This is my neighbour, this is my lover, this is my friend
A very powerful and moving piece at this year’s Migrant Voice conference by Kiri Kankhwende of Media Diversified.
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Migration – what’s all the fuss about?
/in Education, Empathy Blog, Filming, Human Rights, Latest Videos, Poverty/by adminI’m not a big fan of panel discussions, but this one at the 2014 annual conference of Migrant Voice was really exceptional. Powerful arguments from people who really understood the issues from first-hand experience. The session was chaired by Simon Israel from Channel 4 news. From a live broadcast produced by the Hedgerley Wood Trust.
Nature’s own greening
/in Green Living, Greening of Hedgerley, Personal/by admin18 months at Hedgerley Wood.
Buying with a Conscience
/in Education, Empathy Blog, Filming, Human Rights, Latest Videos, Politics, Uncategorised, Word Pictures/by adminThis 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 […]
High above the Sussex Downs
/in Filming, Personal, Word Pictures/by adminThe new Phantom Vision 2+ put through its paces with friends in May 2014.
Human Rights – the Perennial Struggle
/in Education, Empathy Blog, Human Rights, Latest Videos, Personal, Politics, Speaking/by adminIn 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
5 Steps to Save the Planet
/in Education, Empathy Blog, Filming, Latest Videos, OneClimate, Politics, Word Pictures/by adminShort, 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.
The Real Cost of Healthcare
/in Education, Empathy Blog, Filming, Health, Human Rights, Latest Videos, Politics, Poverty, Uncategorised, Word Pictures/by adminAt 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, […]
Venice to Music
/in Filming, Personal, Word Pictures/by adminAn informal Word Pictures piece with small camera and iPhone. More of a music video than a travel piece. Filmed in December 2013.
The diary of one family’s attempts at lo-carbon living
/in Greening of Hedgerley/by adminA personal blog going back to 2005.
Is the climate debate sterile?
/in Education, Empathy Blog, Filming, Health, Latest Videos/by adminA 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.
Autumn Walk
/in Green Living, Greening of Hedgerley, Personal/by adminI 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.
Healthy Planet Healthy People
/in Empathy Blog, Latest Videos, OneClimate, Uncategorised/by adminMedical 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 […]
Only Through Community
/in Education, Empathy Blog, Filming, Health, Human Rights, Latest Videos, Poverty, Uncategorised, Word Pictures/by adminThere 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 […]