Beauty, Rubbish and Picking Up
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Baglady says:
I’m always talking about how URGENT it is, that we take action to save our beautiful planet.
Recently people in government, education and environment circles have been asking me WHY I think it’s urgent.
Here’s some feedback from the Holywood [N.Ireland] Medieval May Day on May 5
Check out this simple, powerful film by Californian sustainability academic Annie Leonard. Find out about where our stuff comes from, where it goes, and the many hidden limits and costs of this system.
Continue reading ‘Story of Stuff’
G’day from me Baglady.
The woman in this film is Australian permaculturist Rosemary Morrow, a dear friend
from the Blue Mountains in Australia. Here she takes us to Afghanistan in a way that no ordinary media reporter can do.
Rosemary Morrow travelled to Afghanistan to see if the country was ready yet to begin resurrecting itself out of the ashes, through the sustainable methods of Permaculture.
She spent two months in Kabul, working with widows and orphans, and giving workshops to influential Afghanis in government departments and the Kabul university.
Rosemary, with filmmaker Gary Caganoff, witnessed the horrific social aftermath of 25 years of war. 75% of Kabul had been turned to rubble, tens of thousands of people were homeless. Water and electricity were scarce. Food was available but for those with little or no money it came through begging. And it is getting worse.
This short video, from Gary’s forthcoming documentary, is of Rosemary taking a walk through a typical Kabul street, looking for opportunities for growing food. With the country still politically and socially unstable there is little chance of any such food projects being established.
Thanks to Gary Caganoff & Lysis Films
Baglady meets NI’s new Environment Minister, Arlene Foster at the NEEDabag? Film Launch at Queen’s Film Theatre, and returns to Ballymena Bus & Railway Station to do something she’s wanted to do for a long time.
Can't see the film? Click to download: 00. Intro.mp4 (14.79 MB)
Baglady and crew join BBC Radio Foyle’s Do One Thing campaign to make life easier for Derry wildlife.
Can't see the film? Click to download: 15. Derry.mp4 (26.41 MB)
Saints and Scholars Integrated Primary School join the local fight against huge electric pylons; Mullavilly PS report on their environment work.
Can't see the film? Click to download: 14. Armagh.mp4 (24.21 MB)
As they prepare for the reopening of Castle Hill and their beautiful view, after hundreds of years, the people of Dungannon welcome old friends and new arrivals with a strong environmental message. Howard Primary School show us how they are leading the way for Eco-schools.
Can't see the film? Click to download: 13. Dungannon.mp4 (25.56 MB)
2nd year Queens medical student Kim Stevenson and her pal, Percy Plastic, join Baglady on a visit to Taughmonagh where the first signs of greenmice appear; then meet Centra managers and No Alibis bookshop owner Dave to discuss how saying no to plastic bags is good business sense, too.
Can't see the film? Click to download: 12. Belfast.mp4 (24.97 MB)
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