Archive for July, 2009
All you really need to get married is love–and maybe a ring, and a marriage license. But that doesn’t stop celebrities from going overboard when they’re ready to tie the knot, hosting parties decorated with thousands of exotic flowers, serving food flown in from all over the world, and donning wear-once gowns to celebrate with 200, or 500, or 1,500 of their closest friends. Of course these weddings are incredibly beautiful, but the sheer quantity of energy and resources that go into them highlight a love for each other–not for the planet. 1. Donald Trump and Melania Knauss The Donald has never been known for subtlety or...
35 million people rely on the Great Lakes for water. In fact, the lakes comprise one-fifthof the world’s fresh surface water supply and nine-tenths of the U.S. supply. That’s why their survival is of prime concern. WaterLife is a film documenting everything impacting the lakes, from water abuse to invasive species, introducing viewers to some of the amazing people interacting with the lakes, as well as some very unique vantage points of the waters. Part documentary, part poetry, part visual experience, the film itself sounds facinating, but so too is the interactive website for WaterLife. It lists various factors that impact and celebrate water, and...
Let’s call a spade a spade. Times are a tough right now, but there are better days ahead – and we’ll only pull through with our sanity intact if we learn to laugh a little! Blue Q’s line of graphic tongue-in-cheek bags and coin purses are the perfect dose of comic relief and eye candy to counterbalance negative news. Made out of 95% post-consumer waste in the form of used plastic bottle and grain sacks, the cleverly amusing “This Economy Sucks” coin purse ($3.99) is perfect for keeping loose change – let’s face it, when times are tough, every penny...
With 200 films from 30 countries, the Los Angeles Film Festival (which went on from June 18 to 28) in Westwood near UCLA, seems far from Hollywood. The non-profit that organizes the event “champions the cause of independent films,” and though Public Enemies with Johnny Depp and the new Transformers movie will be premiered, the rest of the schedule has little connection with show biz. Among the screenings, a few high-profile documentaries cover environmental issues. So now it’s time they leave the nest of fests and play in theaters for all of us to see: Bananas!*: A Case Study (June...
