After naming the feature-length documentary “Garbage Dreams” by director Mai Iskander the winner of the 2009 REEL Current Award at the Nashville Film Festival (NaFF), Al Gore, Nobel Peace Prize winner, Academy Award winner and former Vice-President of the United States, presented the award to Iskander on Friday of last week during a private meeting in Nashville.
People are slowly coming round to zero-waste, and both community and individual initiatives are building, but the concept is still pioneering. I get this all the time: what do you mean you're zero-waste; what do you do with your garbage?
By me saying I'm zero-waste, I am actually saying there is no such thing as garbage. Let me pause while you pick your jaw off the floor.
People are slowly coming round to zero-waste, and both community and individual initiatives are building, but the concept is still pioneering. I get this all the time. What do you mean zero-waste? What do you do with your garbage?
By going zero-waste, I am actually saying there is no such thing. Let me pause while you pick your jaw from the floor.
"Banish the word 'struggle' from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
We are the ones we have been waiting for." — Hopi elders
