Nothing to do on Sunday? Perfect. Head down to Kew Gardens for a lovely day of cinema powered in the most delightful way: through pedal-power.
To mark the end of Climate Week, Electric Pedals will be installing their pedal powered cinema to show all kinds of green goodness – including some of Green Thing’s videos! A single cyclist will power a DVD player and an LED projector which are built into a repurposed guitar speaker amp. Don’t worry, it won’t be one poor soul doing all of the pedaling. Anyone that attends can have a go.
The installation will take place from 9:30am – 5:30pm in King William?s Temple at Kew, which overlooks the Mediterranean Garden, a lush and unusual setting. It’s the perfect set up for a tiny picture house and for a restful and thought-provoking Sunday afternoon.
In addition to our videos, there will be screenings of Beyond the Brink, an impressive documentary made by 18- year old Ross Harrison, a film made in house by Kew Gardens which clarifies misunderstandings about plants and climate, and a selection of talks donated by the Do Lectures.
It should be a fabulous day out and we hope to see you there!
Ps- The installation at Kew swiftly follows on from Electric Pedals huge installation at the Royal Albert Hall for WWF and Earth Hour. On Saturday 26th between 8.30-9.30pm 60 bikes and volunteer cyclists will be generating electricity for powerful projectors to beam natural world footage onto the side of the grand Royal Albert Hall in a one-off demonstration against climate change. If you’re intrigued by pedal powered things, this is the weekend for you.
Katherine Hui is currently the Social site editor at Green Thing, a web-based public service in London that inspires people to lead greener lives through creative content.
Before this, she worked as the Development Manager at Social Innovation Camp, an organization that encourages people to use web and mobile-based technology to mobilise social change. She oversaw 300 ideas submission and helped build 20 prototypes – five of which have gone on to get further funding or investment.
Katherine’s came over to the UK form Canada in 2007 for an MSc program at the London School of Economics. Before arriving in London, she managed a small environmental start-up in Vancouver called the Canadian Climate Change Alliance.
Katherine is football mad. She is a loyal supporter of Arsenal FC, plays for Islington Borough Ladies FC and coaches for Gunners in Islington in her spare time. Her second favourite hobby is kite surfing and she can sometimes be found chasing the wind.
