What if we are wrong…??

No seriously. Its a pretty valid question.
What if every assistant to every respected climatologist in the world just happened to spill coffee on the bosses computer and mess up the raw data coming out of the atmosphere?
Or what if we are all miscalculating the facts in front of us and projecting Armageddon too early?
What if [...]

The Green Scene Sept 15th

Check out Climate Challenge, Greenpeace’s newest inter school fundraising / campaigning project.
Arnie puts his muscle behind eco-driving USA.
Eco-geeks guide to personalised wind turbines - one gets to save money, reduce ones carbon footprint and ask oneself ‘what kind of wind turbine defines me as a person?’.
Also on EcoGeek, how to identify corporate greenwashing with a [...]

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 [...]

State of Separation - Production Diary 5

Slight change of tac here but its all good.
This project started as a way for me to go out with my camera independently and record the reality of our current relationship with the earth and to ask ‘how did we get here?’ and ‘how do we get out of here?’
I called this little project ‘State [...]

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 [...]