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Love & Shadow

November 8, 2011 by Ian MacKenzie
Occupy Vancouver has shifted greatly since the first movement on Oct 15. While widespread public support had been waning, the tragic death of a girl last week at the Art Gallery was certainly a turning point. The mainstream media storm that followed painted the movement has little more than a drug-infested commune. The occupiers on [...]

Andrew Harvey urges Occupy Vancouver to fuse love with action

October 28, 2011 by Ian MacKenzie
Just returned from Occupy Wall St. in New York to catch author and sacred activist Andrew Harvey speaking to the crowd at Occupy Vancouver. Love is the movement people. Check out Occupy Love.org

My interview with Robert Redford: Stop the Keystone Pipeline XL

October 18, 2011 by Ian MacKenzie
Stoked to share the interview I shot with Robert Redford earlier this month. It was an opinion piece for the New York Times, sharing Robert’s urge for Obama to say no to the Keystone XL pipeline, and yes to a future based on sustainable energy. (While I shot the piece, the editing and broll was [...]

How to understand the Occupy Wall. St. movement

October 5, 2011 by Ian MacKenzie
Occupy Wall St. is about inequality, but it’s more than that. It’s about dignity, but it’s more than that. It is not about demanding specific causes to a much deeper problem. It is about being out there in the open, creating space, even not knowing what will happen. To understand the Occupy movement is to [...]

Dear Temple of Transition

September 19, 2011 by Ian MacKenzie
In his new book “Sacred Economics” Charles Eisenstein reveals that when asked what is missing from their lives, most people answer “community.” What happened to community, and why don’t we have it any more? There are many reasons – the layout of suburbia, the disappearance of public space, the automobile and the television, the high [...]

Evovle Love Flash – Going Deeper Into The Climate Crisis

August 24, 2011 by Ian MacKenzie
When we begin to live another world, today, we will soon discover that new world reflected all around us. As more and more of us choose an uncompromising life, a life that is truly lived, a life beyond sleep walking, avoidance or the numbing anaesthesia of fear, the more attainable that world is for everyone [...]

Interview series with National Geographic Traveler

August 15, 2011 by Ian MacKenzie
In February earlier this year, I flew down to Washington, DC to shoot an interview series with the staff of National Geographic Traveler. The idea was to capture travel writing and photography tips for students of the new media school MatadorU. Check out the promo:

Levis Legacy: Can advertising ever be authentic?

August 10, 2011 by Ian MacKenzie
I came across the new ad campaign for Levis jeans that tells the youth of today to “go forth.” From their site: THESE ARE NOT EASY TIMES. BUT THEY ARE OUR TIMES. And together, there is nothing we can’t do—or undo. It’s this pioneering spirit that makes positive change possible. It’s why we support pioneers [...]