Tag Archive for the term: environment

Today as the sun rises all around the world people are creating demonstrations to demand meaningful brave action to protect the planet, loosely coordinated by the passionate people behind 350.org. Watch the photos as the come in on the 350.org flickr page, notice how it’s kids at the forefront everywhere, and how they have this [...]

Yes, today is annual blog action day and we are once again joining our voice to a world full of web nerds pleading and working for a healthy, peaceful planet.

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We are upsetting the atmosphere upon which all life depends. In the late 80s when I began to take climate change seriously, we referred to global warming as a “slowmotion catastrophe” one we expected to kick in perhaps generations later. Instead, the signs of change have accelerated alarmingly.
- David Suzuki

1000 little ice sculptures melt [...]

August 15th marked a new event on Nova Scotia’s art calendar – in Upper Economy on the Bay of Fundy, the 70 acre farm Red Clay invited audiences to go down the rabbit hole and experience wondrous installations and performances happening in the vast domain’s ponds, streams, orchards, fields and forest.

The festival was organized [...]

Water, it’s the very liquid lifeblood of our planet and everything in it and on it, and we are burning through it faster then it can replenish itself. Fear not though! For 1: if you are mostly-vegetarian, making an annual income around the poverty line like many artists, and living in Canada like us, well, [...]

This notice about an upcoming indie film screening here in Montreal is from our friend and former client David Chernushenko. He is a Green Party politician turned filmmaker sharing an inspiring vision for the world in his very calm, very optimistic and earnest, very dear-like-a-dad kind of way:

I am pleased to announce the Montreal Premiere [...]

Andy Goldsworthy is a British artist who collaborates with nature to produce site-specific sculpture and land art. He has created numerous works since the 80’s in areas including the North Pole, Japan, the Australian Outback, and the U.S.
Goldsworthy regards all of his creations as transient, or ephemeral. He believes that the creation and destruction [...]

Peace on Earth Film Festival
The Living Lightly Project’s first film, Be the Change, has been chosen as an official selection for the Peace on Earth Film Festival in Chicago. The film will screen on Saturday, August 30, and David Chernushenko has been invited to attend the festival and participate in various discussions and workshops for [...]

Hanging by a Branch is probably the most positive, uplifting show at the Fringe this year. It’s a charming dose of magic, environmental awareness, and the art of storytelling. Yes, I said “environmental awareness” — but don’t worry, you won’t be hit over the head with any political messages. You’ll just have a great time and leave with a concentrated appreciation of nature’s infinite wisdom.

Well, at least the indoor events were a guaranteed good time!
Certainly the worst weather for a MUTEK in recent memory, this year’s fest was still up to the same standards as previous years in other ways.
Panel 1: When Promotion Becomes Distribution
Starting halfway through the first panel, entitled When Promotion Becomes Distribution, there were a few [...]