Daily Archives: March 7, 2007

Earthlings

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earth.ling (urth ling), n. 1. An inhabitant of earth (Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary, 1989)

Narrated by Academy Award Nominee Joaquin Phoenix and featuring music by the critically acclaimed platinum artist Moby, EARTHLINGS is a documentary film about humankind’s complete economic dependence on animals raised for pets, food, clothing, entertainment and scientific research. Using hidden cameras and never-before-seen footage, EARTHLINGS chronicles the day-to-day practices of the largest industries in the world, all of which rely entirely on animals for profit. Powerful, informative, controversial and thought-provoking, EARTHLINGS is by far the most comprehensive documentary ever produced on the correlation between nature, animals and human economic interests.
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Talk at the University of Peniche: International Whaling Commission – History Corruption and Possible Solutions

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Talk given at the University of Peniche, Portugal. The theme of the caucus was “emerge and submerged”. There were various talks around different subjects, such as fisheries, artificial aquariums, genetics, animals affected by petroleum, and 3 speeches on marine mammals. I was presenting such a topic, “The International Whaling Commission – History, Corruption and Possible Solutions”. Insight was given of the NGO work on the theme, strategies, actions and aims. Emphasis was also given at the current situation of the IWC that may jeopardizes its future, Japan and its loophole along with the still unsustainable whaling taking place in the world’s ocean is cause of much concern. Some videos and images were shown to illustrate situations and processes. The public showed interest in the theme and many questions were made in the end.

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