She is an environmentally conscious person. Occasionally, she makes challenges to collect garbage or to recycle things we cannot use anymore. In the scope of the project ‘Be an artist to save the planet’, we joined this challenge and cleaned the around of Erkmen Pond.

Özge Özpirinçci   ( actress)Documentary from Gökhan Özoğuz and Özge Özpirinçci: 25 Liter

National Geographic aims to draw attention to the scarcity of water, which is expected to affect the whole world in the future, and to reveal the possible effects of this global problem on our country. With a fictional scenario referring to 2040, the documentary gives information to the audience about the possible difficulties in case of not saving water saving.

 

If water consumption in Turkey continues at the present rate until 2040 it turns into a water poor countries shown in the documentary. Combining documentary and scripted narration, the production was inspired by the “Zero Day” application, which was planned by the local government as a precaution against water scarcity in Cape Town, which has been fighting against drought for the past few years, with a fictional narrative in 2040 it adapts to Turkey of the year 2040.

Why everyone loves her: She made an amazing elf lady in “Lord of the Rings,” starred in “The Aviator,” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”

Why we should love her even more: As artistic director of the Sydney Theatre Company, Blanchett spurred the installation of solar panels on The Warf theater in 2010. She is also responsible for the theater’s installation of one of the world’s largest rainwater collection systems.  In 2011, she stood up for a carbon tax plan that would limit greenhouse gas emissions and appeared in a PSA about the issue. According to MSN, she lives in a “green” home entirely off the electrical grid.

The Wilderness Society has today launched ‘Save Ugly’ — a radical new conservation campaign to raise awareness of all the ‘ugly’ creatures that help make life possible, warts and all.

‘Save Ugly’ is part of a major brand repositioning by The Wilderness Society, which aims to engage Australians of all ages and backgrounds. Rather than focusing on protecting the charismatic species — pandas, whales and tigers — The Wilderness Society is championing all the other vital parts of ecosystems.

The bits that aren’t so beautiful.

To mark the launch, The Wilderness Society has enlisted Hollywood actress and activist, Rosario Dawson, as well as a local cast of Aussie talent — including Cate Blanchett and Joel Edgerton — to feature in a three-minute musical comedy film, alongside a range of social media content and engagement activity.

Dressed as an Ethmia Clytodoxa Moth, the film features Rosario singing her way around Australia’s lesser known, uglier animals that help keep the world’s ecosystems functioning — such as the green, mohawk-wearing Mary River Turtle which breathes through its genitals, and the Southern Right Whale whose faeces provides much-needed nutrients to the ocean’s phytoplankton.

The campaign raises awareness that despite their ugliness, these quirky qualities are crucial for soil improvement, pollination, aquatic food webs and water purification.