SEED Film Screenings Today in DUMBO with TreeHuggerTV Premiere: Ben Harper & Graham Hill in Conversation
by George Spyros, New York City, USA on 04. 5.08
How did New Yorkers become so disconnected from the bodies of water that surround them and how can they reclaim the relationship? Such is the question taken up by City of Water, a 30-minute documentary film about the significance, history, and future of the New York City metropolitan area waterfront. The film screens today as part of DUMBO's neighborhood sustainability initiative, SEED (Smart Environmental Efforts in DUMBO). Also on the docket are Renewal, a 90-minute documentary that attempts to capture the breadth and vitality of America's religious-environmental movement. The film follows people of faith in rural communities, suburbs and cities, who are driven by their spiritual and religious convictions to re-examine what it means to be human and how we live on this planet. Last but not least, a premiere screening of four short digital films featuring musician Ben Harper in conversation with TreeHugger founder Graham Hill.
Our latest installments with Ben and Graham were shot in DUMBO and feature the re-imagining and transformation of the Pearl Street Triangle from parking space to green space.
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Saturday, April 5, 2008
SEED Film Screenings at St. Ann's Warehouse
38 Water Street
FREE & Open to the Public
City of Water
1:00 - 2:00PM
Renewal
2:30 - 4:00PM
TreeHuggerTV in Conversation with Ben Harper
4:15PM
more info:: dumbonyc.org
via:: Susty.tv
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I love all the trendy eco-greenie-fashionie things going on in the city. So utterly useless and self absorbed. Do any of you realize that the city is so completely unsustainable, Bloomberg's efforts not withstanding? Its a monstrosity that has gotten so bloated since 2001. All those new builds in DUMBO and surrounds are the very lowest in quality, I'd be horrified to have any of my family living in them. I know, I'm "on-site" several times a month. You think the crane disaster was bad? You just wait 20 years when large numbers of these structures develop severe flaws due to slip-shod construction, sub-standard materials, and "connected" guys running the crews.
Of course, the cost of getting goods into that cesspool is already going through the roof, so maybe there won't be anyone around to care when those building start crumbling.
This boom will be looked back on as the last hurrah in excess, and the last gasp of NYC. One Cat 3+ hurricane hitting the harbor and most of BK is gone, most of everything south of 14th is gone, and that'll be all she wrote.
Sell and move out while you can. Or continue with your happy little eco fun. When you and your ilk come streaming fourth from the devastation, you'll find my kind blocking your way with piles of burning tires and guard posts. :)