Annie Leonard, the creator of the story of stuff has a new short animation out called the story of electronics. It’s well worth watching for a brief overview of some of the ethical imperatives surrounding the material impacts of the electronic equipment whose materiality is often erased by the discourse of virtuality.
Archive for November, 2010
The Story of Electronics
Posted in activism, environmentalism, media, tagged animation, annie leonard, electronics, environmentalism, ewaste on November 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Fate of the World Beta
Posted in climate change, media, politics, tagged climate change, ecology, environment, fate of the world, game, video game on November 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
While being ill over the last week or so, I’ve spent some time playing the beta version of Fate of the World, a forthcoming PC game based around climate change which has generated quite a lot of interest in the mainstream media ( see here and here) The game essentially puts you in command of [...]
New Blog… Insightful Nonsense
Posted in personal on November 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m starting a new blog called Insightful Nonsense… I’ve been writing stuff here over the last couple of years while I’ve been recovering from being hit by a car. Over time this site’s covered a fairly broad selection of stuff, from numerous reviews of academic books and bits of research related stuff through to more [...]
