From the monthly archives:

May 2007

Eco-Doco – Call for Entries

by Clare 09/05/2007 in Bristol

Are you passionate about developing the documentary form to tell your story? Do you have an innovative documentary idea with a strong environmental core, rooted in the South West? Are you ready to work with a broadcaster to deliver that idea to a national audience? South West Screen, is looking for individuals who have the [...]

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Mapping the Urban Forest

by Pete Ferne 09/05/2007 in Bristol

Following on from a recent Guardian article on the death of the urban tree I came across the San Francisco Urban Forest Mapping Project — a collaboration between the City of San Francisco’s Bureau of Urban Forestry and a local group called Friends of the Urban Forest.
In the past, San Francisco’s long-term urban [...]

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Shocking technology

by Clare 08/05/2007 in Bristol

‘A book I can use. I can take it in two hands and bash it over the heads of every techno-nerd, computer geek and neophiliac futurologist I meet.’ Simon Jenkins, The Guardian
David Edgerton, author of The Shock of the Old, makes an appearance at Watershed in the Festival of Ideas on 22 May at 6pm, [...]

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Bristol: Transition City

by Kevin 04/05/2007 in Bristol

Bristol is spearheading community led approaches proactively addressing the energy crisis by finding practical alternatives to fossil fuels.
The initiative builds on a network of Transition Towns across the UK and Ireland, and seeks to engage the whole community in finding practical alternatives to our current fossil-fuel led systems and lifestyles.
Find out more about the programme [...]

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Vote for Bristol

by Clare 03/05/2007 in Bristol

The race is on for 22 of the UK’s most popular location to be immortalised on the world famous board game, Monopoly. Vote now because Bristol is currently at 35th and off the board (although confusingly it appears Ashton Gate is at no 7 as a wildcard).
For over 70 years the official Monopoly board has [...]

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DepicT! 07 – Call for entries now open

by Clare 03/05/2007 in Bristol

DepicT! short film competition, part of the renowned Encounters International Short Film Festival (Wed 21 – Sun 25 Nov ‘07), once again challenges filmmakers from across the globe to come up with a compelling, imaginative idea and distil it into 90 seconds of cinematic originality.Not only will shortlisted films gain priceless industry exposure at Encounters, [...]

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