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Clips from Powerful added to YouTube

david — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:47:09 +0000

As a newly-elected city councillor in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, time is scarce for blogging, making films and marketing my film Powerful: Energy for Everyone.

But I finally managed to post six different scenes from the film on YouTube. This should give viewers (and potential buyers and groups interested in booking a screening) a good sense of the look, feel and subject matter of the film.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Enjoy!

David Chernushenko

The Powerful train has left the station

david — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:32:49 +0000

With master versions of Powerful now completed, demo dvds ready to submit to festivals, and the first “invitation only” special screening slated for June 8 in Ottawa, it is time for me to hit the road (so to speak) and start promoting this spanking new film. One thing I have learned with my previous film and books is that nobody will/can promote their creations better than the creator. So when people ask me, “what will you do now that the film is done?,” I respond: “the other 50 percent of the work”.

Yesterday morning it was Giacomo Panico’s Monday Special Blend show on CKCU radio at Carleton University in Ottawa. This morning it was the “A-Morning” television show, and there is plenty more to come. If you like what you see and hear, please help me to spread the word.

David Chernushenko

Special Screening of Powerful: Energy for Everyone

david — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:18:15 +0000

Join the Living Lightly team for a special event: the first big-screen showing of David Chernushenko’s Powerful – Energy for Everyone.

This upbeat film looks at how we can make energy more democratic and democracy more energetic. Come and see how the transition to renewable energy can renew us as individuals and society.

Tuesday June 8, 7-9pm (FULL)

9:10-11pm (NEW)

Museum of Civilization, Gatineau (Hull), Quebec

Entry is by invitation. To receive one, email david[at]davidc.ca

Cost: There is no admission price. However, donations are most welcome. Cash donations will be accepted, and cards will be available for major donations (eligible for tax receipt) to the Films for Change programme administered by the Tucker House Renewal Centre.

Parking for bikes and cars is available on site. Consider carpooling, cycling or coming by bus (OC Transpo #8 and multiple STO routes)

Support for this special screening comes from Sustainable Ottawa Energy Co-operative,

and the Tucker House Renewal Centre.

Powerful Interviews: Eric Martinot

david — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:56:43 +0000

In this series of extended interviews on green energy and a future powered by renewable power, renewable energy analyst Eric Martinot discusses the growth of the renewable energy industry, the importance of good government policies, and the promising future.

Parts of this interview will be featured in the upcoming David Chernushenko film, Powerful: Energy for Everyone.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Powerful Interviews: Tim Weis

david — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:47:50 +0000

In this series of extended interviews on green energy and a future powered by renewable power, Tim Weis of the Pembina Institute in Canada discusses how provinces like Ontario and Alberta can be running their economies with a much larger portion of their energy coming from renewable sources.

Parts of this interview will be featured in the upcoming David Chernushenko film, Powerful: Energy for Everyone.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Powerful Interviews: Preben Maegard

david — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:42:17 +0000

In this series of extended interviews on green energy and a future powered by renewable power, Danish wind and renewable pioneer and expert Preben Maegard discusses the Danish experience, the potential of wind and biomass, and the policies that will get us to a renewable energy society.

Parts of this interview will be featured in the upcoming David Chernushenko film, Powerful: Energy for Everyone.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Powerful Interviews: Paul McKay

david — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:35:34 +0000

In this series of extended interviews on green energy and a future powered by renewable power, Paul McKay discusses how we can move from a power system dominated by fossil fuels and nuclear, to one that is based on conservation, efficiency and renewable sources.

Parts of this interview will be featured in the upcoming David Chernushenko film, Powerful: Energy for Everyone.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Powerful Interviews: Paul Gipe

david — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:51:30 +0000

In this first of a series of extended interviews on green energy and a future powered by renewable power, Paul Gipe discusses the potential for Ontario and Canada, but with a global message. What are the obstacles and how do we get past them? What policies would make a real difference.

Parts of this interview will be featured in the upcoming David Chernushenko film, Powerful: Energy for Everyone.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Can Canada Catch the Renewable Energy Boom?

david — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:57:17 +0000

In February I put to some immediate use some of my growing collection of footage and interviews being amassed for the next film Powerful: Energy Security for Everyone. While these will find their way into this feature length film, you can view a 6-minute video prepared by James Greatrex and me for the Pembina Insitute’s outreach and education work on renewable energy. Have a look.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Powerful: Energy for Everyone!

david — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 04:57:59 +0000

Click here to view the embedded video.

Powerful: Energy for Everyone 2-minute teaser

Enjoy the teaser/trailer for David Chernushenko’s recently-completed second film, Powerful: Energy for Everyone. By taking control of our energy appetites and reclaiming control of our energy supply, we can lead prosperous lives powered mostly by renewable energy, and less social and ecological harm will be done in the name of fuelling our energy needs. Who knew we had such power?

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To learn about opportunities to book the film or help to broadcast or distribute it, send an email to info@livinglightly.ca

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SYNOPSIS OF POWERFUL

A documentary by David Chernushenko

Flick the switch, turn the key, press the button and then pay the bill. Multiply that by six billion and you’ve got a picture of energy consumption on Earth today. We’re hard-wired to a conventional energy system that drives our transportation, powers our communications and is the lifeline to industry and commerce. Despite the benefits, we know that this system is regrettably depleting our resources, polluting our air and affecting global climate change. Guaranteed access to energy is no longer being taken for granted and the quest for “energy security” has become the buzz-word behind global trade relations and even a justification for conflict.

Who has the power after all?

Short of moving “back to the land” and going entirely “off grid”, what’s an ordinary member of society to do?

Green economy educator, David Chernushenko isn’t quite ready to head for the hills, but he has taken the extra special step of installing solar panels to off-set some of the energy consumed by his family home. Now, if he could just be allowed to feed some of that energy back into the grid, perhaps others could do the same. But we’re not there yet and David wants to know what we can do about it. From the far side of the ocean to his own backyard, he’ll embark on a global journey to examine the alternatives to the conventional energy system and experience the critical resistance being met along the way. Tackling the spin of the big energy lobby and, equally, dispelling the myths of a “green utopia” envisioned by many, Powerful is a candid examination of what a sustainable energy-powered future may actually look like. From amazing innovators, eccentric eco-activists to average communities completely powered by renewable energy, David will begin to discover that the implications for political, economic and democratic change are right here, on our very doorsteps… or just above them.

Documentary, HD, 95 minutes