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Other activities, relating to my
involvement at
The
October Gallery 2005-2006
http://www.octobergallery.co.uk
List of October Gallery
archived items
(but not the video archives themselves)
detailed
here
Aspects Website Special WEBCAST Feature
Global
Warming Related
The
dedicated work of the "Studio of the Sea"
and the crew of the "Heraclitus"
Global Cool’s revolutionary
offset scheme, the
Tonne of Cool, has been
named by the Government, under
their newly announced, ‘Code of
Best Practice’ as one of only
four that meets the new
voluntary standard for
offsetting.
With
a market over run with new schemes,
the Government today released for
public consultation a voluntary
standard for offsetting.
Environment Secretary
David Miliband said the
standard and associated code of
practice would raise the bar for the
offsetting industry.
Claudio has been
beavering away since I produced
this "webcast feature" item, placing HIS ENTIRE LIFETIME'S
ARCHIVE ONLINE
WOW
Claudio ! and its ALL available from links on the
CV page
of his website at:
http://www.vonplanta.net/11_cv/cv-01.htm
Claudio is off filming again
(May - June 2007)
on a renewed adventure
of 2 men and their mototbikes
on a trip from Scotland to South Africa
see details and video updates from the
BBC
at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/longwaydown
(a tiny selection
of older items is detailed below just to provide a 'flavour'
-- lots more detailed from the link
provided)
QuickTime 300K or 40K 2005Return to Kirkuk - Iraq
after 24 years exile Karzan Sherabayani
returns to Kirkuk to participate in the
first free Iraqi elections. He also
conducts a personal opinion poll: Do
Kurds want to remain part of Iraq or
would they prefer an independent South
Kurdistan? An exclusive historic report
produced, directed and filmed in
collaboration with Karzan.
(08 February 2005, BBC Newsnight - 16
minutes)
QuickTime 300K or 40K 2005Living with Aids - Zambia:
a film with award winning reporter
Sorious Samura about the impact of
HIV/Aids in Zambia. For 4 weeks Sorious
works as a nursing aid in a government
hospital and lives with an HIV/Aids
affected family. He tries to find
answers how to best combat the further
spread of HIV.Claudio filmed and
directed this documentary for Insight
News TV Winner of
One World Media Awards 2006 for
Broadcast Journalist of the Year
(27 June 2005, Channel 4 Dispatches,
49min)
QuickTime 300K or 40K
1998 - Saddam's Secret Time Bomb
A 40-minute Dispatches programme for
Channel 4 (UK) on the long-term effects
of chemical weapons used against the
Kurdish city of Halabja in 1988. With a
tiny Sony DV camera Claudio followed the
director/reporter Gwynne Roberts and the
British geneticist Christine Gosden on a
clandestine investigation in Northern
Iraq. Claudio shot the most harrowing
pictures of his life and the film sold
world-wide: CBS 60 Minutes USA, ABC
Australia, ZDF Germany etc. In 1998
nominated as one of the 3 best foreign
documentaries by the Royal Television
Society with a special commendation by
the Rory Peck Award
QuickTime 300K or 40K 1996 - The
Saudi Tapes
A Channel 4 (UK) 'Dispatches' programme
about the growing opposition movements
in Saudi Arabia. The project includes an
exclusive portrait of Osama Bin Laden,
an internationally wanted financier of
Islamic terrorism. Employed as cameraman
Claudio shot footage in Kuwait and
Afghanistan.
Read Claudio's WebLog "Thoughts
for 2007"and
RSS Feed also MORE VIDEO's including a look
at the
"Army on Everest" Project
combining weblogs with podcasts;
Also significant Kurdish-related video
items
Nice to see that Google and the
BBC have joined in the activities of providing archive
(and
particularly the creative commons)
video material:
Download the Azureus Program:
(or choose something else by searching)
http://azureus.sourceforge.net
Start Azureus to open the torrent with,
this will eventually download the item to your computer
Part 1George Monbiot, Columnist for The Guardian
and author of the bestselling books Captive State, The Age
of Consent, and
Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning. He discusses
the science of climate change with The Real News
senior editor, Paul Jay. What causes global warming? What is
the tipping point? And why are countries failing to act with
any sense of urgency on the issue. (4:54 min)
Part 2 - What was the importance of the Stern Report and
were it’s recommendations strong enough? How does politics
compromise science in such matters? (8:49 min)
Part 3 - Does the media perpetuate a lack of urgency on
global warming, and does corporate ownership of the media
affect how journalists report the issue? (3:49 min)
Part 4 - How can we achieve a 90% reduction in carbon
dioxide emissions? Monbiot shares his research on the
world’s most innovative ideas for change.(5:36 min)
Program Description:
Terry Tamminene on Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost
of Our Oil Addiction.
A special advisor to Governor Schwarzenegger, former head of
the California EPA, and co-founder of The Riverkeeper
Alliance with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, Terry Tamminen explores
the price we pay for each fill up at the pump: the health
care costs, government subsidies, economic costs, and
environmental devastation, plus the wars and backhanded
dealings all to keep our supplies pumping.
Robert Redford is presenting a three hour slot about the Environment
every week on his Sundance channel. Called THE GREEN, it launches
April 17, 2007 at 9pm, the first major, regularly- scheduled
programming dedicated entirely to the environment.
Consisting of three hours a week, The Green will present original
series and documentary premieres about the earth’s ecology and
concepts of “green” living. It mixes information and entertainment,
“with an emphasis on information, practical advice and community
building” say station chiefs.
more details
Aspects
Website Special WEBCAST Feature
Union of Concerned Scientists
January 2007
Report on how Exxon funded
"Global Warming Minsinformation" Projects
taking a leaf out of the tactics used by
the Tobacco Industry
The former vice-president
himself has endorsed this video contest saying, "I applaud
Treehugger's efforts to support An Inconvenient Truth with
their "Convenient Truths" video contest. It's a great way to
spread the word and bring the issue into our daily lives."
So get out there, get inspired, get creative, and get
filming. We need solutions to Global Warming and everyone of
you can help us find them."
... and much
more that I'm still looking through !
"Whishing in the Leylines of
Time"™ ... is a new title I've chosen to describe the
current phase of activities on this website
Links to other 'webcast'. 'podcast' or other multimedia locations I
have enjoyed visiting:
On
this website:
Aspects of the Hyper Real
(your computer needs to have
the shockwave/flash player plug-in to play this)
Clicking the link above will open a new window to play a "flash"
animation
to illustrate my dad Demetri's
Photographic Innovation
Produces compilations from
numerous sources,
and makes otherwise unavailable material available to US audiences
by Satellite & Cable, also webcasts:
http://www.linktv.org
An international "how to" website,
using video to show how one can fit a mortice lock,
how to ask a man (or a woman) for a date,
how to massage away a headache,
how to choose a digital video camera,
how to make bechamel sauce ... etc .... etc ... etc
Thanks for the suggestion H !
Feature TV
Item:
The Trap
Whatever Happened to our Freedom"
By Adam Curtis
(in 3 episodes from Google Video)
First Broadcast by the BBC in
March 2007
Useful:
Download the video from any webpage to your
computer
