Garbage Dreams See The Movie

GARBAGE DREAMS

Director and Producer:   Mai Iskander

Winner of the IDA’s Humanitas Award, GARBAGE DREAMS follows three teenage boys – Adham, a bright precocious 17-year-old; Osama, a charming impish 16-year-old; Nabil, a shy artistic 18-year-old – all born into the trash trade, among Egypt’s Christian, Zaballeen minority.  The “garbage people” as they are called, live in a ghetto located on the outskirts of Cairo. It is a world folded onto itself, an impenetrable labyrinth of narrow roadways camouflaged by trash.

The Zaballeen survive by recycling the city’s waste.  Astonishingly, they repurpose 80% of the garbage, creating what is arguably the world’s most efficient waste disposal system.   When Cairo’s city government suddenly decides to replace them with multinational garbage disposal companies, the community finds itself at a crossroads and face to face with the globalization of their trade.

Academy Short List for Best Documentary

http://garbagedreams.com/

Picture of Haiti before the Earthquake

Paula Abdul mentioned on Twitter /Last night’s CNN benefit for Haiti raised $8,944,956! WOW! What a tremendous feeling it was to be a part of something so rewarding

Haiti How to help Look at the site below and see the money options

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2007/impact/

A BEAUTIFUL AFFIRMATION TO BEGIN THE NEW YEAR

On this day, I will strive to see the peace

that is everywhere and access the abundance of

beauty and joy that lie in every moment.

It is the Eternal Now that I am after.

I will strive to set aside everything I have learned

and presume to know

in order to allow new knowledge and new

experiences to flood my being.

I will strive to be a magnet for powerful,

positive, and miraculous truths, images, words, and music.

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Chef Jamie Oliver Food Revolution

Jamie is out in the United States this autumn making his next prime time series for American TV on ABC. It’s set in the lovely town of Huntington, West Virginia, which has been called the unhealthiest city in America. But frankly, Huntington has the same kind of problems with bad health, obesity and diet that people have all over the United States, and back home in the UK.

Jamie wants to take a look at what kids are eating at school and what families are eating at home. His big challenge will be getting the whole community to rally together and be able to cook with fresh ingredients. He’s seen how, with a little bit of confidence, people can quickly start to change the way they eat and live

www.jamieoliver.com

Obama: I came here to act

“Our ability to take collective action is in doubt,” US President Barack Obama warned the plenary at COP15.

Rie Jerichow

As the fifth speaker, President Barack Obama took the floor in the plenary. He stressed that he did not come to talk, but to act.

Being the world largest economy and second largest emitter of greenhouse gases, America has a responsibility, he said, and added that America would continue to move toward a green economy – “but we will be stronger if we act together,” he said.

He told the heads of state and governments that it is imperative with a “mechanism to review whether we are keeping our commitments, and to exchange this information in a transparent manner.” Without such accountability, any agreement would be “empty words on a page”.

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Meltdown: Helena Christensen’s climate change photos

The former Danish supermodel traveled to Peru earlier this year to record the lives of local people in the Andes. Together with Oxfam she returned to show a selection of her photographs around the world in an exhibition called “Meltdown,” at Proud Gallery in London.

www.proudgalleries.co.uk

Dalai Lama on Climate Change

The world famous Tibetan spiritual leader has spoken out on climate change for the first time, according to a report from Reuters. The Dalai Lama urged governments to put the great global concern before domestic politics, and to take serious action in slowing the rise of global warming.

According to Reuters, the Dalai Lama traveled to Sydney to give a series of talks on climate change, in light of the intense debate taking place on the subject now–Australia’s government is struggling to pass a cap and trade system as we speak. He discussed how individual action is a major part of the solution, and noted how he himself attempts to live frugally and conserves resources in his everyday life.

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Oceana Digital Magazine

Oceana is a global organization and worthy cause. This custom implementation is interactive, Features January Jones, Kate Walsh, Ted Danson, Sting, Dustin Hoffman, Keith Addis, President Clinton and more with in-page and full page video and play-once welcome video, all shapes and sizes of presentation, HD Full Size video interview with Kate Walsh and links to support their work. Vector text scaling allows for a high density of readable columns for all screen sizes. http://www.oceanamag.org

Oceana, founded in 2001, is the largest international organization focused solely on ocean conservation. Our offices in North America, South America and Europe work together on a limited number of strategic, directed campaigns to achieve measurable outcomes that will help return our oceans to former levels of abundance.

Oceana Digital Magazine

Oceana is a global organization and worthy cause. This custom implementation is interactive, Features January Jones, Kate Walsh, Ted Danson, Sting, Dustin Hoffman, Keith Addis, President Clinton and more with in-page and full page video and play-once welcome video, all shapes and sizes of presentation, HD Full Size video interview with Kate Walsh and links to support their work. Vector text scaling allows for a high density of readable columns for all screen sizes. http://www.oceanamag.org

Oceana, founded in 2001, is the largest international organization focused solely on ocean conservation. Our offices in North America, South America and Europe work together on a limited number of strategic, directed campaigns to achieve measurable outcomes that will help return our oceans to former levels of abundance.

Artribe Benefit Photography Exhibition

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ARTribe EXHIBITION:

NOVEMBER 21st, 2009

SWISS INSTITUTE 485 BROADWAY,

3RD FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10012

6:00-10:00 PM

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