<nettime-ann> Environment and Free-Media events, 12-13 May

[Drew Hemment <drew@futuresonic.com>]

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ENVIRONMENT 2.0 AND FREE STUDIO EVENTS
IN MANCHESTER, SAT 12 / SUN 13 MAY

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ENVIRONMENT 2.0
Sat 12 May
Futuresonic 2007
Manchester

http://www.futuresonic.com/07/environmenttalks.html

The heat has been rising, and now the world is waking up to realities  
of climate change, long predicted but until now too easy to ignore.  
The religious zeal on both sides of the debate has left many rooted  
to the spot. Luckily there are a lot of bright sparks out there, a  
thousand points of light, wanting to multiply, link up and create a  
path.

More and more people are engaging in the environment and climate  
change, in creative and often unexpected ways. People are taking  
positive steps on ground level, showing how in addition to cutting  
air miles, there are imaginative ways in which you can make a  
difference.

Eric Paulos from Intel Research, plans to provide mobile phones with  
new "super-senses" so that you and I can join together to monitor  
environmental change. Stef van Dongen unveils a masterplan to take  
eco-clubbing to the world, including an electricity-generating  
dancefloor, whereby the more people dance, the more energy they  
produce. An email has been circulating about the carbon footprint of  
avatars in the Second Life virtual world. Shaun Fensom, Chair of  
Manchester Digital and founder of Poptel, will unpick such half  
truths and question "how green is the internet". With Steve Connor,  
co-founder of Creative Concern.

The Environment 2.0 conference talks launches a new international  
initiative seeking to explore the sustainability of future arts and  
culture. Futuresonic is working with Manchester Tyndall Centre and  
Creative Concern to minimise the environmental impact of the  
Futuresonic festival and also to explore broader issues connecting  
Futuresonic's interest in social technologies with the renewed  
urgency surrounding climate change.

CONFERENCE SESSION
10.30pm-12.30pm, Saturday 12 May
Followed by a Network Meeting for Environment 2.0.

Full details
http://www.futuresonic.com/07/environmenttalks.html

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FREE STUDIO /
CULTURAL HOTSPOTS
Sat 12 & Sun 13 May
Futuresonic 2007, Manchester

http://www.futuresonic.com/07/freestudio.html

There is today a grass roots open source movement that is sweeping  
across Brazil like wild fire and captivating the world's imagination.

You are invited to a series of talks, informal presentations, films  
and a workshop coinciding with the initiation of a local Ponto de  
Cultura (Cultural Hotspot) in Manchester, based on the Brazilian model.

Featuring Claudio Prado (Brazil), the leading figure in the Brazilian  
movement. He is now in a unique position, working in a very new  
frontier between government and media activists running the Digital  
Culture Department of the Ministry of Culture of Brazil. He is the  
man responsible for Brazil's involvement in international discussions  
around digital and open source culture, and all its consequences in  
IP regulations, cultural production and identity, creative economy  
and so on. He is also responsible for putting all these concepts into  
practice, through the Pontos de Cultura project - 600 grassroots  
cultural centers spread all around the country that receive a digital  
multimedia production infrastructure and take part in a series of  
meetings and workshops regarding free and open source software for  
multimedia production, open licensing, gift economy and similar  
subjects.

Claudio will be joined by other international open source activists  
including :
Bronac Ferran (Bricolabs), Cristiano Scabello (Estudio Livre/Brazil),  
James Wallbank (Access Space/UK), Matthew Edmondson (Open IT Up/UK),  
Dave Carter (Head of Manchester Digital Development Agency), Vicky  
Sinclair (Ponto de Cultura - Manchester), Pedro Zaz (Brazcast.tv),  
Phil Mayer (Fluxo.org), Francesca Bria (Ponto de Cultura- Rome),  
Dario Biagetti (Cultura Digitale Italia- Italy), Aoife Giles  
(Photographer from Pontos de Cultura Brazil), MediaShed, UHC.

CONFERENCE SESSIONS
2pm & 8pm, Saturday 12 May
PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOP
2pm-4pm Saturday & 12pm-5pm Sunday

Full details
http://www.futuresonic.com/07/freestudio.html

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A part of FUTURESONIC 2007
http://www.futuresonic.com



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