January 7, 2009 by thetenproject Leave a comment
When you tell people that 51% of us live in cities, and that we are adding the equivalent of a city the size of Seattle to the planet every four or five days, they are usually surprised and often react with shock and even despair. Read more of this post
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June 6, 2008 by thetenproject Leave a comment
We were fortunate to have Brasil’s up and coming new director Calvito Leal (of acclaimed documentary ‘Simonal : Ninguém Sabe O Duro Que Dei‘) direct the Rio segment, and for it to be shot by cameraman Fabio Cascão (from the classic US Reality TV Series hit “Survivor”). It was the perfect ending to TEN: SÃO PAULO – round one.
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March 18, 2008 by thetenproject Leave a comment
So TEN is about promoting things like recycling and reducing emissions?
No. We are about using technology, social networking, games, urban projects and story telling across all media to engender action and change in attitudes globally.
To use your example, reusing, reducing and recycling is crucial not because it can ever reduce carbon emission, toxins, emerging diseases, disparity of wealth and resource access to anything near safe levels, but because of something much more powerful: The action of reusing, reducing and recycling changes our attitudes to our life systems and our consumer roles. For this reason alone, it is a crucial program to institute in the children of any society. However, it is only one of a thousand possible programs required to significantly shift attitudes for the future. Read more of this post
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