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Zombies
Victoria Gahrmann
Greg Gershowitz
Joey Honeycutt
Sam Hunter
Lauren Klock
Ashley McCarty
Timi Moore
Rebecca Pearson
Elaina Purcell
Emily Rang
Abigail Smith
Jack Warren
Victims
Ashley Dalena
Hayden Hunter
Rebecca Hunter
Tilmon Hunter
JC McCarty
Victor McCarty
Javier Meja
Abby Steninger
Matt Steninger
Carolina Ghostbusters
M. “Doc” Geressy, D.S.O.
Cheralyn Lambeth
Technical Crew
Jonathan “JR” Reed — Director of Filmography
— Video Editor
— Writer (Zombie Natural Habitat)
— Assistant Director
Micki Knop — Talent Assistant
Joey Honeycutt — Scriptwriter
JC McCarty — Boom Operator
Joey Paquette — Scriptwriter/Organizer
Rebecca Pearson — Chief Signmaker
Sarah Poole — Public Relations (on behalf of Charlotte Mecklenburg Library)
Elaina Purcell – Tech Runner
Robert Stocker — Scriptwriter
Kay Sun — Assistant to the Director
Zombie Make-up
Drew Badger
Dee Clayton
Mary Mansfield
Mike Shoe
Special Thanks To:
Bouncing Ferret Films
The Carolina Ghostbusters
The Charlotte Geeks
Charlotte on the Cheap
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library — Matthews Branch
Charlotte Zombie Walk
Matthews Town Hall
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AS SHOWN IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS JULY 20th 2009 ! – BUT IT DIDN’T GET A WRITE UP IN THE EVENING GAZETTE!!!
Feb 17th 2009: An Open Letter To the Middlesbrough Council Labour Party,
Re: Two films for Middlesbrough: “Bulldozing Democracy” & “Beacon of Hypocrisy”
Cllr. Kerr you stated in the foreword in the Green Spaces, Public Spaces Strategy of 2006, We would love to hear from you and hope you share in our enthusiasm in making Middlesbroughs parks and open spaces both high quality and high value to our community.
You got it…
These 2 films, are all about the public demonstrating/exercising/flagrantly revelling in the
right to hold you the democratically elected leadership to account and to remind you of that fact.
I have absolutely no faith in your executive or your Mayor. The trashing of Longridge trashed also your integrity as a green council and as honest and transparent. The trashing of Central Gardens will trash your green integrity
further and trash any tenuous claim you may still have of being a party of the people.
In the ‘Green Spaces’ strategy, Central Gardens is pictured 3 times and described on maps as high quality, high value …obviously it was in terms of commerce not community. What you are planning is stealing public land and it is indefensible. That space is important for people, for wildlife, for the aesthetic of the town and for major public events of all kinds in the future.
The legacy of damage you are leaving to the environment, communities and ultimately democracy is why I am opposing you. It reminds me why I became
interested in the heritage of Middlesbrough in the frist place. Your predecessors in local government and planning committed the greatest planning crime ever
against Middlesbrough with the demolition of the town’s historic Royal Exchange for a stinking flyover. Every generation for evermore is now affected while those
responsible have probably all left Middlesbrough / this earth long ago and no doubt enjoyed fat pensions along the way.
But despite all this, as someone of socialist sway, I cannot believe every Labour councillor does not question the logic of what is going on. I appeal to you now to stand up for the people, the socialist ideals of your party and oppose Mallon and the Executive madness.
To the Mayor, the officers and the nodding dogs who dare not rock the boat, we may not stop you but we will expose you. Your hypocrisy, wanton destruction and grand delusions will be documented for all time.
Yours absolutely sincerely,
Craig Hornby / www.pancrack.tv
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The Wild Side News (www.wildsidenews.com), hosted by Sidney Wildesmith expands into its video premier with the Wild Side News Update. What’s happened to the bees this spring (2008)? Answer: It’s gotten worse than last year. So what’s causing the mysterious disappearance of a third of all of the bees? They’re disappearing. Sidney Wildesmith makes the case that the new inseciticides which utilize neonicotinoids are the cause, and it’s time we speak the truth loud and clear. To listen to the Wild Side News 24/7 go to www.wildsidenews.com where you’ll find the most comprehensive series of programs, featuring the world’s leading voices about nature and the envirnment. And visit the Wild Side News Update in the months ahead, here on YouTube.
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The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, also known as the Rio Summit, Earth Summit (or, in Portuguese, Eco ‘92) was a major conference held in Rio de Janeiro from June 3 to June 14, 1992.
178 governments participated, with 118 sending their heads of state or government.Some 2,400 representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) attended, with 17,000 people at the parallel NGO Forum, who had so-called Consultative Status.
The issues addressed included:
*systematic scrutiny of patterns of production — particularly the production of toxic components, such as lead in gasoline, or poisonous waste;
*alternative sources of energy to replace the use of fossil fuels which are linked to global climate change;
*new reliance on public transportation systems in order to reduce vehicle emissions, congestion in cities and the health problems caused by polluted air and smog;
*the growing scarcity of water.
An important achievement was an agreement on the Climate Change Convention which in turn led to the Kyoto Protocol. Another was agreement to “not carry out any activities on the lands of indigenous peoples that would cause environmental degradation or that would be culturally inappropriate”.
The Convention on Biological Diversity was opened for signature at the Earth Summit, and made a start towards redefinition of money supply measures that did not inherently encourage destruction of natural ecoregions and so-called uneconomic growth.
Twelve cities were also honoured by the Local Government Honours Award for innovative local environmental programs. These included Sudbury, Ontario in Canada for its ambitious program to rehabilitate environmental damage from the local mining industry, Austin, Texas in the United States for its green building strategy, and Kitakyushu in Japan for incorporating an international education and training component into its municipal pollution control program.
The Earth Summit resulted in the following documents:
*Rio Declaration on Environment and Development;
*Agenda 21;
*Convention on Biological Diversity;
*Forest Principles;
*Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Both Convention on Biological Diversity and Framework Convention on Climate Change were set as legally binding agreements.
Critics, however, point out that many of the agreements made in Rio have not been realized regarding such fundamental issues as fighting poverty and cleaning up the environment.
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This course is a seminar on the role of law in the management of international environmental problems. The course will begin with a brief introduction to public international law as it relates to the environment and a discussion of what international environmental law means. Participants in the course will study a range of environmental issues, legal sources, and institutions.
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A short film showing how the Environment Agency is working to ensure clean bathing water on beaches. The Environment Agency monitors bathing water quality at approximately 500 bathing water sites in England and Wales. You can check the status of bathing water quality at your local beach by visiting http://tinyurl.com/c4sm6u
More info at www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/37841.aspx
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Villagers in Viet Nam’s Lam Dong Province are seeing their incomes rise under a new initiative that enhances families’ livelihoods while protecting the surrounding forests. The project is part of ADB’s Poverty and Environment Program.
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http://www.projectgreenhands.org/ Sadhguru makes headline news throughout India accepting prestigious Environmental Achievement Award. An estimated 14 million trees have been planted, a Guiness World Record achieved and a goal of 100 million more trees planted in the next 5 to 6 years is in the works.
Visit http://www.projectgreenhands.org/ to donate, help, volunteer and JOIN THE MOVEMENT!
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Scientists monitoring the spill with the European Space Agency Envisat radar satellite stated that oil had reached the Loop Current, which flows clockwise around the Gulf of Mexico towards Florida and becomes the Gulf Stream. The scientists warn that because the Loop Current is a very intense deep ocean current, its turbulent waters will accelerate the mixing of the oil and water. Ruoying He of North Carolina State University, head of the Ocean Observing and Monitoring Group, said if the oil reached the Gulf Stream, then south Florida, including the Keys, would likely be affected. On May 19, NOAA acknowledged that a small portion of the oil slick has reached the Loop Current. On June 3, a computer model showed that oil would likely reach the Loop Current and travel to Atlantic Seaboard beaches by July. Changes in weather as well as the Loop Current itself could affect the outcome, but the maximum possible speed would be 100 miles (160 km) per day. The main stream would likely stay 50 to 60 miles (80 to 100 km) offshore, but pockets of oil could reach the coast. Whether oil comes ashore farther north depends on local winds, but the Gulf Stream moves away from the coast southeast of Charleston, South Carolina, at the Charleston Bump. Few tar balls would be likely to reach the Carolinas, and significant environmental damage appeared very unlikely because oil would be heavily diluted.
James H. Cowan, a biological oceanographer at Louisiana State University, said a hurricane could result in oil reaching farther inland, even affecting rice and sugar cane crops. A hurricane could also delay actions that would lead to a permanent solution, and it could spread the oil further or deeper in the ocean. Jeff Masters, founder of Weather Underground, indicated that a hurricane’s passage over a sandy beach might help in the cleanup efforts, such as what happened during Hurricane Henri’s passage over the Ixtoc I spill area; however, it would likely not have such a beneficial effect in marshlands and rocky beaches. Additionally, Masters pointed out the possibility of more widespread damage to coastal areas, airborne oil droplets immersed in hurricane winds, and a chance that the oil spill may cause explosive deepening of hurricanes in the Gulf.
Wildlife and environmental groups accused BP of holding back information about the extent and impact of the growing slick, and urged the White House to order a more direct federal government role in the spill response. In prepared testimony for a congressional committee, National Wildlife Federation President Larry Schweiger said BP had failed to disclose results from its tests of chemical dispersants used on the spill, and that BP had tried to withhold video showing the true magnitude of the leak. On May 19, 2010, BP established a live feed of the oil spill after hearings in Congress accused the company of withholding data from the ocean floor and blocking efforts by independent scientists to come up with estimates for the amount of crude flowing into the Gulf each day. On May 20, 2010 United States Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar indicated that the U.S. government would verify how much oil has leaked into the Gulf of Mexico. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson and United States Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano asked for the results of tests looking for traces of oil and dispersant chemicals in the waters of the gulf.
Journalists attempting to document the impact of the oil spill have been repeatedly refused access to public areas by BP and its contractors, local law enforcement, the Coast Guard and government officials. Scientists have also complained about prevention of access to information controlled by BP and government sources. Airplanes carrying photojournalists have been prevented from flying over areas of the gulf to document the scope of the disaster. BP states that it has been their policy to allow the media and other parties as much access as possible, however reporters and photographers continue to claim that they have been blocked from covering some aspects of the spill.
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Environment Agency Director’s Leaving Do – Elvis Impersonator
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