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Feedback request: UTV + environment - can U watch 8pm Friday 12th?

December 8th, 2008 in Media. Leave Comment

Did anyone see UTV’s envirodoco Turning Up the Heat [Mon]
or
Will you watch UTV’s envirodoco Global Warning: Friday 12th December @ 8-8.30pm?

As part of our campaign to move environment right up the agenda in Northern Ireland media, politics and education,
Baglady Productions are researching TV coverage of environment issues and actions against climate change in NI.

We intend to take our results, whatever they may be, to politicians and to the public via the media in early 2009.

Whether or not you have seen these programmes, please reply, and forward to friends who can help too.
If you want your name to be withheld, we will respect your wish.

* did you watch all or part of one or both of the shows?
* did you know about them?
* do you know about the debate - next week? apparently it’s with Sammy WIlson
* send feedback to me: shirley@bagladyproductions.org or via www.bagladyproductions.org

* List any items, catch phrases or personalities you remember and found useful/informative/entertaining.
* Will you do anything differently because of this show?
* Would you like NI to start a FUN, interactive enviroTV show, with practical targets, competitions, singing dancing from all over NI/the
world?
* What environment issues do you think most need TV coverage? and where could they be filmed?

Even if you miss the shows, it helps if you let me know whether you’d heard about it them at all? All comments welcomed

Your support is vital and greatly appreciated. Thanks

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Dungrace in the Netherlands: October 20, 2008

November 28th, 2008 in Guest Columns. Leave Comment

Evelien Netherlands Baglady Evelien Boskma visits the small Frisian town of Workum, for the annual Dungrace, from Workum to Warmond.

Evelien writes: Yes, dung! Let me explain.

Before the Industrial Revolution, ships would sail from Workum to Warmond with manure (cow-dung) for the bulb-fields in the West of the Netherlands. Later lorries took over the job.

But in the seventies oil became really scarce. A Frisian named Reid de Jong then came up with the idea of re-introducing fuel-free transport. He wanted to use the Workum-Warmond trade route as an exercise. The first exercise took place in 1974.

Although Reid’s suggestion didn’t catch on at the time, the exercise is now repeated every year and is hugely popular, as I witnessed today.

What happens is this:
Because the ships are not allowed to use their engines, people will have to pull them out of the harbour into the lake (see picture). Very hard work, especially if there’s head wind, like today! The ships set sail and use wind power to reach their destination. So, totally eco!

Fortunately Reid de Jong is still able to watch the races. He lives in the Workum lighthouse and is entirely self-sufficient. Very eco.

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Ending Waste in London: A Waste of… Space?

November 2nd, 2008 in Film. Leave Comment

Baglady at Buckingham Palace.

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Ending Waste in London: Should women go to war? Should anyone go to war?

November 2nd, 2008 in Film. Leave Comment

Do we just make monuments? or do we learn the lessons? Baglady at the Women of World War II monument in central London.

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Ending World Waste: Green Park, Summer’s Day

November 2nd, 2008 in Film. Leave Comment

Baglady reflects.

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Report: Living ASAP

October 24th, 2008 in Events. Leave Comment

You’re not supposed to laugh about the environment, are you? We did.

ASAP attendees People from ages 8-75 got together at storyteller Liz Weir’s Ballyeamon Barn at the head of Glenariff. The craic started with the first cup of tea.

We also talked very seriously about the local-global problems we all face at present. And on the Saturday night, we sang, danced, told stories and poems at Liz’s regular ceili session.

Everybody conspired to help us: the BBC with a live piece on Your Place and Mine, Mother Earth with a big storm overnight, Jacky Ingram with her laughter workshop, Darren from the Ballymena Guardian taking our photo. Furthermore, there was a centrefold on Baglady in Sunday Life (our thanks to reporter Clare and photographer Liam).

A brilliant workshop, the first of many, we hope. The next is already planned for 29-30 November in Omagh. Details later.

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