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This live panel discussion brings together leading researchers and actors to debate whether we can buy Bangladesh garments with a conscience — and what can be done to improve conditions for workers in the industry. The keynote speaker was Prof. Richard Locke of Brown University, USA, and the session is introduced by Prof. Stephanie Barrientos […]
The new Phantom Vision 2+ put through its paces with friends in May 2014.
In December 2013 Anuradha Vittachi was invited to share her vision of human rights with students of the Sophie Scholl School in Trento, Italy. She focused on three outstanding individuals, the first of whom has a particular resonance for the school
Short, pithy and persuasive – the charismatic Simon Maxwell makes the case for tackling climate change in a way that can carry the argument with the sceptics. If you agree – pass it on. A film we made for CDKN in March 2014.
At the recent Cleanmed conference in Oxford, we were shocked to hear how surgical instruments used in the NHS are regularly made in terrible working conditions in Pakistan and other developing countries, including by children as young as seven. Mahmood Bhutta, an ENT Surgeon and co-founder of the BMA Medical Fair and Ethical Trade Group, […]
An informal Word Pictures piece with small camera and iPhone. More of a music video than a travel piece. Filmed in December 2013.
A personal blog going back to 2005.
A meeting of the Climate Psychology Alliance discusses the “fertile and sterile dialogue in the climate change debate’, with presentations by Patrick Chalmers (author of Fraudcast News) and Jamie Clarke (Director, COIN). Film coverage in London in November 2013 by the Hedgerley Wood Channel.
I guess this is greening at Hedgerley in a different sense – taking the chance of a glorious autumn day to take Ben for a long walk across the valley.
Medical student, Isobel Braithwaite, sets out to discover the impact – for good and ill – of the natural world on human health. The first surprise is the difference that the view from your hospital window can make to your speed of recovery… Healthy Planet Healthy People is a 2013 documentary made with the support […]
There are few stories of empathy in action more inspiring than that of a of a remarkable initiative in Kenya, its charismatic founder and team of volunteers. St Martins brings hope to street children, the disabled and those living with HIV/AIDS and does so, not through outside support and funds, but by the caring compassion […]
A chance to meet the playwright and activist Sarah Woods at the London performance of her one-woman ‘Empathy Roadshow’. Anuradha Vittachi talked to her after the show about her idea for the piece and how empathy can be relevant to issues as diverse as climate change and living with teenagers.
Just how bad is the climate change crisis and its impact on human health and the health of the planet? And what is the best way to get the message out about what can be done? At the 2013 CleanMed Conference in Oxford Prof. Hugh Montgomery brings his wide experience in the health service to […]
The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare in Oxford has been running a programme called NHS Forest. It promotes the planting of tens of thousands of trees around UK hospitals and clinics – showing how green spaces can promote wellbeing and shorter recovery times.