Current Projects
In 2006 Undercurrents was chosen as the Guardians campaign of the week. The article stated that undercurrents 'most successful piece is probably Evolving Minds, a film by Melissa Gunasena about dealing with mental health problems'. In 2007 Undercurrents released EcoVillage Pioneers- a documentary exploring sustainable low impact communities around the world. 'Reach for the Sky', premiered at BeyondTV festival, produced by Undercurrents, focuses on Swansea Airport and that uncontrolled aviation expansion is unsustainable. Swansea Airport, with the connivance of Swansea Council, was given the go-ahead to operate in the centre of the Gower Peninsula, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the first AONB to be designated in the country. Public pressure forced Swansea Airport to close down. Air Wales, which operated from Swansea Airport has now closed down.
Many of their latest videos are hosted on YouTube. Undercurrents have also embarked upon a new project for distributing activist video
Undercurrents are currently producing video podcasts about environmental issues such as Climate change. Video podcasts include Surfing, Bushcraft and sustainable housing.These can be viewed at channel website. In 2012 the organisation began a crowd-funding campaign to produce a fictional documentary entitled TEOTWAWKI.
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“But look what we have built ... low-income projects that become worse centers of delinquency, vandalism and general social hopelessness than the slums they were supposed to replace.... Cultural centers that are unable to support a good bookstore. Civic centers that are avoided by everyone but bums.... Promenades that go from no place to nowhere and have no promenaders. Expressways that eviscerate great cities. This is not the rebuilding of cities. This is the sacking of cities.”
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