Author: Fraser

Waste and Pollution Management

Earth’s Eighth Continent

It swirls. It grows. It’s a massive, floating ‘garbage patch.’

Located in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii and
measuring in at roughly twice the size of Texas, this elusive mass is
home to hundreds of species of marine life and is constantly expanding.
It has tripled in size since the middle of the 1990s and could grow
tenfold in the next decade.

Although no official title has been given to the mass yet, a popular label thus far has been “The Great Pacific Garbage Patch.”

Read the article from the Tyee.ca

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The Green Chain (2007)

The battle between loggers and environmentalists is defining,
dividing and destroying communities in Canada and around the world. The Green Chain
is a powerful, funny and thought-provoking film about the conflicts
between people on both sides of the battle who love trees — and are
willing to risk anything to protect their personal visions of the
forest.

The Green Chain examines a community and a
way of life through a series of riveting inter-linking monologues
inspired by the true tales and personalities that define today’s
forests.

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Khadak (2006)

Set in the frozen steppes of Mongolia, Khadak tells the epic story of Bagi, a young nomad confronted with his destiny to become a shaman. A plague strikes the animals and the nomads are forcibly relocated to desolate mining towns. Bagi saves the life of a beautiful coal thief, Zolzaya, and together they reveal the plague was a lie fabricated to eradicate nomadism. A sublime revolution ensues.

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