CARTOON: Pretend to Recycle - NYC & Beyond
When Bloomberg took office in New York City during 2002 - the city stopped recycling. The program was later renewed - the school I worked at purchased recycle bins but we later found out that the custodial staff merely added their contents them to the regular garbage dumps. This can't be unusual as this cartoon form the October 5th New Yorker nicely illustrates the reality of recycling in many communities:
More on New York Recycling (as a case study) at Mother Jones.
If this topic is of interest to you, you might also check out NYC's Dirty Secret: The Trash Crisis - DVD
from A&E. That is a real mind bender as - If I recall correctly - the city exports garbage all the way to Minnesota!
Original cartoon here.
More on New York Recycling (as a case study) at Mother Jones.
If this topic is of interest to you, you might also check out NYC's Dirty Secret: The Trash Crisis - DVD
from A&E. That is a real mind bender as - If I recall correctly - the city exports garbage all the way to Minnesota!
Original cartoon here.
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Permalink Reply by Marek Bennett on
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Oh, so now you're posting links to trashy films? ;^)
This would be a great topic for a graphic novel or documentary, exploring the immense and invisible systems of a couple major cities, small towns, households, &c. ... demonstrating size and scope and scale.... OR maybe it's a perfect collaborative project for a group of dispersed artists/storytellers/researchers (i.e. school groups or classes)? -
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Permalink Reply by Ryan Goble on
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Marek, ah to have a 'comic' mind - it is a great idea. That DVD is mind blowing. It is worth noting that there are two other great films on this topic. Human Footprint by the National Geographic Channel and the short film Story of Stuff.
The ladder was recently bashed on CNN and Fox for its political agenda, no really - what a joke.
See this...
http://ecopolitology.org/2009/09/24/glenn-beck-lou-dobbs-attack-sto... -
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