Open Source Video. Videos and stock footage Gordon McDowell created (or helped create). All videos and stock footage hosted at Internet Archive, and have Creative Commons license.
2022-02-07
Thorium.
https://youtu.be/2oK6Rs6yFsM
I've summarized everything I'd like people to know about Thorium into this 6.5h "Thorium." video. Yes, 6.5 hours. Took me 4 years to create it, so I'm hoping you'll give it a moment of your time to check it out.
If you find this technology as compelling as I do, monitor my future video releases at Patreon where I happily accept $1/year pledges.
This project is a result of TEDxYYC hosting Kirk Sorensen in Calgary finally breaking a chicken-and-egg problem... I couldn't convince Kirk to come to Calgary without a compelling engagement, and I couldn't arrange any lecture venues for Kirk without a commitment on his part. So thanks to TEDxYYC for making this happen.
So I finally had some hi-def footage of thorium lectures, as opposed to stealing poor video quality footage from Google Tech Talks. (Plus, I picked up a few interviews in Calgary and Washington.)
The result is not just a better video about LFTR, but a Creative Commons video which you are not only free to duplicate and give away... This is a video you can sell.
Downloadable and Creative Commons licensed recyclable copies of the video coverage can be found on Internet Archive. (Anyone without full Flash support in their browser might need to access the lectures that way.)
But for YouTube hosted copies, I decided to experiment with YouTube Annotation Hyperlinks. They allow you to link from within one YouTube video to another. This allows me to show a brief summary of every event, and let the viewer click through if they would like to learn more.
This video content is copyrighted by Google. Normally I don't post copyrighted footage here, but the intent is remixing copyrighted or not.
Easy to reuse MPEG-4 and MPEG-2 (for DVD authoring) can be found at Internet Archive.
3 versions are available at Internet Archive, but click on the following links for quick YouTube review: 10 Minutes: ONLY YOUTUBE VERSION WITH CANADIAN BOOKENDS 16 Minutes: +crust +history +stability +xenon +graphite +weinberg 25 Minutes: +criticality +breeder
To make a DVD or video with regional flavor, use a version with no bookends (even the 10 minute version can be found without bookends on IA) and add your own.
On 2009-09-18, over 200 Calgarians gathered at SAIT to help advance Calgary's energy efficiency. In a future where the environmental costs of carbon are factored into economic decisions, how can an energy city like Calgary stay competitive?
Mayor of Calgary Dave Bronconnier points out our city is the largest consumer of renewable energy in Canada, and all city operations will be powered by renewable energy by 2012. Targeting the carbon footprint of City of Calgary's municipal operations will help keep our tax rates competitive as the cost of carbon starts to climb, but it does not guarantee our energy sector will continue to prosper.
Attendees brainstormed solutions in 5 categories:
"Energy Efficiency and Conservation"
"Energy Financing"
"Energy Awareness, Research and Training"
"Energy Sourcing / Renewable Energy Sources"
"Energy Legislation"
...which were then voted on. Top-ranked ideas were re-articulated by attendees in a manner to make them implementable and measurable.
Was it successful? Well it seemed good ideas were shared, and other than allowing more time for the teams to brainstorm and articulate I thought the exercises were extremely practical. It will be up to Calgarians, Imagine Calgary and PlanIt Calgary to see quantifiable results come of this.
I created an editorialized video which uses Skid Crease's themeweaving as narrative structure. It has been shortened to 56 minutes and is the easiest way for non-attendees to understand the summit. The video is called "Calgary's Low Carbon Future" and is available at R4NT.com.
I've isolated the meatiest presentation (by Rob Macintosh), documenting the challenge to Calgary's economy and how we can rapidly more to address it...
Allyson Smith, the Calgary-born comedian who's currently a contender for Canadian Comedy Awards 2009 "Best Female Standup", let me start videotaping her (extremely funny) Calgary shows in November 2008. This coverage was combined with David Gluzman's sit-down interview to create a pretty-darn-tight R4NT.com video and article.
I also followed Elizabeth around between Calgary Stampede breakfasts, to collect some stock footage of her pancake flipping. Between Marborough Mall and Chinook Centre, a series of tweets were posted by concerned supporters, that Elizabeth was forgetting about animal rights for the sake of a photo op at a rodeo (she was not, in fact, attending the rodeo).
The interaction between Elizabeth and her daughter (Victoria Cate) was quite interesting as they spotted the tweets, and formulated a response. This led to a quick discussion about social media, her daughter's role in helping manage it, and how tools like Twitter and Facebook facilitate communication between candidates and their supporters.
Stock footage of Elizabeth May's visit to Calgary can be found on Internet Archive concerning copyright and volunteering, fund-raising and the economy. All footage is creative commons licensed. Stock footage of Calgary Stampede breakfasts, and her family's management of social networks like Twitter and Facebook is currently uploading to Internet Archive.
