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Seating can be reserved in front of Alamo Drafthouse the day of the event.Our latest family adventure opens your eyes about our massive waste stream and how what we consume and throw away can impact the third world. The public is invited to join us for Hands On E-Waste, on Saturday, September 18 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Alamo Drafthouse Park North as we screen, Recycled Life, Frontline's Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground and WASTE = FOOD, three intriguing documentaries that deal with waste and recycling. There will be two screening sessions, one beginning at 11 a.m. and the second beginning at 1 p.m. Attendees will receive a free soda and complimentary serving of popcorn, courtesy of Alamo Drafthouse Park North. The Drafthouse's full in-theater dining menu will also be available. We'll also share information on electronic recycling resources. According to the EPA, in 2005, 304 million electronics, including TVs, VCRs, cell phones and computer monitors, were disposed by U.S. households. Two-thirds of those electronics were still in working order. The amount of e-waste that ends up in our landfills continues to grow as the pace of technological advancement quickens. The Hands On Series is made possible by Frost and is a benefit of membership to Texas Public Radio Recycle Your ElectronicsCorona Visions will be on hand to collect your retired electronics to make sure the hazardous materials these gadgets contain don't end up in our landfill. Only residential e-waste will be accepted for a collection at no charge. Acceptable items include:
Visit coronavisions.com for more information on acceptable items. Recycle Your Cell Phone To Benefit Texas Public RadioIf you have an unused cell phone, you can help benefit Texas Public Radio and the environment by mailing in your device for recycling. TPR has partnered with C-2 It Marketing to participate in a cell phone drive. We'll receive 70 percent of the proceeds of every cell phone or mobile device that is collected and recycled. Cell phones contain toxic substances such as nickel, mercury, cadmium, arsenic and zinc that could be hazardous to our ecosystems when they are discarded in our landfills. Currently there are over 3 billion out of use cellphones in the United States, and less than 10 percent of those phones are recycled properly. About the FilmsRECYCLED LIFE
This Academy Award-nominated short documentary — narrated by Edward James Olmos — tells the dramatic and touching story of thousands of adults, children, and generations of families who have been living and working in the largest and most toxic landfill in Central America for the last sixty years. Says director Leslie Iwerks: "Though these people are living and working in unspeakable and wretched conditions, their integrity and honor shine brighter than many people in first-world cultures and wealthier nations. Their reality raises profound questions about third-world governments and the ongoing cycle of poverty." Unrated: 38 min. | Recycled Life Website Nathan Cone speaks to the director, Leslie Iwerks, about her documentary, Recycled Life. Audio Player Requires Flash and JavaScript Recycled Life TrailerFRONTLINE'S GHANA: DIGITAL DUMPING GROUND
Frontline investigates a shadowy industry that's causing big problems here and around the world, which leads them to Agbogbloshie, one of the world's digital dumping grounds, where the West's electronic waste, or e-waste, piles up — hundreds of millions of tons of it each year. The waste has major health implications for the Ghanaian inhabitants, who burn and melt away the waste leaving behind scraps of copper and iron they can collect to sell. Ghana is also a top source of cyber crime, according to the U.S. State Department. Hard drives salvaged from the e-waste often reveals personal financial data, including credit card numbers and account information owners may have not realized was written on the hardware. Unrated: 20 min. | Digital Dumping Ground Website Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground PromoWASTE = FOOD
WASTE = FOOD explores this revolutionary "cradle to cradle" (as opposed to "cradle to grave") concept through interviews with its leading proponents, American architect William McDonough and German ecological chemist Michael Braungart, coauthors of Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things. Their ideas are increasingly being embraced by major corporations and governments worldwide, unleashing a new, ecologically-inspired industrial revolution. The film shows how their "intelligent product system," utilizing completely non-toxic and sustainable production methods, has been adapted by major corporations, visiting a Swiss textile factory, a German clothing manufacturer, the Nike shoe headquarters, a U.S. furniture manufacturer, the Ford Motor Company, and a government housing project in China. The manufacturers discuss the concept of "eco-effectiveness," designing for eco-safety as well as cost efficiency, in their respective industries. WASTE = FOOD also illustrates McDonough's environmentally sound architectural designs, where buildings function like trees, and become part of nature rather than conflict with it, including his designs for Ford's new River Rouge plant, a GreenHouse factory for the Herman Miller company, and a model village in rural China. Unrated: 51 min. | WASTE = FOOD Website  |
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Until January 2005, when a disastrous methane explosion occured, the Guatemala City Garbage Dump and its inhabitants ("guajeros") who recycle the city's trash, had been ignored by society and their government. 
On the outskirts of Ghana's biggest city sits a smoldering wasteland, a slum carved into the banks of the Korle Lagoon, one of the most polluted bodies of water on earth. The locals call it "Sodom and Gomorrah."
In a world where more and more societies with high consumption rates generate excessive amounts of waste, traditional environmental notions of reducing or recycling waste products are no longer sufficient. The new theory of ecologically intelligent design, green design and building, argues that manufacturers' products, when discarded, should either be completely recyclable in the Technosphere or become biodegradable food for the Biosphere.