Sustainability

Launching last Friday and running over the next seven weeks, Digital Eskimo will feature in Object Gallery’s exciting new STATE. RESPOND exhibition.

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Dr. David Vincent, head of International Programs at Carbon Trust and an actual P.h.D. carrying scientist, is visiting Australia hot on the heels of self proclaimed Nobel laurette Lord Monckton. Last Thursday 11th February, we heard his thoughts about climate skepticism and how small businesses could position themselves for the imminent low carbon economy.

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Climate Change is happening, here and now.

WWF’s Climate Witness campaign (for whom we produced some conference and protest banners) has been demonstrating that the effects of climate change are happening here and now. The symptoms of climate change are not just something our kids will have to deal with, but something we are starting to deal with now.

The reality of climate change is now accepted by the majority of the electorate and of politicians in Australia. The questions we are now facing are the degree of urgency with which we must address it’s causes, and flowing from that, what is an appropriate response?

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On Sunday 27th September, members from the Digital Eskimo team represented at the Randwick Ecoliving Fair, as part of our ongoing support for the live local project. The day was a great success, despite the gale force winds that continually threatened to blow the fixtures away!

To read more about the event, please click through to the live local blog here.
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Discuss the importance of creative thinking at ‘Eat Green Design’ on August 12

Eat Green Design is a 12 day festival of sustainable design breakfasts, dinners and seminars. Tickets are still available to enjoy an amazing three-course meal (by Jared Ingersoll of Danks St Depot) in a unique, custom-built sustainable setting.

We invite you to hear Liane Rossler (Co-founder, designer and director of Dinosaur Designs), Phil Stubbs (Producer, The Environment Show) and Dave Gravina (Director of Digital Eskimo) discuss: ‘The Importance of Creative Thinking’

“With so many barriers to a sustainable future, what the world needs now is creative thinking – to get around the hurdles and  inspire others to jump onboard. Three speakers will talk about their own experience in product and communication design, who and what inspires them, and the importance of creativity for GreenUps – the rapidly growing green social network they’ve helped organise in Sydney.”

When: August 12, 6pm-9pm
Cost: $110 per head
Where: Powerhouse Museum, 500 Harris Street, Ultimo
Bookings Essential

More information: Eat Green Design Website
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The 3-Council Ecological Footprint Project is a groundbreaking co-operative effort between Randwick, Waverley and Woollahra Councils assisted by the NSW Government through its Environmental Trust.

Digital Eskimo have been commissioned to assist the 3 Councils to reduce the community-wide Ecological Footprint of the Eastern Suburbs area.

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This months greenUps on July 7 was a special kind of networking drinks hosted by the Australian Museum, coinciding with the interactive ‘Climate Change – our future, our choice’ exhibition.

The exhibition imagined two possible future pathways – the outcome of us choosing to ‘Do Nothing’ about climate change, and another future if we take action to ‘Do Something’.

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This month’s greenUps was themed activism. We asked five ‘activists’ to hop on a milkcrate with microphone in hand to explain their ideas, all based on different ’shades of green’.

The Falconer was packed to the brim (what delicious food!) and there were many new faces from different sectors and with varying interests. Check out the new photos on Flickr!

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The third Sydney greenUps was themed around film and the environment and was another full house.

Nell Schofield introduced us to GRASS.org.au her initiative to promote sustainability in the film industry. Director Maryella Hatfield presented The Future Makers a documentary on Australian innovation in renewable energy, and Mark Forstmann showed a teaser of Monkey Puzzle a new Australian film set in Blue Mountains. Phil Stubbs showed Holland Tunnel by the Neistat Brothers, The Age of Stupid film trailer, and Energy Wasting Day a humorous satirical site.

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We couldn’t help but notice the above poster, which was provocatively posted at our local café, The Wall recently.

An anonymous individual had obviously become annoyed at the growing awareness in the design community of its wider responsibility in the world and the exciting discussions that are now taking place regarding the power of design to help mankind in its hour of need. We’ve responded to the poster with our own asking people to visit this blog and begin a conversation (we’re also interested in hosting a round-table discussion in our studio, btw – more on that later).

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