Category Archives: media
Capital Ideas
I walked completely around the Christchurch central cordon a few weeks ago, and over the handful of hours it took I started to wake up to some realities I’ve really been trying to ignore. My city, the country it lives … Continue reading
Filed under economics, Government policy, media
Turtles are cute, and it is freezing.
Just you try to deny it. To start with the turtles, the NZIFF* is currently on in Christchurch, so if you feel like getting the warm fuzzies, go see Turtle: The incredible journey. It looks like a feel good film, … Continue reading
Filed under economics, Film/Documentary, Government policy
Story of stuff expands
The first time I watched Annie Leonard’s “The Story of Stuff” I almost cried with joy. Finally, someone was communicating the most important issues of our time with a clear, simple message which also didn’t bore. The cartoons in The … Continue reading
Filed under Climate Change, economics, Film/Documentary, media, Products
Vodo
I may be a little late to this, but Vodo is a site which allows content creators (video at this stage) to distribute their work for free download and then let users decide whether and how much to donate back … Continue reading
Filed under Film/Documentary, media
RMS
It’s obligatory for me to begin this post by pointing out that Richard Stallman is so famous that I can just refer to him by his initials. An early luminary in the MIT hacker culture, Stallman is founder of the … Continue reading
Trafigura’s shame
The Independent and Times Online have just reported on the lawsuit regarding the dumping of toxic waste on the Ivory Coast by oil giant Trafigura, who has offered the 31,000 complainants from the affected area a total sum around £100m. … Continue reading
Filed under Current Affairs, media
The Age of Stupid
From the director of McLibel Franny Armstrong is a film about why the world needs to act now to address climate change. It’s part dramatisation, part documentary, and part call to act, based on topics of oil, war, politics and … Continue reading
Filed under Events, Film/Documentary, media
Zo Zhou
Leith
