Star of the US version of The Office Rainn Wilson has changed his name to raise awareness of climate change. The actor – best known for playing Assistant to the Regional Manager Dwight Schrute in the hit sitcom – posted a video on social media on Wednesday saying he has changed his name on his social media profiles to Rainnfall Heat Wave Extreme Winter Wilson.
Wilson, 56, made the change in association with Arctic climate science and awareness group Arctic Basecamp – on which he sits as a board member – as world leaders meet for the COP27 summit in Egypt. In the video posted to Twitter, Wilson says: “Our mission at Arctic Basecamp is to raise awareness of the global risks of Arctic weather change.
“It’s not just bad news for the Arctic, but for us, too. As the polar caps melt, it drives up risks throughout the world, including extreme weather events that affect all of us.
