Campaign

November 25, 2008November 24, 2008

New growers for a new America/Nuovi coltivatori per una nuova America

(EN) Many people around the world are reorienting agricolture to a dimension that is small, sustainable and local. In USA the Young Farmers Movement is building a project called Serve Your Country Food to connect and map young farmers to reclaim, restore, and resettle the deserted rural towns of America. The idea is also connected with the creators of Greenhorns, a documentary film that explores “the lives of America’s young farming community—its spirit, practices, and needs” . —————- (IT) Molte persone nel mondo stanno cercando di riorientare l’agricoltura verso una nuova dimensione, più piccola, sostenibile e locale. Negli Stati Uniti sta prendendo corpo un nuovo movimento chiamato Young Farmers Movement che ha dato vita a un progetto per connettere e mappare questi nuovi agricoltori. Si chiama Serve Your Country Food e ha lo scopo di rimettere in piedi le cittadine rurali ormai deserte degli States. Quest’idea è anche collegata con i creatori di Greenhorns, un documentario che esplora le vite,

November 20, 2008November 21, 2008

The solutions are here / Le soluzioni ci sono

(EN) Alternative energy solutions are not enough to fight global warming. We need a toolbox of tools and regulations. Look at the video to be introduced to the big problems humanity has to face and get ready to dig a little deeper into the issue that will change our lives and explained after the video. The authors of the campaign are part of Noe21 that defines itself as a “capacity and action center promoting solutions to global climate change with a non-dogmatic approach”. It looks like and interesting bunch of people! ——————- (IT) Le energie alternative non sono sufficienti a combattere il riscaldamento globale. Devono essere affiancate da una serie di strumenti che regolano il comportamento di singoli, istituzioni e imprese. Guarda il video animato che introduce ai grandi problemi che l’umanità dovrà affrontare per sopravvivere; scava poi un po’ più a fondo attraverso tutto il materiale che il sito mette a disposizione per renderti conto come tutto ciò cambierà

November 16, 2008December 11, 2008

Geotagging gets hot/Il geotagging è un trip!

[EN] Soweto (short for South Western Townships), the urban area in the City of Johannesburg, is at the center of a new campaign of the social network The Grid. They created the world’s first geo-tagged documentary for mobile phones: Mobikasi. Users can explore youth culture in a 25-minute documentary split into 25 inserts of one minute each covering a different topic that is relevant to the people in Soweto and is geo-tagged to the location where it was shot. Members of the social network can virtually “travel” through a mobile streetmap of the township and stop off at various locations to enjoy the one-minute video clips, featuring street fashion, music producers, hair braiders and popular hangouts. The visuals remind me Rize by Lachapelle. ———– [IT] Soweto (sta per South Western Townships), l’area urbana di Johannesburg in Sud Africa è al centro della nuova campagna del social network The Grid. Hanno infatti creato il primo documentario geotaggato per cellulari dal titolo

November 12, 2008

Do the green thing / Fai la cosa verde

(EN) Green Thing is a not-for-profit public service that inspires people to lead a greener life With the help of brilliant videos and inspiring stories from creative people and community members around the world. Read the manifesto. ————— (IT) Green Thing è un’iniziativa non-profit per ispirare le persone ha compiere delle scelte più verdi. I creativi da ogni parte del mondo che fanno parte della community pubblicano storie animate basate su 7 argomenti principali. Leggi il loro manifesto.

November 3, 2008November 3, 2008

Generation WE / Generazione NOI

(EN) The first generation with lifespan less than its parents, more globally oriented and ethnically diverse, better educated and environmentally conscious, is the first to inherit a nation in decline but still believing they can restore the American dream. That’s what billionaire-enterpreneur-Obama-supporter Eric Greenberg and New York Times-bestselling author Karl Weber think and wrote in their latest book: “Generation WE, How Millennial Youth Are Taking Over America and Changing our World Forever”, freely downloadable here in PDF. Next year Greenberg will launch a website with the aim to allow young people “to connect, organize, develop campaigns, and launch actions that influence the political process and enable collective voice to be heard and heeded”. Looking at the actual well-structured homepage, I will definetly have a look on the upcoming website. (IT) La prima generazione con un’aspettativa di vita inferiore a quella dei loro genitori, orientata globalmente e etnicamente varia, che ha studiato di più e vuole preservare l’ambiente dalla catastrofe, è

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