ToxicElectronicWasteZombiesComeToTown

Monday, 18 May 2009 20:36

Made by TEC’s senior campaigner Jane Castle, an internationally successful music clip maker and cinematographer, ToxicElectronicWasteZombiesComeToTown features e-waste zombies appealing to Minister Peter Garrett’s office for a second chance at life after obsolescence.

Castle, who has worked with Prince, U2, Usher, Midnight Oil and of course INXS, cut the ToxicZombies clip from TEC campaign footage using music by local musicians she found on ww.looperman.com. (Kiyari by Ioka; [NEW] Power Generation by Gui Killer; and Kick BASS by Ferdani)

 “The music industry is heavily into new technology, but how many bands think about where their equipment goes when they upgrade?” Castle asked today. “Most of it ends up in landfill where it leaks a motherload of toxins such as lead into the earth.

“Australians need to lobby our environment ministers to deal with this issue before they gather later this week in Hobart for the bi-annual Environment Protection and Heritage Council (EPHC) meeting. This problem is not going to go away. Government needs to provide us with infrastructure and solutions before we see mountains of toxic junk surrounding our cities and despoiling the landscape.”

Castle urged Aussie music lovers to visit www.reborn.org.au to register their support for the campaign.

The YouTube link for ToxicElectronicWasteZombiesComeToTown is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw3ZNTqoz0I