Year: 2017

Liam Gallagher narrates Powerful Climate Change Video

Stuart Mitchell

This year The Full Service, The Climate Coalition and Jelly London have all teamed up to create a Christmas tale about a Snowman, with a tragic twist… It’s winter and our lovable snowman is having the time of his life. Until the snow stops, the sun shines and winter temperatures reach a record high. To the surprise of our main man Sammy the snowman, birds appear, flowers pop up and sadly, he starts to melt away. So if you were expecting a happy Yuletide ending you’ll be disappointed, but it’s…

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Lara Everly Launches The Voices of #MeToo Video

Stuart Mitchell

A powerful new film, edited by Cut+Run’s Sean Stender and directed by Lara Everly, sheds light on the stark realities that continue to be illuminated in the wake of  #MeToo. In the piece, which Everly explains aims to “create something beautiful out of all this ash,” 11 women open up about the first time they experienced sexual abuse and harassment. “In the wake of all the allegations against Harvey Weinstein and now many others, I sat gutted reading all the #metoo stories popping up on my social media feed,” comments…

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Netsafe tackles $257m cyber crime problem, with AI weapon against scammers

Stuart Mitchell

Netsafe, New Zealand’s independent online safety organisation, is today announcing an innovative approach to fighting back against scammers; Re:scam.  The  new  artificially  intelligent  (AI)  email  assistant  comes  at  a  critical  time  with cybercrime having  cost  New  Zealand  almost  $257m  in  the  past  year,  according  to industry body APWG.  Given that 70 per cent of the New Zealand businesses that have experienced a cyberattack have fallen victim to an email scam, Re:scam has been designed specifically with phishing in mind. Re:scam works by occupying the time and resources of scammers through…

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New interactive film provides hope for the future of the planet

Stuart Mitchell

It really is possible to power the world entirely with green energy. That’s the message in ‘Home’, a new interactive film from Danish renewable energy company, Ørsted. The film transforms climate change from a global crisis to a personal experience by challenging any previous conceptions of what ‘home’ means to each of us. When reflecting on the significant effects of climate change, one usually thinks of it impacting someone and somewhere else. But ‘Home’ demonstrates how all the things we hold closest are threatened by global warming. No matter who…

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UN and partners launch plan to support five million Syrian refugees and countries hosting them

Stuart Mitchell

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Amin Awad – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at his press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The Syria crisis has been going on for seven years. 5.3 million people are displaced beyond Syria’s borders. Another seven million internally displaced people (IDPs) are displaced [inside Syria]. There is unprecedented destruction – over 500,000 people killed, towns decimated. More than 200 armed groups are fighting in the country. We know of the proxy war, we know…

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