Vincenze reports that Cal Snore, The Inconvenient Sleuth has been ripped off and didn’t win!
Disappointed but what are you gonna do!
-dg
Vincenze posted a little while ago about a competition being run by Treehugger. The competition, entitled Convenient Truths: a green video contest called for entrants to make a video which was “an actionable, inspiring follow-up to the movie.”
Well Vincenze and I got together and made a video. What else are two bored kids to do at 2 am on a Monday morning right?
Entries close on Feb 28 then there are a few rounds of voting, after which we WILL be chosen the victors :-)
Behold episode one of . . . The Inconvenient Sleuth.
-dg
Caught Who Killed The Electric Car last night.
Did you know that 10 years ago General Motors put into production an electric car called the EV1 and then subsequently yanked off the market. Even worse, all models were recalled and then destroyed for no rational reason.
Did you know that Toyota produced and sold and fully electric RAV4 but then dumped it too?
Did you know that the first eclectic car was build in 1890 by Thomas Edison?
Did you know that the EV1 ran 70 miles (112 KM) on a full charge – practical for most people.
WKTEC explores the history and future of the electric car and alternate fuel cars and is well worth a watch.
Check out the trailer . . .
-dg
You want green cars? Ohh, we got green cars!
Vincenze has been getting all excited about green cars.
He’s got 2 well researched articles worth checking out (don’t worry, there’s plenty of pretty videos too):
Viva la green!
-dg
Vincenze points to a great interview with David Suzuki, author of one of my favourite books, From Naked Ape to Super Species.
Very much worth a watch.
-dg
Went to the Sydney Film Festival on the weekend and saw An Inconvenient Truth.
I echo my buddy Vincenze, it’s “a must watch”.
If you’re like me and have a basic understanding of the global warming debate, this film provides a very clear understanding of what it’s all about and why it’s such an important issue.
I won’t go into the debate here, there’s plenty of info on Vincenze’s and other sites.
You can even catch an old version of the talk from which the film is based on here (warning: this version of the talk is far more political than the film).
There was one good quote from the film that has remained high in my consciousness. It related to why we need to change our attitudes and opinions and is very relevant to technology.
Totally paraphrasing but . . . “old attitudes and old technology has expected results which can be planned for. But old attitudes and new technology can have unexpected and potentially catastrophic results”.
Technology can be a magnificent and liberating thing if we only let ourselves evolve with it.
-dg
Vincenze points us to two new movies coming out that are well worth the watch.
The first, An Inconvenient Truth, a mainstream doco which follows Al Gore around as he gives his famous speech about our climate crisis (aka global warming).
Vincenze reports that it is screening in Sydney this weekend. We’re probably going to go see it so if anyone wants to join us, drop me a line.
Watch the trailer and be convinced that it’s at least worth a look.
The second flick is Who Killed the Electric Car.
Again, a mainstream doco following the demise (and hopefully the recent resurrection) of the electric powered car.
Check the trailer.
Interesting that the commercial gain of the entertainment industry can play off that of another industry all together. This is hardly a “safe” movie and I don’t think a movie like this would be released by Sony Pictures in such a mainstream fashion 15+ years ago.
Wonder what’s changed?
And while we’re on the topic, check out Daryl Hannah’s little video about Biodiesel, it’s pretty interesting.
-dg
It’s worth having a squiz at StopGlobalWarming.org and possibly joining “the virtual march” . . .
From their site:
Our mission is to use the strength of numbers to urge our government to join the rest of the world in addressing global warming, and urge business to start a new industrial revolution of clean energy that reduces our dependence on oil.
Or as Larry David puts it, “The virtual march is a perfect opportunity for the lazy man to do something good without having to expend any effort. This thing was made for me.”
[Via Vincenze] – mosey on over to his blog and register yourself as a participant of StopGlobalWarming.org
-dg
According to last weeks New Scientist:
“It takes 20,000 litres of water to grow 1 kilo of coffee, 11,000 litres of water to make a Quarter Pounder, and 5,000 litres to make 1 kilo of cheese. No wonder the earth is running dry . . .”
Pretty sad state of affairs. And what’s worse, there ain’t enough rainfall to replenish the consumption. So farmers are taking matters into their own hands. For example the IWMI (International Water Management Institute) estimates that in India the farmers extract/mine 250 square kilometres of water annually which is 100 square kilometres more than actually falls.
What’s the answer? Less Quarter Pounders? Or science to the rescue? Or maybe god will take care of everthing :-) (there we go again).
More evidence that our club is at capacity.
-dg
Listening to Quirks & Quarks on the ol’ Podcast last night.
Listen here.
The question of the week was: “How many mature trees does the average Canadian adult need, to offset that person’s greenhouse gas production?”
Answer: In order to balance out your carbon production you need to have ~2,250 trees planted in your lifetime.
Now that’s a massive contributor to the average human ecological footprint if you ask me.
So, it’s obvious that the solution is not to plant more trees, but rather to modify our habits so as not to further burden our little planet.
-dg
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