viernes, 14 de octubre de 2011

ALL WORK AND NO PLAY...


All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy is a proverb. It means that without time off from work, a person becomes both bored and boring. (from Wikipedia)

martes, 11 de octubre de 2011

IRREGULAR VERBS


H2OIL



ABOUT THE FILM

Ever wonder where America gets most of its oil? If you thought it was Saudi Arabia or Iraq you are wrong. America’s biggest oil supplier has quickly become Canada’s oil sands. Located under Alberta’s pristine boreal forests, the process of oil sands extraction uses up to 4 barrels of fresh water to produce only one barrel of crude oil.
It goes without saying that water — its depletion, exploitation, privatization and contamination — has become the most important issue to face humanity in this century. At the same time, the war for oil is well underway across the globe. A struggle is increasingly being fought between water and oil, not only over them.
Alberta’s oil sands are at the centre of this tension. As the province rushes towards a large-scale extraction, the social, ecological and human impacts are hitting a crisis point. In only a few short years the continent will be a crisscross of pipelines, reaching from the arctic all the way to the southern US, leaving toxic water basins the size of Lake Ontario, and surface-mines as large as Florida.
H2Oil follows a voyage of discovery, heartbreak and politicization in the stories of those attempting to defend water in Alberta against tar sands expansion. Unlikely alliances are built and lives are changed as they come up against the largest industrial project in human history.
Ultimately we ask what is more important, oil or water? And what will be our response?
With hope and courage H2Oil tells the story of one of the most significant, and destructive projects of our time.




More at: http://h2oildoc.com/home/

FROM POACHER TO CONSERVATIONIST

From poacher to conservationist from WWF on Vimeo.

miércoles, 1 de junio de 2011

ALL WATCHED OVER BY MACHINES OF LOVING GRACE

I like to think (and
the sooner the better!)
of a cybernetic meadow
where mammals and computers
live together in mutually
programming harmony
like pure water
touching clear sky.

I like to think
(right now, please!)
of a cybernetic forest
filled with pines and electronics
where deer stroll peacefully
past computers
as if they were flowers
with spinning blossoms.

I like to think
(it has to be!)
of a cybernetic ecology
where we are free of our labors
and joined back to nature,
returned to our mammal
brothers and sisters,
and all watched over
by machines of loving grace.

(Poem by Richard Brautigan)


miércoles, 25 de mayo de 2011

LADY LIBERTY TELLS HER STORY

DYLAN'S 70TH BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/bobdylan




NOT DARK YET



Shadows are falling and I’ve been here all day
It’s too hot to sleep, time is running away
Feel like my soul has turned into steel
I’ve still got the scars that the sun didn’t heal
There’s not even room enough to be anywhere
It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there
Well, my sense of humanity has gone down the drain
Behind every beautiful thing there’s been some kind of pain
She wrote me a letter and she wrote it so kind
She put down in writing what was in her mind
I just don’t see why I should even care
It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there
Well, I’ve been to London and I’ve been to gay Paree
I’ve followed the river and I got to the sea
I’ve been down on the bottom of a world full of lies
I ain’t looking for nothing in anyone’s eyes
Sometimes my burden seems more than I can bear
It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there
I was born here and I’ll die here against my will
I know it looks like I’m moving, but I’m standing still
Every nerve in my body is so vacant and numb
I can’t even remember what it was I came here to get away from
Don’t even hear a murmur of a prayer
It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there

miércoles, 18 de mayo de 2011

THOUSANDS PROTEST ECONOMIC CRISIS, HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT IN SPAIN

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/05/18/spain.protests/index.html?iref=allsearch



A black and yellow fever is taking over Spain, something long-latent in the country for quite a while now, it has suddenly awaken as a growing giant creature: a movement called 'Democracia real, YA' (Real Democracy Now). Having gained more than 60,000 supporters throughout different social networks over the last three months, the rapidly increasing and pacific movement cemented its standing after a massive demonstration that took place on May 15, 2011 in more than 30 cities all over Spain and gathering thousands without the backing of any entity, political party or union.
It was bound to happen; the lack of jobs or rather too many precarious ones, uncertainty about future prospects, the high cost of living, the rise in tuition fees as part of the Bologna Process, the bailout of banks and other financial disasters, the austerity measures by the government in the grim economy and a rejection of a well-established two-party system, have all finally taken their toll on the most highly educated generation in the history of the country as well as on their parents, teachers, neighbours, relatives and so many citizens.
With the May 22 council elections approaching and with just over a year left to the next national elections, 'Democracia real YA' does not support any political party: it is a movement by the citizens and for the citizens.
As you are reading this, people are camping out spontaneously on the main squares of Madrid and Barcelona and other Spanish towns and not giving in to the police demands and intimidation, or to undercover agents wrecking havoc themselves disguised as protesters. And we won't be fooled by the sudden joining of political parties to the movement now that it's made headlines.
We won't give up!
Our time has finally come!