I spent this summer following 98 Chicago Public School students from 25 different high schools as they embarked on an eye-opening program. Join Conscious Planet Media as we show you how the students engaged in both classroom and hands-on learning, and became catalysts to the powerful green movement.
Project Green HEALS part I shows you a quick overview of their journey. I shot and edited this as part of my work for Conscious Planet Media.
I was editing an episode featuring a green hotel in California when i noticed this rather interesting device they were using to clean their surfaces.
It’s called the Lotus Sanitizing System and it looks kinda like a small spray bottle. Apparently, all you have to do is fill it with tap water and put it on the special base it comes with for a while. What the machine does is infuse the tap water with Ozone to make it a powerful cleaning agent 52% stronger than bleach! Give it an hour or two and it’ll turn right back into regular tap water.
The beauty of it? Never will you have to buy another harmful chemical household cleaner again. Save resources, save money and protects your health. Now how cool is that?
Apple released its third version of Final Cut Studio a couple of weeks ago. When it arrived in the office in a cute little box 1/4 the size of the older versions, i felt like Christmas had arrived early.
Yes, the geek in me was uber excited about all the new features it would bring with Final Cut Pro 7. Some of my favorites include:
I haven’t had the chance to learn to use all these cool new features yet, but the guys at Ripple Training have done a great job with making video tutorials to show us the way. It makes learning so much easier than reading the manual. :)
And if Final Cut Studio’s brought me this much excitement, I might just go crazy with the release of Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6 tomorrow! Ahh!!
I’ve finally finished editing the video featuring interviews with Social Venture Network members and other memorable moments at their spring gathering for my work at Conscious Planet Media. What I really loved about editing this was watching all the footage recorded at the plenary and breakout sessions. I got to learn so much from pioneers of socially responsible business and was truly inspired to believe that we can indeed change the world.
I was reading David C. Korten’s Agenda for a New Economy where he 
explains why the steps being taken to address today’s economic crisis are as ineffective as treating cancer with a bandage. Simply pouring trillions of dollars into bailing out Wall Street institutions ain’t gonna help. Business needs to be redefined. What we really need are locally based, community oriented businesses devoted to creating a better life for all, not simply increasing profits.
My friend Eu-wen shares a similar interest for social entrepreneurship as i do. I think what he’s doing and learning at his internship at Embrace istremendously inspiring. They’ve found a way to produce an affordable infant incubator for just US$25. Compared to traditional incubators that cost $20,000, this one is far more affordable. It looks just like a sleeping bag for babies, is easy to heat up (just boil a pouch & insert!) and very portable… it’s going to save the lives of many babies born premature in countries like India where they may not have access to good healthcare facilities.
A few weeks ago, he posted the following video on facebook along with the following note.
I soaked up all 7 minutes of it. Take the signal from Obama’s decision to create the Office of Social Innovation in the White House and the growing number of business schools offering a focus on civic engagement and social entrepreneurship. Something big is brewing. It’s a growing movement that you should be a part of. It’s time to realize that the world is bigger than yourself.
Shuling Yong 