Jesi Carson

Even with increased electrification of the economy, said Karen Bakker, UBC professor and Canada Research Chair in Political Ecology, demand for electricity could be met by conservation at a third of the price for a number of years. A commonly touted option of selling power from the Site C dam to Alberta to meet demand increases from the oilsands is not feasible, she said. B.C. would have to sell its power at over $140/MWh; Alberta could obtain enough power to meet its demands from other sources such as the Slave River Hydro Project at a lower cost.

Video about Water Bush Camp by Zack Embree. 

Note: Caleb worked (then, now?) for the West Moberly First Nation (one of the two First Nations bands fighting SiteC today).

The IWMF currently serves as Deputy General Secretary of UNESCO’s Global Alliance on Media and Gender.

Hola and greetings! I'm Jesi Carson, a masters student at Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver, Canada. My thesis project involves collaborating through new media with some of the world's most inspiring grassroots community groups who are making big social change from the ground up. Basically, I'm into real democracy and jungle justice - taking change into our own hands. The Democracy Stories project started in Madrid, Spain. Los Madriles are the badass revolutionaries that I want to see running this show called Earth! My team and I, as part of Medialab Prado's #ICDemocracia workshop, began to document these epic stories of citizen empowerment (occupations, citizen-established public plazas, community gardens & more) using a transmedia approach. We captured audio stories from participant perspectives, panoramas, photos, film and we began to explore the use of 360 film for immersive storytelling. Now it's time to take this prototype to the next level! My first legit 360 film project is now currently in the works! I shot it last month in Kingston, Jamaica with the Life Yard family - a group of young Rastafarians who transformed a notoriously dangerous inner city neighbourhood into a community hub for organic backyard farming and youth empowerment through skill building and art. Boom! This short doc will be the first of many Democracy Stories to come. Gracias and give thanks for considering a contribution to this mission. Much love.

Looking for details on the upcoming march against violence in Kingston, found out there was a march in Montego Bay one month ago as well. 

“The Tambourine Army, in seeking to equip their soldiers with the tools to fight and reshape the system, also held a teach-In on February 10 on the Sexual Offences Act. This was done in partnership with UN Women and the I’m Glad I’m a Girl Foundation. Led by Tracy Robinson, a gender and law specialist, the goal was to equip advocates with the knowledge and strategies to impact the current review of that legislation and related acts that’s currently under way in Parliament. From Healing Circles for survivors to people across Jamaica from all walks of life wearing black as a show of solidarity to Teach-Ins, to the Survivor Empowerment March, this is the kind of coordinated advocacy and activism needed to wake us out of the apathy. As Barack Obama rightly said, “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” So I’m asking every woman and man who thinks it’s time that we address the real issues driving sexual violence against children and women to join the Tambourine Army! On March 11, 2017, they will march and present the Tambourine Army 20-Point Action Plan for Change. Sign up, soldiers!  - Imani Duncan-Price is co-executive director of the Caribbean Policy Research Institute, a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, and former senator. Email feedback [email protected] and [email protected].”

An exploration in creating narrative flow in 360 and guiding the viewer through creative motion. Our strategy was to always aim camera one on the same person, to experiment if we could create a less jarring transition from one scene to another if the characters remained in the same position.  

Fictional storytelling to highlight complex social issues. 

#WomensMarch Solidarity Action in Vancouver BC I don't know if this was planned, or if the big fence around the orange man's tower just called out for some inspired redecorating, but I just had to participate in this piece of the #WomensMarch action. January 21, 2017

To be continued.. making dinner