Flying out to Bonn, Germany today to attend the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum. This year’s forum is focusing on the role of the media towards the issues of Climate Change. We will be giving a presentation on the last day. Here is the latest 1 minute trailer of our work.
Its been a quiet last couple of weeks in Tokyo. Since I left facebook, its been wonderful. I’ve been plugging away at some pet projects, entertaining friends and making stuff. I try to update this teacup blog more. I have found more time to do the things i love with my life, like getting outdoors and doing crafty things with my hands.
One night at Tokyo Hands (the undisputed DIY master store of Japan), I was possesed and bought a speedy stitcher sewing awl, some soft leather offcuts and waxed thread. I went home and got to work. Hours of experimentation later, I had a little green wallet, to my liking. A bit wonky in places but handmade … and that’s the important thing. Since then, I have been obsessed, stitching up all sorts of things: handbags, scientific instrument cases, and my favourite the “stomach” bag. Now, at Ma and Pa’s, there is a kangaroo pelt waiting to be made into the ultimate teacup weekender bag. (let me know your design suggestions!)
The thing I like is that its repetitive, meditative, and it gives me time to listen to podcasts. I found this great “Intro to Meteorology” podcast, which blows my mind in quiet moments.
Also, to let you know, I’m moving from Tokyo at the end of August. In September, I will be touching down at University of East Anglia (Norwich, UK) to start studying for a Master of Science in Climate Change. Once there, i will be studying hard about all sort of climate related materials- atmospheric physics, meteorology and hopefully developing knowledge of my pet loves – clouds and paleoclimatology. My hope is to keep going with the media work and try to communicate some of the tougher climate science concepts with strong human and nature commune stories. Who know where it will lead? Any story suggestions?
So guys, I’ll be in UK at Christmas time. Let me know if your in town, so we can go play in the snow and then have a warm pub meal.
As some of you know, I was in Russian Altai (again) in March. This time, learning about the UNDP conservation and tracking of snow leopards in a remote valley about 40km from the Kazakh/Chinese border.
The story (with slideshow) is due to be published this week on Our World 2.0, and I promise to update it here for you as well.
I was really compelled to share this particular wilderness adventuress story. It left a lasting impression on me and I hope in some small way, I can eventually contribute to a larger climate biodiversity adaptation project being discussed.
During the trip, I learnt the Altai mountains are also full of wild wolves. As we slept in our pup tent, they sniffed about our camp at night leaving tracks which our guide Adduchee later pointed out. We never heard them, but as @andibartz points out on her blog, this little video is 500 times more rad than Wolf parade!! heehheeheee
To follow on from the previous post… an invite has been extended for 3 of the Our World 2.0 Indigenous climate films to screen in Moscow at the H20 film festival from the 27-30th May, 2010. I think our 3 films will be screening on the Friday night (28th May) around 7:30pm. For more information check out the festival’s site: http://www.kino35mm.ru/
I also found a short Moscow times article listing the 4 day program. After finally finishing the Russian subtitles for these beauties, oh, how I wish I could be there to cheer everybody’s stories along! Raaaaa!!!!!
 
Three of our Media Studio’s Our World 2.0 short documentaries “Land has Breath”, “The Forbidden Forest of the Dayak”, and “Fighting Carbon with Fire” have been selected to screen in 5 cities across Australia, as a part of the Human Rights and Arts Film Festival 2010. They are part of an 18 month UNU project from 2008-09 (there are some previous posts about the filmmaking process of these docos on this site). These community collaborations, carrying important Indigenous climate change perspectives, will be screening in the festival’s “Reel Change – Climate Change shorts” program. Other films in the line-up include the resounding short film “The Water Diary” directed by Jane Campion (The Piano), which premiered at Cannes Film festival 2006. If you are in Moscow, this shorts program has recently been invited to screen there later this summer. We are busily adding the russian subtitles, and I’ll let you know when Russian dates are confirmed. For Australian bound bodies, check HRAFF festival website for full program with specific venue dates/times. MELBOURNE 23 APRIL – 9 MAY. |
Originally posted on http://mediastudio.unu.edu/en/2010/04/26/3-traditional-knowledge-climate-films-selected-for-australian-human-rights-festival/
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