Lifeboat march
21 July 2001

The march pushed and pulled the lifeboat around the city of Bonn finishing outside the Conference Centre where the talks were being held.

Although the messages about climate change were serious - the 2 hour march's party atmosphere was anything but.

Image of local police help us fix out boat's puncture!

Even the local police lent a hand when the boat got a puncture!

Image of boat in final resting place

The boat's final resting place was outside the conference centre. The boat's waves were made from thousands of your postcards, photographs and messages.

Lifeboat's vital statistics

  • Length - 30 m
  • Height - 5 m
  • No. of messages - 17,000
  • Mission - Rescue the climate talks

What will happen to the boat? >