| ExPan's 2nd annual green video festival!! |
[Apr. 17th, 2006|12:39 pm] |
I guess, since i decided to leak a little news to the friends here (sorry public peeps, get an lj), I am feeling like it's time to give something out on the braodercast so yes, it's time for another Exuberant Pantaphobia Mini-EcoVideo Festival So maybe you want to reread this at a later time, because within this post, there will be links to a couple of hours of movies! Most clips are short but there are a few gems that are worth spending the hour or two to watch (hint hint...) But for now, here's what you will find in the first installment:
EcoFashion on the catwalk(1min 47sec);
OK we start of with something nice, fast, and that everyone can enjoy. A quickie video shot at a Deborah Lundquist Fashion Show. She has made quite a name for herself creating amazing clothes from recycled materials.
BikeLane Liberation (4min 51sec);
...another quickie, but oh soooo colourful! This is a video from the Time's UP! org (NYC direct action on the environment). Watch here as they "clown around" and get the message our about "Bike Lane Liberation."
Green Media Roundtable (57 minute);
Experts (including Richard Hutton, producer of Strange Days on Planet Earth, and RX for Survival), talking about green media at a UC SantaBarbara eco roundtable. Some interesting quotes and some well thought out glimpses into our particular niche in media i.e. green videos and films. "Unless you take a multimedia approach where you scare, tie them in, and then catalyze them to do stuff in anther way (go into the backyard, read a book, go online and do green work, it's dangerous to think that this media can do more than it can do"... and; where's our mushroom-cloud logo for climate change "iconic modes of communication"? ..and "if you don't have the human story (like erin brokovitch) you have to have the cataclysm (like 'the day after tommrrow'...). Hear the experts answer audience questions and chat about a subject we love so much...
Wildlife Creations ((2min 2sec);
Patrick Palumbow shows off & talks about his ingenious recycled tire horse-swings.
Vandan Shiva; Listen to your Mother!(51min 33sec);
Last BUT NOT LEAST is a lecture given by the eloquent and brilliant Indian Economist/WorldChanger, Vandana Shiva. in this Mother's Day address, she gets into on of her cause celebres, colonialization and Terminator seeds, the historicity, widened perspective, and love that emanates from this woman is amazing. No camera work at all, but riveting! |
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| 11 things, i guess..... |
[Feb. 20th, 2006|01:42 pm] |
There are usually some pretty amazing and inspiring green things on display at Great Green Goods. And today is no exception, they've collected 10 different companies who make things out of used tires! (that planter up there is not one of them). Everything form tapestries to paddles (don't ask). I like the swing, and the ipod case...
{thanks to GreatGreenGoods |
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| eco cubicles... |
[Feb. 17th, 2006|07:39 pm] |
Innovation & environmental awareness, Washington-based Ecowork LLC creates office furniture with 95 per cent recycled materials.
How recycled can your office get? Ecowork LLC has the answer. They create designer office furniture out of 95 per cent recycled and rapidly renewable material. Ecowork’s products push the envelope in developing functional, aesthetic and renewable products for office workspaces. But Scot Davidson, company founder, was not ready to stop there, He and his team consider many factors beyond form, cost and function. Eco-design considers the sustainable nature of core materials, energy used in transportation and production, safety in production, off-gassing characteristics, and end-of-life disposal.
The "Ecowork Workspace" is made primarily of recycled paper, cardboard, tires and waste wheat straw. It is designed to be colorful, attractive, just as durable as commercial products, and sturdy enough to bear the challenges of business use. Ecowork products are already used around the country in many challenging locations, and have received numerous design awards, and they have won praise from clients such as Smith & Hawken, the University of Colorado, and Environmental Defense.
“At Ecowork, our values drive us to create products that have minimum negative environmental impact but that are still a joy to own,” says Davidson. (well yeah, in this case, it's more realistic to aim for that, than to aim for being a joy to use) “Our products provide a functional, flexible and creative work environment for businesses that truly believe in social responsibility, forward thinking and a passion for the environment.” And I agree wholeheartedly, you can't run a green business and be offgassing at the same time.... |
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| the junky pre-loved ecolos: on and on and on and on.... |
[Feb. 5th, 2006|03:09 pm] |
recycled junksmithing aesthetic hits the runways!
OK, it's no secret around Live Journal, that the coolest of the cool have taken (clothes) recycling and raised it to an artform! The kids don't necessarily have a political agenda or anything... they just dig what they're doing and as a good benefit, look hot! And there are pros doing this as well-- in Toronto there the group who did the above clothing. They're called PreLoved and in Montreal a similar but different group are called On and On Ecolo Chic (ok their name sucks but look how pretty):
But if you ask me, the absolute hottest of all is Junky Styling (and I thought On&On wasn't such a hot name...)
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| future friendly Normal stuff |
[Feb. 5th, 2006|02:42 pm] |
Normal is not your average company. Maybe in another 20 years it will be the norm, but for now, this unique Chicago company is drawing attention near and far and proving once again, that it is possible to have Karim Rashid stylee while making products that take a whole life-cycle into consideration. Normal "co-pilot" Carl Boyd certainly walks his talk, making prducts that are not only made (mostly) from recycled materials, but are designed to be taken appart and recycled completely. That room divider up there: made from aluminum and clear HDPE plastic. Can be completely recycled when its no longer useful (I guess when your room no longer needs dividing).
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