my compatriot yann arthus-bertrand is releasing an incredible movie/documentary called home for the UN world environment day 2009 (ou la journée mondiale de l’environnement pour yann).the beauty of his initiative is the fact that he kept the release free with no copyright. so please download it from home-2009.com. of course next to this, the rapturous [...]
Categories: On the web
Tagged: 2009, environment, france, home, photograph, yann arthus-bertrand
my sis’ wanted me to spread the word on nos enfants nous accuserons, a movie by jean-paul jaud hitting the french projectors in the next few days. i shall oblige her. the trailer is bilingual french-english and is much more eloquent than any further introduction i could offer:
links to:
the trailer at dailymotion
the movie website
Categories: On the web
Tagged: dailymotion, environment, france, movie, video
been to www.ted.com yet? that beautiful website has kept be informed on so many different angles for so many months that i feel criminal not to have posted about it before. agriculture, biotechnologies, buddhism, information technology, neuro-science, architecture: this is a databank of information like i had not dreamt of before.
a simple concept brings leaders [...]
Categories: On the web
Tagged: al gore, conferences, environment, global warming, priorities, ted, video
have you ever heard of the a garbage dump the size of texas floating in the middle of the pacific ocean? this man went over to document this completely overlooked disaster zone:
link to the garbage island on vbs.tv
Categories: On the web
Tagged: consumer society, disaster, environment, garbage island, pacific ocean, plastic, video
if you have not been to the storyofstuff.com to admire a global overview of our material economies go now or watch it on youtube:
i played this one to all my students
Categories: On the web
Tagged: capital, economy, environment, globalization, material economy, media, politics, sustainable society
