Yesterday I went to the magazine Asthetics’ Creative Culture Series (vol.2) which had the speakers: Tengku Jamidah (co-founder of the green indie fashion label, We are Ultra; The clothing label Macbeth; and Malaysian Nature Society.
Continuing CCS vol.1’s topic about creative culture, the overall theme of the evening was focus on environment and all speakers had one thing in common; how each of them focused on sustainability from their own standpoint.
We are ultra are making recycle bags and products from waste and try to spread movements such a using recycle design objects and activities such as guerrilla gardening. They catch new eco-trends all around the world and spread them through their blog.
Macbeth footwear started with Blink 182 and is picking up in Asia as well. At Library in the Curve, Kuala Lumpur, three local musicians had taken on the Macbeth idea; Vegan footwear. The concept is to produce fashion items that is not only sustainable when it comes to recycling and carbon footprint but also is based in the idea of all species are equal and no negative impact on animals should occur. What is interesting about Macbeth is not the design, but the new wave of rock-stars being role models for a more conscious way of living through the ideology of changing the world by starting with yourself.
Malaysian Nature Society tries to make nature preservation cool among the young generations. They fight for the rights of preservation of Malaysia’s rainforests and the unique biodiversity that is found nowhere else. By raising awareness about the lack of political support to preserve these fragile eco-systems they use channels such as Bodyshop to spread the word. People in Malaysian Nature Society not only fight the hard and unsexy causes, they try to make it trendy too.
The Library struggled with holding the event simultaneous with the World Cup. The speakers had a hard case overruling the games and the ongoing shouts and outbursts from the regular guests. None the less, Creative Culture Series provides interesting topics and a good forum for discussion and meeting people. Next time in October no World Cup is intervening, and I am looking forward to see what the next topic is about.
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seems i am the first person to write something here in this virgin block , i read your profile content and miss your interested highlighted on sound visuals. This topic makes me think a lot since you told me so much about it and I try to go during the day with a more open mind on the sound pictures behind the things. So what sound should you blog play once I open the page and read it
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