 Greenstar Video Produced live, in villages in the developing world, captured in direct digital form using solar power
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Greenstar Video Produced live, in villages in the developing world, captured in direct digital form using solar power
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Music and Art of the desert Bedouin |
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 A sampling of original art, with music, from the Bedouin village of Al-Kaabneh stills & music; 1:57 time; 916 Kbytes |
 Solo voice of a Bedouin man, playing a one-stringed instrument, the rebab. stills & music; 1:46 time; 1.7 Mbytes |
 Meet the people of the village, on the edge of the Dead Sea stills & music; 2:10 time; 1 Mbyte |
 Stand on top of the school in the center of Al-Kaabneh and survey the desert VR panorama; interactive; 426 Kbytes |
 You're in the center of a large solar power array, looking out across the sands VR panorama; interactive; 439 Kbytes |
 The village, approached from Hebron, and the welcoming people with their solar power stills & music; 2:38 time; 1.3 Mbytes |
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Life in a traditional village in the mountains of Jamaica |
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 A panoramic view of the valleys of Swift River, from high in Blue Mountains VR panorama; interactive; 1.7 Mbytes |
 A humorous song by a young local singer-songwriter, about the girls of Jamaica stills & music; 2:47 time; 2.3 Mbytes |
 A full-length music video, introducing you to the people and sights of Swift River motion video; 2:48 time; 9.7 Mbytes |
 Introducing Tamalee, with a short version of local dub poetry, "No Drugs" stills & voice; 1:21 time; 590 Kbytes |
 Tamalee is a seven-year-old girl from Swift River, performing her full-length poetry motion video; 1:18 time; 11.7 Mbytes |
 Young Tamalee performs a rollicking, humorous dub poem about village life motion video; 1:46 time; 15.9 Mbytes |
 A panorama taken in front of the Swift River Community Center VR panorama; interactive; 444 Kbytes |
 A short video to the music of "Wings like a Dove," showing Swift River's ubiquitous butterflies motion video; 1:11 time; 4.3 Mbytes |
 Stand in the middle of one of Swift River's famous hanging bridges VR panorama; interactive; 1.7 Mbytes |
 The road to Swift River from the ocean is long and scenic, passing through dozens of tropical valleys VR panorama; interactive; 413 Kbytes |
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The sights and sounds of Parvatapur, Andhra Pradesh |
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 A young girl dances to traditional drums, in this impressionistic video motion video; :47 time; 5.6 Mbytes |
 Scenes and music from the day-long cultural festival, welcoming Greenstar to Parvatapur stills & music; 1:54 time; 1.1 Mbytes |
 Students from a university in Hyderabad made this video about the Greenstar vision for India motion video; 3:14 time; 14.3 Mbytes |
 Young girls make fragile chalk paintings in the sands; Greenstar photographed them stills & music; 2:10 time; 1 Mbyte |
 The commercial art designs from women's chalk paintings, set to music. stills & music; 1:03 time; 942 Kbytes |
 Meet some of the beautiful people who make Parvatapur live stills & music; 1:28 time; 1.4 Mbytes |
 Step into the center of a powerful, swriling dance with men drumming and women dancing motion video; 1:22 time; 14 Mbytes |
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Patriensah, Ghana |
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 The young girls of Patriensah dance in their ancient Ashanti tradition motion video; :45 time; 2 Mbytes |
 The powerful and beautiful designs of cloth and symbol of the Ashanti people stills & music; 3:18 time; 1.2 Mbytes |
 The children of Patriensah share their feelings in a beautiful montage stills & music; 1:46 time; 965 Kbytes |
 A 360-degree view, with music, of a powerful traditional symbol of fertility stills & music; 1:31 time; 2.2 Mbytes |
 A 360-degree view, with music, of a powerful traditional symbol of fertility stills & music; 1:31 time; 1.5 Mbytes |
 A brief visit with the people, faces, smiles and thoughts of this Ghana village stills & music; 2:25 time; 901K |
 Walk down the main street of a Ghanaian village, meet some of its people VR Panorama; interactive; 797 Kbytes |
 See the whole village, homes and schools from a central rooftop VR panorama; interactive; 837 Kbytes |
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Greenstar Connections: A short selection of videos about the ideas behind Greenstar. |
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 vivid, original images by the people of villages in the West Bank, Jamaica, India and Ghana stills & music; 8:00 time; 2.7 Mbytes |
 The basics of photovoltaics; how silicon is used to generate electricity from the sun motion video; 1:11 time; 5.5 Mbytes |
 The Greenstar idea: independence for villages in the developing world. From Tech Museum streaming video; 3:21 time |
 A unique view of our rotaating planetary home, from above the North Pole stills & effects; :23 time; 944 Kbytes |
 Economic independence, from Calvert Foundation; studies from Bolivia and El Salvador streaming video; 2:40 time |
 From 1976, the insight of one of the great scientists of the 20th Century motion video; 2:04 time; 4.2 Mbytes |
 Excerpts from the Inaugural Address in 1961 speak to the challenges of today stills & voice; 1:49 time; 1000 Kbytes |
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Greenstar Brasil |
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 Visions of the greatest river in the world from the people's perspective stills & music; 1:17 time; 2.7 Mbytes |
 "Joyous Greetings": the approach to independence by people in an Amazon town motion video; 3:30 time 6.1 Mbytes |
 Visit the center of an Amazon village, Suruaca, in the state of Bahia VR panorama; interactive; 988 Kbytes |
 Children practice their moves as part of a pageant on the history of their community motion video; :57 time; 2.6 Mbytes |
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Lhundup, Tibet |
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 A fascinating visit to Lhundup, the Greenstar site near Lhasa, Tibet motion video; 4:59 time; 7.8 Mbytes |
 A closeup of the world's most mountainous country, to the whole earth stills & music; :39 time; 872 Kbytes |
 The youth of Tibet at play, with music from Yungchen Lhamo stills & music; 1:28 time; 1008 Kbytes |
 The people of this isolated mountain village welcoming the future stills & music; 1:42 time; 997 Kbytes |
