Hello Cool World Review: When I saw Force of Nature, I didn’t expect to learn so much about Sukuzi the scientist as well as ground-breaking mover and shaker. Or to be so entertained.
The ‘70s footage of Dr. Suzuki skateboarding down the halls of UBC is not to be missed.His long time collaboration with the Haida Nation is inspiring. The film really made me feel what a revolutionary figure in the Canadian landscape David Suzuki was, and still is. Packed full of information, and much more excitingly shot than the ‘legacy lecture’ part would have led me to believe, I think it is one of the most important films to come out this year…
Katherine Dodds AKA "Kat" is the founder of Good Company Communications and HelloCoolWorld.com. Trained in renegade advertising & branding through her work with Adbusters in the '90s, Kat's early induction into the possibilities of the web-world was inspired by the term hypertext, which she immediately found comforting. She is dedicated to cause-related communication and to the development and use of tools that promote democratic processes.
David Ng is a Hello Cool World veteran with experience going back a decade. David first worked with us when he was just 14 years old as a participant in the youth advisory group for the sexual health education program Condomania. Now an accomplished videographer passionate about the issues of gender and power, he is currently on sabbatical in South Africa while he pursues a Masters in Gender Studies with a focus on international development.
Lest we forget.... that war is a product of a larger political system, of "deep politics" as Peter Dale Scott would put it.
Our image of the five petalled opium poppy symbolizes the connection between the war on drugs and the so called war on terror -- played out in the war in Afghanistan.
URGENT ACTIONS! Tonight in Toronto - G20 LEGAL DEFENSE Fundraising evening with Naomi Klein, Hawksley Workman + friends. Donate and/or attend.
FIGHT FOR NET NEUTRALITY: The CRTC just decided to let your Internet Service Provider put a meter on your Internet! Sign the petition and find out more at: stopthemeter.ca
On a chilly Saturday afternoon at the Central Branch of the Vancouver Public Library hundreds of people congregated to celebrate and discuss the current state of media. Workshops, including the opening keynote by Tony Burman of Al Jazeera English, were filled and people turned away.
The Media Fair was abuzz and full of energy, attended by people who create change and are media-makers themselves – journalists, photographers, bloggers and social media junkies.
Hailing from the mountain town of Salt Lake City, Utah, Lizzy enjoys picnics, reading on a lazy Sunday morning and adventurous bike rides. After learning about books at the University of Toronto she now calls Vancouver home. She joined Hello Cool World as a member of the LACE campaign action team, and luckily for us, decided to stick around.
Media Democracy Day - a day of action, activism, dialogue and connection, is happening this Saturday, November 6 in Vancouver and we are thrilled to be a part!
To get excited for Media Democracy Day a lovely member of the MDD team came to the Hello Cool World headquarters to interview David and I about the importance of events like Media Democracy Day and to celebrate our Fair Trade Distribution model and motto of Ideas to Audiences, Audiences to Action, Action to Outcome. Watch our interview! (Picture above).
Katherine Dodds AKA "Kat" is the founder of Good Company Communications and HelloCoolWorld.com. Trained in renegade advertising & branding through her work with Adbusters in the '90s, Kat's early induction into the possibilities of the web-world was inspired by the term hypertext, which she immediately found comforting. She is dedicated to cause-related communication and to the development and use of tools that promote democratic processes.
David Ng is a Hello Cool World veteran with experience going back a decade. David first worked with us when he was just 14 years old as a participant in the youth advisory group for the sexual health education program Condomania. Now an accomplished videographer passionate about the issues of gender and power, he is currently on sabbatical in South Africa while he pursues a Masters in Gender Studies with a focus on international development.
Hailing from the mountain town of Salt Lake City, Utah, Lizzy enjoys picnics, reading on a lazy Sunday morning and adventurous bike rides. After learning about books at the University of Toronto she now calls Vancouver home. She joined Hello Cool World as a member of the LACE campaign action team, and luckily for us, decided to stick around.
