In November 2008, when I walked into the offices of the The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation at 1002 Sherbrooke St W in Montreal, I knew I’d come full circle. Much earlier in 2008, I came through these very doors to meet Susanna Kislenko, who, at that time was considering me for the role of telling [...]
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New ARC initiative: Responsible Choices
Artists Raising Consciousness (ARC) is filming a unique and ground breaking social media initiative (a 12 part series for the internet) revolving around the issue our society faces in making responsible choices when alcohol is involved and the responsibility our communities and corporations hold in helping convey this message.
This initiative is going to pose the [...]
How big is your Civic Footprint?
What are you doing to increase your civic footprint? This is what Anil Patel was asking me when we were sitting in the empty cellar of the Distillery days before the Timeraiser event. I admit at the time, I had no idea what he was talking about. That was a moment, right there on those [...]
Still Unsustainable…
(Continued from UnSustainability in 3d!!! )
I did some research. The Journey To the Center of the Earth film is being shown 3d in over 900 theatres a day. Their goal is for 1400 theatres per release.
1400 theatres showing 4 screenings a day at 350 seats per house. Handing out glasses to everyone and not having [...]
The Elders are rising!
our global elders are coming together on our behalf
somebodies steppin up to the plate.
gonna be some ass whuppin goin on.
now we are getting somewhere.
believe.
http://theelders.org/AnnouncementVideo.aspx
Unsustainability in 3D!!!!
I went to take my nephew to the 3d film “journey to the centre of the earth”. We were given our glasses made by real d technology. My nephew lost his by the time we screened so we had to get another pair. The movie was garbage. It could have been cool. they seemed [...]
Responsibility vs. Complacency
The reason why people don’t recycle is not because they don’t want to it’s because the system has not been set up in their world to make it “convenient” for them. They don’t have a recycle box or their building does not recycle yet (they would have to take it down to the curb or [...]
The Sacred Act of Sales
I’m last minute shopping for a pair of sunglasses for my trip to Greece. I am going to the ecofilm festival in Rodos to screen Surviving the Treatment: The Return of Myles McLellan and The Long Journey Home which I snuck in on the edit at the beginning. Both should be played together. I am [...]
The Long Journey Home takes home audience award!
Brooklyn International Film festival awarded the film with the Audience Award.
http://wbff.org/films/winners/
This is the social media news release:
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=866312
Confessions of an “Enviro-Neurotic”
I have “systems” that most people think I am obsessive about. Until now, it used to drive people away from me and recently in our slowly becoming conscious society, these practices are beginning to be mildly tolerated by others. Through my attempts to try and reduce my ecological footprint, I have found systems that [...]