{"id":568,"date":"2010-12-26T19:24:28","date_gmt":"2010-12-26T19:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.renando.com\/blog\/?p=568"},"modified":"2021-01-15T21:47:52","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T21:47:52","slug":"carbon-by-vnv-nation-flash-animation-my-environmental-sustainability-climate-change-global-warming-epiphany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidewaysthoughts.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/carbon-by-vnv-nation-flash-animation-my-environmental-sustainability-climate-change-global-warming-epiphany\/","title":{"rendered":"Flash animation: Carbon by VNV Nation (My environmental sustainability climate change global warming epiphany)"},"content":{"rendered":"

My public sector stint in environmental sustainability prompted putting pen to tablet a few years back.\u00a0 Please feel free to watch and read more about my journey to the concept.\u00a0 I recommend you hurry, however, before the world ends.<\/p>\n

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The content: From sceptic to preacher<\/h2>\n

I was a sceptic when I started my 12-month gig in 2006 with what was then the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s<\/a> ecoBiz program<\/a>.\u00a0 My manufacturing background<\/a> had taught me a compliance approach towards two opposing but necessary evils of commercial progress and protecting the planet.\u00a0 As I stood in front of corporations as a Senior Project Officer making the \u201cbusiness case for sustainability<\/a>\u201d, I felt myself being transformed into a passionate advocate for stopping the destruction of the planet.<\/p>\n

The argument towards action for climate change is both emotional and scientific.\u00a0 Presentations<\/a> typically include graphs of increasing CO2 levels measured from ice core samples<\/a>, bookended by images of flooded third-world regions<\/a> and stranded polar bears<\/a>. \u00a0The challenge with a scientific debate<\/a> is that both sides break out their \u201cexperts\u201d, making not only the general populous but the policy-making politicians too confused to take any action<\/a>.\u00a0 These arguments are even expressed in semantics over the decades <\/a>between what to call the issue, \u201cclimate change\u201d or \u201cglobal warming\u201d.<\/p>\n

My own position is that I believe the natural world will be a different place for my daughter and her children as a result of our contribution.\u00a0 I also believe action requires strong leadership to counter the complacency brought about by easy commercial success.\u00a0 This leadership needs to be driven not by fanaticism, but a practical approach integrated with the capitalist mandate.\u00a0 Until I and other who share these beliefs take disciplined and consistent action that works within the market structure we have created for ourselves, we have no one to blame but ourselves.<\/p>\n

Respecting strong opinions from both sides, I did not create the animation to change people\u2019s views.\u00a0 My intent was to prompt a conversation and try to get the pictures out of my head into a format for public consumption.\u00a0 It also represents an expression of creativity that got me into this digital business in the first place.<\/p>\n

The animation: Expression of a frustrated artist<\/h2>\n

I joined my first multimedia company in 2001 with the idea of working as a project manager while teaching myself how to make animated music videos.\u00a0 Going on 10 years, I have become quite proficient at managing projects.\u00a0 My animations, however, still look rather grade-school.<\/p>\n

The animation of the tune by euro-EBM<\/a> act VNV Nation<\/a> represents my first use of my Intuos 3 Wacom tablet<\/a>. I am a frustrated artist, with my dominant left-brain interrupting the path between my mental landscapes and my pen.\u00a0 I accept I could improve with more art classes, but for now that dream is on the back burner.<\/p>\n

I have dozens of animations storyboarded up and a few started at the moment.\u00a0 My intent is to get a couple more out for 2011, in between a demanding work life, completing my Masters, and spending time with family.<\/p>\n

The animation hopefully makes you think about your own position on a significant subject.\u00a0 Please feel free to leave a comment about either the topic or the animation. \u00a0Both are slated as resolutions for more focus in the New Year… so long as we are still above water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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