Well hooray!

For lovers of industry awards and self-congratulation, Provokateur is in the 2009 D&AD Annual for Acme Climate Action.

We’re pleased. Our parents are proud. Our friends are disinterested. Our peers feel intrigued yet mildly threatened. Our publisher is unaware. Our drinks are waiting.

Provokateur takes the whole subject of ethical communications quite seriously. So seriously, in fact, that we’ve made a little book on the subject. It’s called Change The World and it’s available both in print and online.

As with most Provokateur ventures, it’s been a small labour of love – so we hope you like. Please spread it around, pass it on and tell folk about it.

But first, take a peak by clicking on the viewer below.

Provokateur has been appointed by The Elders to help develop their online communications.

It would ne no exaggeration to describe The Elders as one of the most remarkable organisations on the planet – although the word ‘organisation’ is a bit misleading. It’s not an organisaion in a traditional sense so much as a group of eminent global leaders convened by Nelson Mandela and Graça Machel to bring their experience and independent voices to the resolution of conflict and to the alleviation of human suffering.

The opportunity to work for an organisation that includes within its company Nelson Mandela, Mary Robinson, Jimmy Carter, Desmond Tutu, Kofi Annan and Aung San Suu Kyi is both thrilling and daunting. We’ll keep you posted.

To find out more, visit www.theelders.org.