We are not here to use the earth. We are not somehow separate from her. We are not her caretaker, or her saviour.
We are the earth.
Our greatness is that we get to live as part of her grand systems. To gain meaning from her. And to understand ourselves through her.

Friday’s Green Icon – Sunita Narain

This week’s icon is a lady well known in her home country of India. For decades she has managed successfully to marry the ideals of political activism, environmentalism and sustainable development in ways that we in the West are far from achieving.
Beginning her illustrious career as a writer and researcher for the State of India’s [...]

Documentary Series – The City Wild

Ive always had a desire to make a series of nature programmes. I imagined myself camping out in a little tent in the wilds, reading my latest novel, cameras waiting patiently for a natural scene to play itself out.
The BBC have pretty much cornered the market, but there was always one possible narrative that they [...]

State of Separation – Production Diary 6

THE FINAL ONE PAGER
Logline
Follow our intrepid reporter as he struggles to ‘go green’ while he investigates the contemporary physical and philosophical relationship between Irish people and the earth and attempts to understand how that relationship has evolved over time.
Synopsis
We find ourselves on the eve of a potentially new and exciting industrial revolution. It is a [...]

TV Series / Theme Night – The Big Energy Question

I like this one because it shows how you can structure an interesting idea in such a way that it fits into many different formats. The shows are really intended to be a call to action, so the Theme Night I wanted to act as a sort of ‘People in Need’ or ‘Comic Relief’ event.
Theme [...]

Building Babylon \ State of Separation – Production Diary 4

Synopsis
Follow our pioneering couple as they attempt to build a unique urban way of life for themselves, one that shows respect for the earth and humanity, both physically and philosophically, all from their small flat in Dublin City.
Breakdown
- 12 Episodes of 10 minutes each
- Main Goals

= to chart the difficulties of living sustain [...]

Economic Addictions Defined

I like this video because at face value, we all do look pretty ridiculous here on little old ‘planet stupid’. Its like walking past a heroin addict on the street and screaming ‘Here moron, stop sticking that junk in your veins, clean up, get a job and live a little. There’s a great world out [...]

Building Babylon / State of Separation – Production Diary 3

“Developing goals”
Foreword: It’s always good to have a soundtrack while working on things like this. Currently tucking into ‘Trouble’ by Ray LaMontagne. Check it out.
‘Start with a basic question – what story do you want to tell and why?’
I want to make a documentary about contemporary relationships with the earth and the steps we all [...]

The Great Google-Green Day Mashup

Just had an interesting thought the other day messing around on Google Earth. The Green Day reference has nothing to do with music by the way. It’s what I am calling the time when we eventually stop living in ways that is damaging and disrespectful to the earth.
Google Earth. There you have it. Our entire [...]

The Magical Online Rubbish Tip

Interesting article over on Living in a Toxic World about on-line software removing our need for old hardware and thus reducing electronic waste. Why buy Vista and Office when you get download a free OS and use Google Docs? Why store all your personal and business files locally when they can be securely stored and [...]