Store Wars vs. The Meatrix

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原來休息了一個月了!希望以後可以用寫多些中文和更多有趣/有意思的東西。

歸來的第一篇文章是帶來兩套十分有趣的短片:  Store Wars  和 The Meatrix 。有沒有發現，我們現在買的疏果美的令人吃驚? 總是很大，很綠，連蟲洞也沒有，可怕的是味道也沒有。我們吃了什麼 ? 社會富足了，物質也比以前豐裕，但東西失去了天然的本質。我們作為消費者，有沒有想過，食物來到供應商前是怎樣? 看看下面的片段，你便會更清楚，我們吃東西是怎麼來的? 希望更多人會關心(aware)環境的同時，及反思(rethink)我們的生活方式。

It’s already a month from my last post and I start again with this two interesting short movies: Store Wars and The Meatrix. Both movies are produced by Free Range Studio who are team of passionate and creative people creating profound and meaningful movies to spread important social messages to people. It is very successful and The Meatrix movie has been translated into 30 langauges. So, what they are about?

The Meatrix is an anti-factory farm story transformed the story elements of the Matrix movie, e.g. the characters and story line, but to display another concept: factory farm. Do you know that all our meats are coming from the factory farm which are packed with over crowded animals and diseases are easily transmitted between animals? Eventually human being are the one who suffered.

The Store Wars is a fight to the Dark side of the farm. You will find very familar Star War scenes inside!FUNNY*! The message? What are we eating right now? Our food/vegetables are polluted with process of genetic engineering, radiation and massive chemical pesticide. In the movie, no production will be harmed in the supermarket. Enjoy them!

The Storewars

The Meatrix
 

JoyofTech Comic - Issue 963(English, Traditional & Simplified Chinese)

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Traditional Chinese Version - 繁體中文 (translated by Uta)

Simplified Chinese Version - 简体中文  (translated by Uta)

JoyofTech Comic - Issue 960 - An even Greener Apple

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Traditional Chinese Version - 繁體中文 (translated by Uta)

Simplified Chinese Version - 简体中文  (translated by Uta)

Resonant Streetlight - Most innovative idea to save Energy

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月亮反應街燈 系統十分有創意。街燈的光度會隨著月亮的光暗調較。我們可以欣賞美麗的夜空，更可省能源，一舉兩得!希 望有繼續有更多有創意發明，保護環境和愛惜我們地球!

Lunar Resonant Streetlight system, the grand prize winner of Metropolis’ Next Generation 2007 contest , which has an embedded ultra-sensitive photocell that responds to the changing brightness of moonlight, turning on and dimming as appropriate, cutting down on unnecessary light pollutionand energy-efficient.

Hope that there will be more and more innovative idea/invention to protect our environment and save our Earth!

JoyofTech Comic - Issue 956 (English, Traditional & Simplified Chinese version)

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Traditional Chinese Version - 繁體中文 (translated by Uta)

Simplified Chinese Version - 简体中文  (translated by Uta)

Make the Difference! Design can Change the World!

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作為設計師，你設計的東西影與我們的生活有密切關係，請支持 “Design can change” pledge。當你設計時，鼓勵 “sustainable industry practices”及環保的設計，由今天開始為地球做多一點!

I fully support this initiative. You can do it too! As a designer, what you do is important which can make the difference! Please let designers around you know this initiative and pledge. Do more for our environment now!

“Design can change is an effort to bring together the world’s graphic design community to address the issues surrounding climate change.

Designers craft much of the world’s products/media and as such are well positioned to build awareness around this issue while encouraging more sustainable industry practices.”

– Transcript of presentation by Susan Szenasy who is editor of Metropolis mag, while addressing the AIGA 2003 crowd of designers. She had some pretty strong words for us backed up with solid facts.

“But I say that you—collectively, as graphic designers—are starting other fires, metaphorically speaking… You are responsible for helping to create 40% of North America’s solid waste; paper accounts for 81 million tons of waste annually..

Furthermore, the pulp and paper industry is the third largest industrial buyer of elemental chlorine. Chlorine is used to whiten paper, a process which is linked to a proven cancer-causing chemical called dioxin.”

Enter INHABITAT T-Shirt Design Competition now!

 
It was Inhabitat’s two-year-birthday, they are launching a green-T-shirt design contest! The submission deadline is April 20th. Be quick and enter the contest now. Create a very eco-friendly Inhabitat T-shirt! Here is the details.

Al Gore is blogging now!

Al Gore starts his blog on Feb 27. The blog contains videos featuring his various appearances which encouraging people to push Congress to address global warming.
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There was controversy about Al Gore early Feb. Is Al Gore really hypocritical? Not sure! But at least, The “An Inconvenient Truth” movie does increase our awareneses on the global warming issue.

You can earn and shop by recycling! 回收也可以助你賺錢和購物!

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“The more you recycle, the more you earn”.  費城的一所回收公司，名為 RecycleBank，為了鼓勵家庭回收，他們提供 barcode 回收筒。他們回收時會 scan 你的回收筒，記錄你的回收重量，然依據你的回收量計分，你可以在網站查看分數，分數可以換成購物禮券，更可以用作慈善用途。真的很 creative! 希望我們香港也可以多做回收，天氣越來越怪，日本的櫻花開早了，下雪的地方不夠雪了，我們冬天不再穿毛衣了!

由今天開始為地球做一點東西，我每次也把喝完的汽水罐儲起，放到回收箱或給收集汽水罐的婆婆。我在公司 email signature 寫了 “please consider the environment before you print this email!” 你也由今天開始保護我們的環境，積小成多!

Philadelphia-based RecycleBank creates incentive for you to do more recycling. How does it work? A unique barcode is provide on the RecycleBank contiainers. Household put their recyclable waste to the bin. Collection trucks scan and weigh the recycling stuff, the more the household contribute, more more you earn for the points - up to 35 USD per month. You can track your points at RecycleBank website and redeem coupouns which can be used to purchase at major chains such as Whole Foods, RiteAid and Starbucks, as well as local companies that choose to be part of the program. More than 250 businesses currently participate. You can also donate your points to charity.

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全世界的首個 100% LED 照明的超級市場

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昨天看新聞，說我們看到的月亮由以前清澈的白色，變成了現在模糊的黃色。小學的時候，老師還告訴我們，香港是位於亞熱帶，是一個四季分明的地方。我們的冬天已不再冷了，小朋友再感受不到四季轉變，葉子不會變黃，冬天也不再見到禿樹。真可怕 !

因為污染，地球不再適合我們居住。我們感該由現在做起，去珍惜地球。除了 “少用紙張/膠袋”、”回收膠樽/汽水罐”，節省電力也很重要 ! Switzerland 的 Migros 超級市場起用了 LED 為照明 system [Read More]，希望可以更環保，估計可以令電力用量會降低 80%。

什麼是 “LED” ? LED 是  Light Emitting Diode 的簡稱，中文譯成 ”發光二極體 “，被譽為21世紀的新型光源，具有效率高，壽命長，不易破損的特性。最重要，一般來說，比傳統電燈省 3 成以上的電力。

既然 LED 那麼好，為什麼不立即改用呢 ? 第一就是技術還未成熟，其次就是價值偏貴，是傳統電燈具的十至十五倍，一般公司或家庭也很難接受。相信過多幾年就會普及。現在我們還是緊記關掉不用的電腦，電器和電燈，還有就是少用冷氣機。