Digital Drought: Australia’s Future on Fire in Acclaimed Media Project

March 31, 2009

Australia’s drought remains severe, but the award-winning interactive drama project, Scorched, offers a searing reality check for Australians nationwide. Read more

Posted by Sarah Haughn · Filed Under Advertising, Arts, Australia, Climate, Cooperation, Drought, Environment, Film, Social Media, Solutions, Television

Video: The Biggest Dry, Stories of Australia’s Waning Rivers & Worried Towns

March 9, 2009

A love song, a hymn of mourning: where has Australia’s beloved water gone? As the Murray-Darling river basin trickles into another decade of drought, its people catch what remains of the waning water and parched earth in their stories. Read more

Posted by Sarah Haughn · Filed Under Agriculture, Arts, Australia, Biggest Dry Video, Circle of Blue Reports, Cooperation, Drought, Economic Development, Environment, Film, Food Industry, Music, Photography

Video: Aboriginal Elder Beryl Carmichael Sings the River’s Lament

March 9, 2009

Using chants and stories, Aboriginal elder Beryl Carmichael shares with Circle of Blue the spiritual and visceral pain of a dry and dying Darling River. Read more

Posted by Sarah Haughn · Filed Under Australia, Biggest Dry Video, Circle of Blue Reports, Climate, Education, Film, Water Policy, World

Video: Caring for Basins Beyond Reform with Australian Scientist John Williams

March 9, 2009

It’s time to stop playing around with reform, says renowned Austrialian water scientist John Williams. Read more

Posted by Sarah Haughn · Filed Under Agriculture, Australia, Biggest Dry Video, Circle of Blue Reports, Climate, Drought, Environment, Film, Food Industry, Policy + Politics, Solutions, Water Policy, World

Video: Julian Cribb Predicts “Diabolical” Future for World’s River Basins

March 9, 2009

Agricultural journalist Julian Cribb forecasts a perilous destiny for the world’s river basins and food baskets, a destiny he attributes to climate change and unchecked agricultural demand for water. Read more

Posted by Sarah Haughn · Filed Under Agriculture, Australia, Biggest Dry Video, Business, Circle of Blue Reports, Climate, Drought, Education, Environment, Film, Statistics, World

Video: Greg Ogle Illustrates Murray’s Failing Circulatory System

March 9, 2009

Farmer turned conservationist, Greg Ogle explains how the healthy appearance of the Murray channel can be deceiving. Read more

Posted by Sarah Haughn · Filed Under Agriculture, Australia, Biggest Dry Video, Business, Circle of Blue Reports, Climate, Drought, Education, Environment, Film, Floods, Science + Tech, World

Video: Mark Turrell Interview

February 24, 2009

An interview with Imaginatik CEO Mark Turrell about Idea Central. Read more

Posted by Eric Daigh · Filed Under Australia, Biggest Dry Video, Cooperation, Film, World

no reason: A World on the Verge of Water Bankruptcy

January 28, 2009

Reaching the Epiphany Moment, Video Makes Water Crisis Clear Read more

Posted by Keith Schneider · Filed Under Agriculture, Arts, Climate, Energy, Environment, Film, Food Industry, Health, Social Media, World

Film celebrates World Toilet Day with Dada utility disposal

November 19, 2008

PEORIA — Was it the portentous pall of the November afternoon or an avant-garde episode of effluential angst that inspired Circle of Blue producer Eric Daigh to bring his inefficient toilet out of the water closet once and for all? Read more

Posted by Sarah Haughn · Filed Under Arts, Circle of Blue Reports, Commentary, Film