Climate Change is Not a Spectator Sport.
How often have you contemplated the extinction of the human species? I hadn't, until I watched The Age of Stupid last year (see trailer above). The premise of the film is that it's 2055 and we humans have made our planet uninhabitable through our climate-changing activity. The film ... keep reading
Written by Corrina Gordon-Barnes in March 2009, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Climate Change, Events, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Politics & Government
Little things can change the world. A simple 20 minute film is doing just that: The Story of Stuff. The story of stuff is the story of us. It explains why we came - by design - to be related to so heavily as consumers, and it explains why we have forgotten ... keep reading
Written by Corrina Gordon-Barnes in January 2009, about Art & Culture, Consumerism, Lifestyle & Behavior
Recession = bad. Right? Well, that's what we're being told. Our current economic situation is being depicted as a crisis - a negative occurrence from which we need to recover quickly and get back to 'business as usual'. Essentially, we're being asked to continue as cogs in the wheel ... keep reading
Written by Corrina Gordon-Barnes in January 2009, about Consumerism, Economics, Finance & Money, Population (3 comments)
We hear a lot of wake-up calls about our planet and its future. Climate change, peak oil. We know there is an urgency about the situation and that we are being called upon to act now.And yet when we look at HOW we're being called upon to act ... keep reading
Written by Corrina Gordon-Barnes in January 2009, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Consumerism, Economics, Education, Health, Lifestyle & Behavior, Population
