There is nothing better than learning about something while being drawn to lean forward, to not miss a thing. This was an incredibly refreshing moment for me to stop and listen. DOzens of people converging at some place on the globe, almost like in Close Encounters, with a mission - to be useful, together as disparate parts. I WANT TO DO THIS is all I can think. I want people to hear this, that there is something micro-small that one can do to feel a macro-huge participation.
Clever production but not heavy handed, lots of good tape and good writing.
Very inspiring - beautiful work !
"We were like empty bottles that the waves had gathered together, now drifting apart again on the warm salty current of the sea."
This piece focuses on a work camp -- travelling long distances to do volunteer work -- but features more about the social interaction between the diverse flock of strangers gathered together to do the work. This social interaction is likely an important theme in getting people out to help, else they'd probably just clean up their local park. Focusing on the social aspects is okay, environmentalists should be friendly with the other environmentalists they meet. And, what brings them together pushes this piece fits into the Green Theme.
The quality of this piece really stands out. The reporter's warm style draws you in, from the opening description to the linked wrapup at the end. This piece is 10 times as good as it might have been because of the things she chooses to describe and how she describes them.
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Posted on June 30, 2005 at 05:33 PM | Permalink
Review of Turkish Work Exchange
There is nothing better than learning about something while being drawn to lean forward, to not miss a thing. This was an incredibly refreshing moment for me to stop and listen. DOzens of people converging at some place on the globe, almost like in Close Encounters, with a mission - to be useful, together as disparate parts. I WANT TO DO THIS is all I can think. I want people to hear this, that there is something micro-small that one can do to feel a macro-huge participation.
Clever production but not heavy handed, lots of good tape and good writing.
Very inspiring - beautiful work !
"We were like empty bottles that the waves had gathered together, now drifting apart again on the warm salty current of the sea."
Hans Anderson
Posted on April 29, 2005 at 07:01 AM | Permalink
Review of Turkish Work Exchange
This piece focuses on a work camp -- travelling long distances to do volunteer work -- but features more about the social interaction between the diverse flock of strangers gathered together to do the work. This social interaction is likely an important theme in getting people out to help, else they'd probably just clean up their local park. Focusing on the social aspects is okay, environmentalists should be friendly with the other environmentalists they meet. And, what brings them together pushes this piece fits into the Green Theme.
The quality of this piece really stands out. The reporter's warm style draws you in, from the opening description to the linked wrapup at the end. This piece is 10 times as good as it might have been because of the things she chooses to describe and how she describes them.