets the point across better – "American Voices" or "Real Costs"?