Croatian Center of Renewable Energy Sources (CCRES)
Invitation
To mark the International
Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Ciné-ONU, in partnership with UNIDO and the
Millennium Film Festival, invites you to
The
Light Bulb Conspiracy
Tuesday,
24 April 2012 - 6:30pm at the Goethe Institute Brussels
The film will be followed by a Q&A with:
Mr. Joan
Úbeda (Executive producer of the film)
Mr. Christophe Yvetot
(Director of the UNIDO Office, Brussels)
Mr. Chris
Vanden Bilcke (Head of UNEP’s Liaison
Office to the EU)
The film is in English and has a runtime of 75
mins.
* REGISTRATION:
Please note that we have a limited number of places therefore it is
important to register by sending an email to: cine-onu@unric.org,
with the subject field ‘The Light Bulb Conspiracy’ and
your full name and full name of guest (if applicable) - Maximum tickets
per person: 2
About
the movie
Once upon a time..... products were made to last. Then, at the beginning
of the 1920s, a group of businessmen were struck by the following
insight: 'A product that refuses to wear out is a tragedy of business'
(1928). Thus Planned Obsolescence was born. Shortly after, the first
worldwide cartel was set up expressly to reduce the life span of the
incandescent light bulb, a symbol for innovation and bright new ideas,
and the first official victim of Planned Obsolescence. Read more...
