It's there... The full animated music video of Turtuga Blanku's No More can now be viewed on YouTube!
Saturday, June 11, 2011
No More on Youtube
It's there... The full animated music video of Turtuga Blanku's No More can now be viewed on YouTube!
No More – Behind the Lyrics
The lyrics of this song (partly) originate from 2003. I had written a couple of couplets worth of lyrics for another (non-released) song, but never felt that they worked really well with the song. When I came across them again, I decided to adapt these lyrics and add to them, resulting in the lyrics that I have now used for 'No More'.
While I was working on the lyrics of this song, I was inspired by a film called “The Corporation” (Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott and Joel Bakan). Several prominent people are featuring in this film, including Naom Chomsky, Milton Friedman, Vandana Shiva, Michael Moore and Naomi Klein. (Vandana Shiva also participated in my ‘5Q-Interview’-series).
But the person in this film who inspired me most was Ray Anderson. He is the CEO of a large company and a visionary who, from 1994 on, has been challenging his own and other companies in the industrial world to stop being “plunderers” and start being sustainable.
This song is about how the way our quite entangled and complicated global society is currently “flying” is resulting in depletion and pollution on great scale. The global society that we have developed is based upon the idea of abundance. People, companies, societies want more more more; more sales, more income, more possessions. However, the resources that are being used now, are not unlimited: oil, gas, fresh water, fresh air, rough materials...
So, to create and maintain a normal, healthy and sustainable society, a couple of changes need to be made. Recycle, regenerate, renewable energy is what can keep us flying and prevent us from going down and hitting rock bottom. 'Cause the ground is rushing up, and I do not feel like dying. I believe that we can achieve this by changing the way our global society operates.
Big corporations are the ones who can and should play a major role in making about that change. And we, as their customers, should motivate them to take responsibility.
While I was working on the lyrics of this song, I was inspired by a film called “The Corporation” (Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott and Joel Bakan). Several prominent people are featuring in this film, including Naom Chomsky, Milton Friedman, Vandana Shiva, Michael Moore and Naomi Klein. (Vandana Shiva also participated in my ‘5Q-Interview’-series).
But the person in this film who inspired me most was Ray Anderson. He is the CEO of a large company and a visionary who, from 1994 on, has been challenging his own and other companies in the industrial world to stop being “plunderers” and start being sustainable.
This song is about how the way our quite entangled and complicated global society is currently “flying” is resulting in depletion and pollution on great scale. The global society that we have developed is based upon the idea of abundance. People, companies, societies want more more more; more sales, more income, more possessions. However, the resources that are being used now, are not unlimited: oil, gas, fresh water, fresh air, rough materials...
So, to create and maintain a normal, healthy and sustainable society, a couple of changes need to be made. Recycle, regenerate, renewable energy is what can keep us flying and prevent us from going down and hitting rock bottom. 'Cause the ground is rushing up, and I do not feel like dying. I believe that we can achieve this by changing the way our global society operates.
Big corporations are the ones who can and should play a major role in making about that change. And we, as their customers, should motivate them to take responsibility.
Lyrics - No More
Following the release of 'No More' is a page on the official website dedicated to the lyrics of the song: No More lyrics-page.
New Song: No More
'No More' is now available for a listen. Press play on the player on the homepage at http://www.TurtugaBlanku.com. You can download 'No More' for free by right-click 'save link as' on this link: TurtugaBlanku_NoMore.mp3.
You can also download 'No More' on SoundCloud: Turtuga Blanku on SoundCloud.
Feel free to share 'No More' with your friends, family and colleagues. If you like what you hear and want to support Turtuga Blanku, you can buy this tune (and others) through the shop-page on the official website.
Comments are always welcome!
You can also download 'No More' on SoundCloud: Turtuga Blanku on SoundCloud.
Feel free to share 'No More' with your friends, family and colleagues. If you like what you hear and want to support Turtuga Blanku, you can buy this tune (and others) through the shop-page on the official website.
Comments are always welcome!
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
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GE Buying ‘Tens of Thousands’ of EVs
“General Electric has been one of the biggest players in this game and certainly has a lot to gain from the electric vehicle,” Brett Smith, a vehicle technology analyst at the Center for Automotive Research, told Bloomberg. “They’ve really truly tried to push this hard to get things going, and it seems to be a core corporate value.”
Read More http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/10/ge-buying-tens-of-thousands-of-evs/#ixzz13yiPo4r3
Read More http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/10/ge-buying-tens-of-thousands-of-evs/#ixzz13yiPo4r3
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