Green Green Water: Righteous Vlog
Published by Jennifer Rundle on 25 Oct 2005 at 10:31 pm.
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Filed under Best Posts, Vlog News, Vlog Reviews.
Ever wonder how vlogs will change the world? Answer: Vlogs like Green Green Water.
Green Green Water is a vlog that examines the complex problems associated with Manitoba Hydro’s development of large-scale dams that supply power to both the US and Canada. The Province of Manitoba is located just west of Ontario, Canada, and north of Minnesota. The development of these dams was an exciting prospect to environmentalists interested in utilizing renewable resources and to consumers promised clean, efficient, and affordable energy. When these dams were originally developed in the 1970s there was virtually nothing like it in a comparable geographic area; as a result, the affects of the dams were virtually unforseen and irreversable to the Native communities that inhabit this area.
Green Green Water was started by Dawn Mikkelson, a Manitoba resident and consumer of Manitoba Hydro’s energy system. Dawn was interested in understanding more about where she gets her energy and how it affects her community. She began documenting this complex problem by interviewing many people directly affected by and associated with these dams.
Ken Bradley, a representative of Minnesotans for an Energy Efficient Economy, talks here about the creation of the dams and why they had such a dramatic impact on the area’s residents. She interviews Glen Schneider, Director of Public Relations for Manitoba Hydro, and asks what he thinks about the U.S. activists against the project and the public accusation that local suicides have increased as a direct result of the dams. She talks with Carol, leader of the Justice Seekers of Nelson House, who discusses her experience publicly challenging Manitoba Hydro and what she believes was a result of that confrontation. She also interviews Dr. Peter Kulchyski, who talks about the psychological importance for Native communities of “standing their ground” to maintain their culture and integrity.
This site has many more fascinating interviews of residents affected by Manitoba Hydro, as well as information about Hydropower that may eventually affect us all. Please be sure to check out Green Green Water, now a featured podcast in itunes, and if you are in Minnesota, be sure to view the upcoming feature-length documentary of this project at the City Pages Get Real: Documentary Film Festival at the Laguna Uptown Cinema November 5 at 7:30. For a sneak preview of this documentary, please watch the Green Green Water trailer.
jonny goldstein on 26 Oct 2005 at 3:51 pm: 1
I almost cried when I watched this. Great example of a vlog being used to give people a voice who ordinarily wouldn’t be heard. Also a good example of a promotional vlog.
chuck on 26 Oct 2005 at 9:58 pm: 2
the green green water vlog, now a featured podcast in iTunes.
also, a compilation of Minnesota Stories is coming to the big screen at the very same City Pages Get Real filmfest. That’s the filmfest where Blogumentary premiered one year ago. ahh, the memories.