Another look at the Alberta tar sands
As part of their special report on the debate over the Keystone XL pipeline,
The Washington Post takes an in-depth look at the environmental and political issues surrounding the extraction of oil from the Alberta tar sands.
Labels: alberta tar sands, canada, energy, environment, petropolis
The bees keep disappearing!
An article in
Scientific American highlights the issue and calls it a global pollinator crisis.
Learn more about the situation with our release THE STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE BEES.Labels: bee, biology, environment, science, scientific discovery
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Satellite photos of the Alberta tar sands
NASA has posted a series of satellite photos documenting the expansion of the Athabasca tar sands from 1984 to 2011. See the set here.Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands, shot primarily from a helicopter, offers an unparalleled view of this extraordinary spectacle, which scope can only be understood from far above. Labels: alberta tar sands, environment, greenpeace
June 18th is International Stop the Tar Sands Day
PETROPOLIS: AERIAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE ALBERTA TAR SANDS is now online!
Throughout the world, people will be taking action against one of the most destructive and largest industrial projects on the earth - the Alberta Tar Sands.
In support of this occasion, Icarus Films has partnered with online cinema MUBI to make our documentary about this issue available.Labels: alberta tar sands, canada, ecology, energy, environment, green living, greenpeace, oil
Food experts worry as hunger grows
An article in The New York Times explains some of the concerns and challenges linked to the developing food crisis.
For more details and some examples on this very timely issue, see our new release SEEDS OF HUNGER.Labels: agriculture, environment, food crisis, globalization, hunger, poverty, third world
Energy at the center of the Pentagon's concerns
The article "The New Geopolitics of Energy" in The Nation highlights how the struggle over energy resources, rather than ideology or politics, has come to dominate the martial landscape and is now the world leaders' main concern.
The film ENERGY WAR reveals precisely how the economic importance of fossil fuels affects international politics and becomes a powerful tool of foreign policy.Labels: energy, environment, politics, war
Two visionary architects in this month's Vanity Fair
The current "Green Issue" of Vanity Fair magazine profiles two architects and their endeavors to build eco-friendly sustainable buildings and change the way design interacts with the environment.
In the article "Industrial Revolution, Take Two", American architect William McDonough explains his "Cradle to Cradle" philosophy and the concept of "Waste=Food" leading to the idea of a new industrial revolution.
"Natural Phenomenon" explores the new California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, the greenest museum ever built and one of the latest projects by world-renowned architect Renzo Piano.
The films WASTE=FOOD and RENZO PIANO are the ideal companions to these articles.
Through interviews of William McDonough and German ecological chemist Michael Braungart, WASTE=FOOD explores the concept and ideas behind the ecologically inspired new industrial revolution, while as a revealing personal and professional portrait, RENZO PIANO follows three projects at different stages of progress and offers the architect's views on his craft.
Labels: architecture, ecology, environment, sustainability
Two Aspects of Dust in the News
While the New York Times wonders if "Star's Dust May Hold Clue to New Planet", the Washington Post warns us on the danger of dust storms blowing around our planet. In both cases, dust is the subject of amazing discoveries by scientists. On one hand, a gap in the dust surrounding a star could bring a new understanding on how planets are formed, on the other hand, the dust circulating around earth could be the sign of a grim future.
The film DUST examines the myriad forms and pathways of dust. It pursues dust to the places where it settles and meets the people who contend with it, including scientists-botanists, biologists, meteorologists, and astronomers.Labels: astronomy, environment, public health, scientific discovery
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