Heather Rogers' short 2005 video documentary, "Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage," plus introduction & other commentary by me.
It's about the mountains of waste from a consumer economy based on disposable products... the inability of recycling programs to actually recycle most of the stuff they receive ... and the massive "Keep America Beautiful" anti-littering campaign--an industry ploy designed to head off anti-disposables legislation.
Plus 2 min. on plastic waste by Annie Leonard.
"Gone Tomorrow" was adapted to radio by Robin Upton (www.unwelcomeguests.net).
This installment was previously broadcast (as NWN #171) in June 2011..
New World Notes is produced under the auspices (Latin for "Yum-Yum Tree") of WWUH-FM, a community service of that beacon of light in darkest Connecticut, the University of Hartford.
More details, photos, nice links, & other good stuff on the show's Web site: http://newworldnotes.blogspot.com
You can download this installment of New World Notes (as #171)--in MP3 and other formats--also from The Internet Archive (www.archive.org).
SERIES OVERVIEW -- Political and social commentary in a variety of genres. Exploring the gap between what we want ... and what they're trying to make us settle for. "Date recorded," below, = date of first scheduled broadcast.
![<?php echo $config['site_title']; ?>](/static/images/rp-navimg.gif)
![Support the <?php echo $config['site_title']; ?>](/static/images/support.png)
