==== I'm not into nature ==== Or how to cut 50% CO2 from 1997 levels and still have a life? * we're all dependent on power - you can get used to not having power a few hours a day * car free days * when you travel you get used to inconvenience * fluctuations of the environment part of "nature" not nature (like nature) * back-up system * everyday practices: cycling, baths, internet/computer, bottled vs tap water * economic determination (by state, bottom line $) Assimilation * planned power shutdowns and water breaks in Bangalore, India (physically and emotionally) * how do we handle these shifts in our environment? Cause -> Effect * creating a direct correlation between our actions and their effect in order to facilitate investment in meaningful change * Dirk Fleischmann's 'Empire' project (a field of solar panels) young people * mixed messages, consciousness vs consumption - how to make the link? * unclear messages * too busy * convincing sceptics * no fundamental conviction - behaviouralism * weatherchanging * does recycling work? * what is garbage (add lifestyle waste)? * eco-digi-art - high consumption form - to express the opposite * what is a sustainable bra ('uplifting project')? * Ingrid Bachmann: The Institute of Everyday Life * city schools / schools without walls / exploding schools (canberra) * wizer - recycling * Heather Roger's film * bamboo * environmental economics