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/

COACHELLA 2010

Call to Artists -Recycling bin Artwork
Call to Artists. Get TRASHed This Year At Coachella. Inspire thousands to recycle and win Coachella tixs.

20 artists will be selected to turn a 96 gallon recycling bin into a work of art.
Over the last 7 years, everyone from Hunter S Thompson to Fugazi has taken their turn recreating a recycling bin. Here’s your chance!

There’s two rounds of competition. Winning Northern America and then the world competition.
20 finalist will be selected each receiving tixs and vip passes for Coachella Festival 2010.
We invite you to submit your artwork and be considered to design one of the 20 recycling
bins featured at Coachella. What’s even better is that the non offensive redesigned bins
will be placed in schools throughout Southern California after Coachella to inspire the future
recyclers of the world! Next steps? Send us a link to your artwork, concept and/or website.
On February 20, 2010… 20 artists and 5 alternates will be selected to redesign 96 gallon
recycling bins.  We don’t charge an admission fee, but any bad idea or artwork will be
passed along internally at your expense.

Now email us at :: Coachella@globalinheritance.org

Let the games begin!

Hope for Haiti Telethon hosted by George Clooney

Some of the big name performers scheduled to appear include Beyoncé, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Shakira, Coldplay, Alicia Keys, Dave Matthews, Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, Jay-Z, Rihanna and Taylor Swift.

The two-hour, star-studded telethon is set to be one of the most widely distributed prime-time televised benefits in history, appearing simultaneously on more than 25 networks including CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, BET, The CW, HBO, MTV, VH1 and CMT. The show will even air on the Discovery’s eco-lifestyle television network, Planet Green.
MTV is presenting the benefit, which will be helmed by Oscar-winning actor George Clooney in Los Angeles, California, and musician Wyclef Jean from New York. CNN’s Anderson Cooper will report live from Haiti.

Rihanna-Redemption–Song for Haiti 2010

Hope for Haiti Fundraiser

How to Impact The world

HAITI: HOW TO HELP
CNN’s Anderson Cooper participates in Hope for Haiti – a global telethon to benefit victims of the earthquake. The two-hour broadcast airs on CNN and CNN International Friday, January 22 at 8pm ET. Below are some organizations specifically helping Haiti. Full Haiti Coverage | Tips to Giving  | Feeding Haiti

• More details on how you can help: Who’s doing what, how you can contribute

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

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/

Haiti Earthquake Aftermath

I have a dream, MLK on Ted, Freedom

Eddie Veder Society and Greed

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