create something beautiful

Earth Cinema Circle Film Collection is likeNetFlix, but environmentally-charged. I first heard about the company through an article on Lime.com and I think it’s one of the greatest ideas ever. Much like the online video rental company that has caused conventional video stores to go bankrupt or close to it, this company charges a fee to have quality DVDs delivered to your door. In this specific case though, the fee is $17.95 plus $4.95 shipping every other month and for this you receive one DVD which has 4 or 5 feature-length and short films that feature a range of environmentally-themed topics such as global warming, saving the planet’s natural treasures, wildlife, ecosystems, green living, alternative building techniques, sustainable architecture, and solar power from great independent filmmakers.

Each video volume is introduced by Ed Begley, Jr. - actor, co-star of HGTV’s Living With Ed, and longtime environmental activist (in many incredible ways that include using bicycle power around the house!). The company is endorsed by The Conservation Fund. The packaging the DVDs are sent in is 100% recycled and they use carbon-neutral shipping. The film collection is also a Gaiam Company - a social networking company focused on inspiring.

Quoted from the website:
“The filmmakers whose work we feature on Earth Cinema Circle hope their films inspire people to get involved in the topics they have covered. One of our goals is to make it easy for you to do just that.”

A potentially great Christmas gift? I think so.

I’ve just read (finally) Miranda July’s book of short stories No One Belongs Here More Than You. When I finished it I closed the book, took a breath, and started over again from the beginning. Some of her words, I swear I’ve thought through the same scenes, dialogues, imagery, ideas in my head and then forgotten them before I’d gotten to a pen and paper. Ever since I saw Me and You and Everyone We Know, I’ve been completely enraptured with everything she does.

If you haven’t seen the movie, see it. I have it, you can borrow it.

If you haven’t read the book, read it. I have it, you can borrow it.

If you want to know more about her (which you should), go to her website (www.mirandajuly.com) or the website for the amazing project she created with Harrell Fletcher called Learning to Love you More (www.learningtoloveyoumore.com).

The amount of emotion in every word he writes, thinks, inks, directs, is amazing. Is perfect. Is inspiring.