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Rubbish - ReCycle ReUse ReThink

We're talking trash! Take a look at where your garbage ends up, and what some green-thinking people are doing to change our throw-away culture.

"Out of sight, out of mind". That's the attitude of most people when it comes to garbage. We put our garbage out on the curb and someone comes and takes it away -- and it's not our problem anymore! But we all know that garbage has to go somewhere, and wherever it ends up it causes serious environmental trouble. In this dossier you'll experience a range of garbage and recycling issues and meet people who are finding solutions to the problem of waste in our culture. From dumpster diving in Australia, to 'e-waste' recycling in China, to Canadian environmentalists in action, we're bringing the issue of garbage back home to your doorstep. It's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it! Contribute your media and voice now!

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Repurpose

A look into the hardware hacking community in Montreal, including the Foulab collective. Why are more and more hobbyists experimenting with hacks and circuit bends? What relationship does this imply about consumer society and technological advancement? Is ...

Videoext - jackoatmon - 29/05/2009 - 13:14 - 2 comments

Derelict

This is a short excerpt from a late 2006 documentary I co-produced about alternative uses of spaces in Montreal. This part explores artists using abandoned spaces as venues for public gathering and public creativity. Art featured includes found work by Tur...

Videoext - jackoatmon - 29/05/2009 - 13:26 - 2 comments

Dossier Contents

The Something out of Nothing Recycling Project, South Africa
Something out of Nothing contributes to Waste Management by recycling and re-using waste in the manufacturing of art and...
The Zamimpilo Arts and Craft Market, South Africa
The Zamimpilo Arts and Craft Market, Kwa Zulu Natal consists of 164 women who make a living by selling Arts and Craft...
Derelict
Reusing abandoned spaces in the inner city....
Repurpose
The burgeoning hardware hacking/circuit bending scene explained....
In the Quiet & Still Air of Delightful Studies
In the Quiet & Still Air of Delightful Studies
The case of McGill?s recycling program shows the gap between knowledge and real environmental action....
Surfing the Waste: A Musical Documentary About Dumpster Diving
Surfing the Waste: A Musical Documentary About Dumpster Diving
A musical journey through the back alleys of Montreal with a group of dumpster divers.....
The Digital Dump: Exposing the Electronic Waste Trade
The Digital Dump is the story of the illegal and immoral international electronics waste trade seen through the lens of ...
Le Spirite Lounge
Le Spirite Lounge
The story of Le Spirite Lounge, a Montreal restaurant, and the unique character who runs it. For more info ...
Love to Love You Landfills
Maxim and Joel's innovative musical rap on over-consumption and how a global reliance on landfills is polluting our eart...
Cartoneros (Clip 1)
Cartoneros (Clip 1)
The story of a Buenos Aires recycling cooperative and their fight for legitimacy....
Cartoneros (Clip 2)
Cartoneros (Clip 2)
Cartoneros from the El Ceibo Cooperative go door to door, asking the public to separate their garbage....
The Roots of Change
The Roots of Change
Concordia University's R4 project is teaching students that "it's cool to be green"....
The Garbage Man
The Garbage Man
A trailer for a film that asks the question, What would happen if the garbage man never came again? As an experiment, on...
Glass, Rubber, Plastic: The Opportunity for Reuse
Glass, Rubber, Plastic: The Opportunity for Reuse
What to do with old automobile tires? Until the 1970s, tires were one of the most pernicious waste disposal problems; th...
Kingdom of the third day
Kingdom of the third day
Footage from Greenpeace’s campaign to stop the dumping of nuclear waste into the world’s oceans. A confrontation at ...
People and Science: A Test of Time
People and Science: A Test of Time
Union members read a legal letter from their employer, and argue over a serious dilemma: Should they tolerate the compan...
The Falls
The Falls
What happened to the 102nd Street landfill? Before 1979 this chemical dump site on the eastern edge of Niagara Falls, NY...
Class Project - Garbage Movie
Class Project - Garbage Movie
A group of young kids from a Montreal-area school want to know what happens to the waste that goes into the water system...
Story of Stuff
Story of Stuff
Tides Foundation, in association with Funders Workgroup for Sustainable Production and Consumption, as well as Free Rang...
Local and Provincial Governments - Working Together
Local and Provincial Governments - Working Together
How do municipal and provincial governments work together on issues like garbage collection and water treatment?...
Grow Your Resistance
Grow Your Resistance
Three young women trying to change their society by living on what they can grow and what others throw away....
Dumpstered Supper
It's Not Garbage Picking, It's Recycling
Music speaks loudly
Neanne's story
Cigar Box Pinhole Camera
Coke
Bus Interior
China recycling #9
Cigarette Pinhole Camera
Millegomme
Buttermilk Falls
Reflections on Paper: Salt Spring Coffee Cup
Reflections on Paper: JJ Bean Coffee Cup
Reflections on Paper: Reflection of Kleenex
Reflections on Paper: Starbucks Cup
Reflections on Paper: Starbucks Bag Print
Pizza Pinhole Camera
Guelph Market
Yahtzee Pinhole Camera
University Courtyard

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