IS NOW THE AGE OF STUPID? - Eco Premier from Kiribati to New York

[Stacey King]

Green.blorge -Technology for a greener future
THE AGE OF STUPID will be digitally broadcast in 700 theatres in over 50 countries on September 21and 22, 2009. Depending on where in the world you live, various events and celebrities are scheduled to appear for the festivities. The theaters will range from a “5,000-seater stadium on the Pacific island of Kiribati to a humble beach screening event with a screen sewn together with sails in Vanuatu.”

The movie, is set in 2055, where Oscar -nominated Pete Postlethwaite, as a global archivist, looks back at the news clips and docudramas from 2004-2008 “wondering why we didn’t stop global warming when we had a chance. Are we THE AGE OF STUPID?”

This will be an “Eco Premier” where the New York City event will feature a green carpet that will be made of recycled soda bottles and celebrities will be arriving by bicycle, rickshaw, electric car and sailboat. All energy for the event will be from renewable energy sources, and food and drink will be organic from local producers. There will be a “solar tent cinema” that will have “an installation of 1500 plastic bottles,” signifying the number of soda bottles thrown away every second.

The New York Showing will begin with a performance by Moby. His performance will be powered by bicycle. After the event, there will be a panel discussion including the film’s actor Peter Postlethwaite, film director, Fanny Armstrong, Gillian Anderson, former Secretary General of the UN, Koffi Annan and other leading thinkers, celebrities and political figures from around the world.”

While there will be a panel discussion in New York, there will be other events occurring as a part of this premier.

In Buenos Aires, famed Argentinean singer Elena Roger will serenade audiences; In Madrid, local celebrities will attend a candle-lit carpet; In Nigeria, the Governor of Lagos and fellow politicians will join local celebrities; In Amsterdam and in Copenhagen, the Dutch and Danish Royal Families are joining celebrities in support of the film.

There will be live music from Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and satellite links to scientists working in the Indonesian Rainforest and at the melting glaciers in the Himalayas. A group of children will speak from the very room in Copenhagen in which all our futures will be decided at the UN climate summit in December.

This film had a much smaller but still impressive premier in the UK. The film was shown in a solar tent using only solar panels for power. It was shown in London and in 62 other theaters at the same time setting, what was then a Guinness World Record. Celebrities arrived at that showing on bicycles, public transportation, by foot or in a french fry(chippies) oil powered diesel car. The oil for the car was collected by local youth.

The worldwide premier promises to break the earlier Guinness World Record while generating some much needed dialogue about climate change.

[R. Lee Bryant]

The answer is always implicit in the problem.
AND
You cannot solve a problem with the thinking that got you there.
When the South Pacific Peoples treat their problems as a Single Problem a solution will be found.
Realizing what your True Assets are is an important step.
Everyone and their brother has outlined them ad infintum, the Plan to implement the Plan that outlines the Plan.
this morning I listened to Pres. Obama's UN speach, more of the same!
talk of where we will meet again to talk some more about not actually doing anything now. At these future meetings they will be discussing where they will meet again to exchange good words.
The Climate is changing, look at the Fossil Record, the Climate does this, regularly, has done so hundreds of times without one bit of human help.
Humans have doubtlessly contributed to the acceleration of this current Cycle but, this is the respiration of the Planet, the World inhaling and exhaling. we must address our issues and not those of the Planet. Addapt, that is the word, it is what we do well. what we will do si probably let our leaders idle away talking until real bad things begin happening then, do something stupid like try to halt the Cycle. Big Science talks about seeding our atmosphere with mega tons of pollutants to shad the surface and cool things down. And, prevent the world form taking it's Natural Breath. That is certain to help. if anyone would like to discuss what we Can Do Now, let me know i have some interesting scenarios i'd like to receive some feedback on.
Lee Bryant.