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Fascism Versus Techno (guess who won?)

The Admiral — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 03:53:17 +0000

The debut single and video from Let The Machines Do The Work is probably the first ever video to be shot at an actual EDL rally. Rather than members of the English Defence League, the Brighton four piece are fans of the English Disco Lovers and joined forces with them to bring some good vibes to the occasion.

Let the machines do the work on FB

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Anima Mundi

The Admiral — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 09:40:48 +0000

Q & A with the director – Peter Downey

1. What motivated you to make the film?

I have always had a passion for environmental and humanitarian issues, hence the name of my company is United Natures Media, plus I was partly sponsored by a local permaculture group to make a film about permaculture. Originally, I had thought permaculture was just about growing fruit and vegetables but making Anima Mundi taught me that it incorporates so much more including sustainable housing, renewable energy, healthcare, education, spirituality as well as agriculture.

2. Which aspect of the environmental crisis concerns you the most?

There are two, climate change because it is somewhat unpredictable just how bad things will become and how soon, and resource depletion because it is predictable how it will lead to further war and conflict over dwindling supplies of oil, rare-earth minerals, water and agricultural land etc. when more and more people are reliant upon them.

3. What role do you think a wider understanding of Gaia has in responding to challenges?

Gaia theory helps give people an appreciation of the scientific interconnectedness of all things, including our own, within the ecosystem of earth. In this sense we are all indigenous. Gaia also seems to naturally come with a spiritual quality that people recognise, a teaching of oneness like most religions. But, the thing that separates Gaian spirituality from Christianity, Judaism, Islam or Buddhism etc. is that it is not centred around men but rather the earth. The earth as our creator and the giver and taker of life, often mistaken as feminine when in reality the earth is both masculine and feminine, an hermaphrodite.

4. People seem to be in denial about resource constraints – how do we confront that?

It’s simple to understand, every animal picks the lowest hanging fruit first for survival and all the easy to get to fruit is gone which includes oil, gas, coal, copper and phosphorus among many others. It’s a double whammy because what is left is not only more expensive and energy intense to extract but more and more people want it and rely upon these resources. So, everything is going to become much more expensive and its not some conspiracy its just the plain math of the impossibility of exponential economic and population growth on a finite planet.

5. What are you working on next?

I released the sequel to Anima Mundi, United Natures in June 2013 and I’m now in production of a documentary entitled, Surviving Earth; about resource depletion and climate change adaptation with an increasing population. It features Prof. Tim Flannery, Prof. Ian Lowe, Dr. Ian Dunlop, Prof. Paul Ehrlich, Bindi Irwin and Major-General Michael Jeffery among others and will be released sometime in 2014.

6. What advice would you give others keen to make eco documentaries?

Firstly, accept that you’re a hypocrite because you will use fossil-fuels and contribute to climate change in the making of your production. Secondly, don’t be egotistical thinking you are going to “save the world” but be humble enough to try. Thirdly, you don’t need lots of money and fancy equipment to begin, though I have a big crew working with me now I made Anima Mundi (my first film) with a home-video camera and $1000 which forced me to be creative to make something look to be a bigger budget film than it actually was. And lastly, be biased towards the betterment of the environment and humanity but don’t be biased in preconceived conspiratorial ideas, be open minded and be prepared to have your opinions altered, there is always a bigger picture.

www.unitednaturesmovie.com

www.animamundimovie.com

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Obama’s Law

The Admiral — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 03:09:31 +0000

Ever wondered what happens after activism explodes across Facebook and YouTube?

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This team of filmmakers found out. Now they want to show you. Director Seth Chase explains more:

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As a team of independent filmmakers, the crew is now running a Kickstarter crowdsourcing campaign

to raise the final funds they need to get the documentary made. If you’d like to make a contribution,

you can do so by following this link. Make sure to check out the bunch of exclusive rewards up for

grabs in return for any pledge made, all the way up to a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Congo!

Bonus video!

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You can see more of the team’s videos by checking out their website here, and you can keep up to

date with their progress and thoughts on all things Congo, activism, mining & policy by following

them on Twitter here.

www.obamaslaw.com

Seth & Ben filming

Please support the film!

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Blackfish

The Admiral — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 02:21:00 +0000

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The New Earth Project

The Admiral — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 07:40:14 +0000

The New Earth Project from James Hardwick on Vimeo.

The New Earth Project is a pioneering initiative to unite humanity in a common cause: to define a world shaped by conscious people, in order to bring about healthy, joyful and prosperous lives. People all around the world are rising up and demanding that overbearing government stands down. None of us want our world to be coloured any further by the engineering of wars, surveillance-culture, forced vaccinations, food- stamps, corporate recklessness and media-manipulation.

www.new-earth-project.org

Humanitad: New Earth Project from New Earth Project on Vimeo.

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The Heist

The Admiral — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 04:27:38 +0000

Louie Psihoyos founded the non-profit organisation Oceanic Preservation Society, produced Academy Award-winning film The Cove and has helped reduce the slaughter of dolphins and whales in Taji and worldwide. What next?

Louie and his team are tackling the biggest issue on our planet. The current, human-caused mass extinction event.

Although largely ignored by the media and politicians, collapsing biodiversity critically undermines society. Our civilisation is founded on planet earth’s ecosystems. As species are lost, ecosystems change. Lose too many species and the change could be catastrophic for humanity. We have to preserve enough wild spaces for other creatures to thrive.

Scientists are saying we could lose half the species on the planet by the end of the century. Behind this mass extinction? Us. The OPS team is pulling off The Heist to inspire people to take action on behalf of the species that are blinking out on our watch.

More information here

The crew of the documentary, “The Cove” Translator, Goh Iromoto, Simon Hutchins, Joe Chisholm, Charles Hambelton, diretoctor Louie Psihoyos, Marine mammal activist, Ric O’Barry and freedivers Mandy-Rae Cruickshank and Kirk Krack

Public Service Announcement

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