[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2d8BSxDepw] Garbage Alchemists describes the life of four creative designers, architects and sculptors in Thessaloniki, Greece who formed a company called "Scoopa". They dig into garbage and pick things that they transform("upcycle") into designer objects. The film was written and researched by George Zarkadakis and directed by Kyriakos Bouyouris for...
Month: September 2013
Syria and the West
As the US prepares to launch an attack in Syria, against the Assad regime which allegedly used chemical weapons against its own citizens, the debate has focused mostly on tactics and ethics rather than strategy. The British parliament decided against joining the Americans principally on the, rather sensible and practical,...