Are you harvesting your dancefloor energy?

We went on an adventure to the Australian Museum to see the latest Climate Change Exhibition earlier this year and it was a great exhibition to visit.

I love an exhibition that has various ways of interacting with the information being presented. There as video, sculptural installations, computer generated interactive programs, and a nightclub dancfloor where you could dance your butt off and make the energy that lit up the dancefloo beneath you. Cool. Always the scientist, Mr K made sure to monitor how much energy he could generate.

The wall of postiive affirmations was a cool idea and it was great to see how many young people wanted to write on a card and share what they were going to do for their environment.

As it was a realistic exhibition I could see many would come away feeling quite grim although there were plenty of suggestions of small things that would make a small difference if people chose to take action.

I was surpised the exhibition was somewhat empty, I don't know whether that was because it was such a lovely day outside and Sydney was a the beach or the public are just a little tired of hearing about it. I'm not sure. I am definitely happy I went though. Well worth it.

Colours and textures of a Friday sky

What a fabulous sky show Sydney provided on Friday, cars swerved and slowed as mesmerised drivers listened to howling winds, were surrounded by numerous rainbows and watched dark clouds roll in and overtake a clear blue sky.

Bright warm sunshine burst through curtains of cloud to dance on treetops.

Standing still I heard planes overhead, the wind in my ears and sirens wailing in the distance. My skin rippled with goosebumps and my hair wipped about my face. The warmth of the studio was seeping under the door ajar and teasing my bare toes to return. I leapt off the step to snap more frames, energised by the frenetic energy in the air.

Just as I was about to retreat the sun made one last magnificent appearance before retreating and putting and end to the day.

Plastic People get Trashed in Sydney

On a recent trip to Reverse Garbage in Sydney's Inner West I found a bunch of 'people' just hanging around waiting for someone to come and pick them up - for a fee of course. Scantily clad, some topless, they were gathered in groups or sitting on their lonesome amongst debris. Having been the envy of many on the street in a previous life, wearing the hottest trends and latest fashions, these plastic people were stripped bare to reveal their true selves. Cold and fake, though not without character. The kind, and creative staff of Reverse Garbage had taken pity on them and provided some dignity - a tie here, a pair of glasses there..

Reverse Garbage is a not-fo-profit cooperative that provides industrial and commercial bits and bobs that would have gone to landfill, to the community. I regularly see excited art teachers and childcare workers rummaging through the barrels of fabrics and other random items. I watch them and imagine the creations their lucky students are going to come up with. For me it is a source of props and other randomness. Today the mission began as a search for eco decorations for the munchkin's 1st birthday picnic and it has transformed into an inspiration for images!

I will have to visit soon and see who of the plastic people has moved on to a new home and who is still loitering around the warehouse. I'll let you know how they're going.

Photographer goes Greenhouse Conscious

Since my commitment to offsetting my business in February (see Feb 26 post) I have been busying away calculating the carbon emissions generated in running my business. I am super proud to say that today, as a Photographer, I offset my carbon footprint of 4.3 tonnes of greenhouse gas! The calculations took into consideration natural gas, electricity, air travel, couriers, taxis, paper used for the business, off-site waste disposal and car travel. It was actually an interesting exercise, to see what I have been generating and using, and it was a surprisingly simple process to complete. For all of those phone phobes out there, I did it all completely over the internet. Very happy.