David E. Corbin's Page

Name of Organization, Institution, Company, or School:

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Focus of Study/axe de l'étude/foco de estudio

Health Education/Public Health

What languages do you speak?

English

URL?

http://www.youtube.com/ednibroc

What did you film on 12.12.12?

In the 1967 movie classic “The Graduate” there was a scene that has stuck in the minds of many Baby Boomers. It is captured in this youtube video. Our view of plastics has morphed from promise to concern since that film was made. We are awash in plastics and other, oftentimes, single use products such as plastic bags, cups and straws . One definition of “plastic” is: flexible or malleable. How flexible or malleable are we as a society? Can people make the necessary changes to keep our planet livable? According to Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org and author of Eaarth: “Our hope depends . . . on scaling back—on building the kind of societies and economies that can hunker down, concentrate on essentials, and create the type of community (in the neighborhood, but also on the Internet) that will allow us to weather trouble on an unprecedented scale. Change—fundamental change—is our best hope on a planet suddenly and violently out of balance.” We as a society need plastic surgery.


In this session, the participants will be asked to join in a Global Work Party to create their own “teach-in” on plastics. Participants are asked to bring used plastic bags, plastics from electronic devices, used plastic straws, old CDs and DVDs and other plastics to illustrate our conspicuous consumption. Small groups will create their own mini-artworks for a show and tell. We welcome dancers, photographers, fashion designers, techies, actors, artists, and creative people of that ilk. The session will be videotaped and edited into a video for youtube and teachertube. We will also tie this session into the 10/10/10 – Global Work Party sponsored by 350.org. We will recycle all materials that are not reused for the project.