The Green Scene Oct 6th

She may be presenting herself as a sassy maverick, but Sarah Palin is continuing to show she knows very little about how the world really works. Maybe its got something to do with her advisers. Hence….
Could the financial crisis force earth’s citizens to lower their individual carbon footprints? Little taster here. A report on the [...]

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 [...]

I am HUGELY pessimistic about our chances

Probably not the most optimistic title to begin with after a short hiatus from the world of blogging (Electric Picnic and Portugal).
But its true.
You read the evidence, you come to understand the real problems we are facing as a global nation, you look into the solutions being proposed and actively pursued, you compare what is [...]

What does a belief in the earth offer humanity?

When we talk about belief we talk about valuing the earth in our everyday lives the way we value our family, friends and community.
At the moment, we live in a State of Separation. Our lives are lived separate from the reality of the earths systems, both physically and philosophically.
One could even argue that many global [...]

The Written One Interview

Forgot to direct you lovely people to an interview I did with Tuuli - the right on dude from EnviroAmerica.
The interview was for Environmental News Online, and has been divided into 2 parts because, as we all know, I do tend to write far too much for a single blog post (it’s all a learning [...]

‘Food Matters’ Official Trailer

Tucking into Nick Cave’s ‘Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!’ in preparation for the gig in Dublin Castle. Doesnt hit like the rest. Yet!
I like this trailer for alot of obvious reasons and alot of less obvious ones.
Obviously, it’s a truthful examination of the ’sickness industry’ that prospers in most ‘modern’ states. It’s got great one liners. The [...]

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 [...]