Monday, May 23, 2011

VIDEO: Chocolate The Bitter Truth - Ivory Coast Child Trafficking (BBC Investigation)


*Documentary in 5 parts...

"Chocolate - The Bitter Truth 1 of 5 - Ivory Coast Child Trafficking - BBC Panorama Investigation, recorded 08.05.2010 We spend more on chocolate each year than investors spend on gold - but as Easter approaches, how much do we really know about where it comes from or how it is made?

Panorama reporter Paul Kenyon goes undercover as a cocoa trader in West Africa and discovers children as young as seven working long hours on cocoa farms, helping to make the chocolate we love so much. He buys a tonne of cocoa made with child labour, and sees how easy it is to sell it into the supply chain which leads to our high streets.

He also helps rescue a 12-year-old boy - trafficked across borders - to pick cocoa as a modern-day slave and reunites him with his mother. For the first time, we meet the kids who harvest our cocoa but who have never tasted chocolate.

Tracing the bitter truth of chocolate and child labour, Panorama reporter Paul Kenyon poses as a cocoa dealer to uncover the extent of child labour in the chocolate trade.

Read more at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rqm4n."

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

VIDEO: Carbon Nation Trailer



Can't wait to see this...

"...a climate change solutions movie [that doesn't even care if you believe in climate change]..."

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

VIDEO: Don't Mess With Karma - Office


*Previously posted on 12.08.08

Perfect for midweek humor... haha!

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

VIDEO: Don't Mess With Karma - Punch Bowl



*Previously posted on 11.26.08

Haha...just love these videos!

Friday, January 14, 2011

VIDEO: New Year's Resolution: Kick the PLASTIC STATE OF MIND (Parody)



Apparently this YouTube video has been making it's way around... but, if you haven't seen it, check it out. Awesome rap parody by environmental activist group Green Sangha. There are some great lines in here...


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Sunday, November 21, 2010

VIDEO: Karma - Bike Riding




*Previously posted on 11.12.08


Just a little green humor...

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

VIDEO: The Story of Electronics



"The Story of Electronics, releasing Tuesday, NOVEMBER 9, employs the Story of Stuff style to explore the high-tech revolution's collateral damage—25 million tons of e-waste and counting, poisoned workers and a public left holding the bill. Host Annie Leonard takes viewers from the mines and factories where our gadgets begin to the horrific backyard recycling shops in China where many end up. The film concludes with a call for a green 'race to the top' where designers compete to make long-lasting, toxic-free products that are fully and easily recyclable."

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

VIDEO: The Empathic Civilization (Animated)




"...bestselling author, political adviser and social and ethical prophet Jeremy Rifkin investigates the evolution of empathy and the profound ways that it has shaped our development and our society."

This is an interesting way at seeing how we're all connected...and how we may hopefully evolve into a true global civilization. Just some food for thought.

Sunday, September 12, 2010

VIDEO: Lost Generation (repost from 2/16/09)



This is a repost from Feb 16, 2009 - thought video was so inspirational that it was worth reposting...

"This video was created for the AARP U@50 video contest and placed second."

Monday, August 30, 2010

VIDEO: The Story of Bottled Water



"The Story of Bottled Water, released on March 22, 2010 (World Water Day) employs the Story of Stuff style to tell the story of manufactured demand—how you get Americans to buy more than half a billion bottles of water every week when it already flows from the tap. Over five minutes, the film explores the bottled water industrys attacks on tap water and its use of seductive, environmental-themed advertising to cover up the mountains of plastic waste it produces. The film concludes with a call to take back the tap, not only by making a personal commitment to avoid bottled water, but by supporting investments in clean, available tap water for all."

Sunday, August 15, 2010

VIDEO: Ocean Acidification... in a nutshell (by Greenpeace)



Great little animated video...

"Our emissions of carbon dioxide threaten to alter the very chemistry of sea water and change life in our oceans within the span of a single human lifetime."

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Video: Brian Williams Slow Jams The News With Jimmy Fallon - Gulf Oil Spill

from Ecorazzi.com

This was on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" a little while back...freakin' hilarious! Brian Williams slow jams with Jimmy Fallon about the Gulf oil spill and alternative energy.