Tag Archives: electronics

Sodom and Gomorrah (clip from Toxic City)

June 18, 2011 @ 1:59 pm

Agbogbloshie is a suburb of Accra, Ghana where industrialized nations have been known to dump electronic waste. This video shot by Chris Caliman is a short segment of a much larger documentary about the situation in Ghana called Toxic City. … Continue reading →

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Animation to promote electronics recycling in Canada

October 31, 2010 @ 2:15 am

Wow, check out this colorful video called DO THE WORLD A FAVOUR by Tendril + Pitú that helps promote electronics recycling in Ontario, Canada. Nice, nice (had to say it twice). Do the world a favour / OES from CHRIS … Continue reading →

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A look inside an electronics recycling facility

August 5, 2010 @ 8:59 pm

Where do some of your old TVs, monitors, computers, and other electronics go when they get dumped? Sometimes they get recycled at facilities like this where salvaging parts can save a ton of energy on making new materials from scratch. … Continue reading →

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The Attenborough Design Group

July 24, 2010 @ 11:00 pm

The Attenborough Design Group from Tom Judd on Vimeo. The Attenborough Design Group is a fictional group of “researchers” who have banded together to fuse modern electronics with the survival instincts of animals in the wild. So far, they’ve introduced … Continue reading →

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Chris Jordan talks about 'Running The Numbers II'

April 13, 2009 @ 11:32 pm

If you’ve ever had the opportunity to see Chris Jordan’s work up close and in person, you’ll know that right away his prints are so large that they feel like they are swallowing you into the work itself. That’s the … Continue reading →

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