environment

Life Changing Doco’s

by Leisa on May 4, 2010

Life Changing Doco’s is a fanastic initiative by friends of mine, Troy and Kym, who are bringing quality documentaries to the Gold Coast Arts Centre every month.  The next feature film is Homegrown on the 12th of May, and it looks fantastic!  You can buy tickets on their site www.lifechangingdocos.com HOMEGROWN Wed 12th May @
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Stop The Whaling!

by Leisa on April 30, 2010

A new proposal would lift the global ban on commercial whale hunting. Countries are deciding their positions on it now, so an outcry is needed — sign to protect the ban and save the whales: The International Whaling Commission has just unveiled a proposal to legalize commercial whale hunting for the first time in 24
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The Corporation

by Leisa on January 3, 2009

I just finished watching a great documentary called The Corporation, and even though it has been out for a while, this was my first viewing of it. I can highly recommend it to anyone that has an interest in why the world is the way it is, and how we got into this mess (environment,
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But Do I Have To Give Up Meat?

by Leisa on May 21, 2008

The issue of eating meat is a very contentious one, with people on both sides of the debate holding strong moral, ethical, economical and nutritional views. In this short blog-post I’m not going to delve into those highly sensitive topics and weigh up one against the other – as that could easily turn into a
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The Story of Stuff

by Leisa on December 29, 2007

The Story of Stuff is a 20 minute animated video/film you can watch online, that presents its important message in a very simple, yet entertaining way. The movie explains in straightforward, powerful terms why our present system of ever-accelerating production and consumption is unsustainable, unjust and unfulfilling, and makes the case that it doesn’t have
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