dropping knowledge Posts Latest CopyLeft Film Featuring the Plight of South Central Los Angeles Farmers

dropping knowledge Posts Latest CopyLeft Film Featuring the Plight of South Central Los Angeles Farmers

LOS ANGELES, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- dropping knowledge, a global initiative to turn apathy into activity through the simple act of asking questions, released its latest CopyLeft film "What's Your Tree?" today at www.droppingknowledge.org. Combining the immediacy of news reporting and the art of filmmaking, in less than a day, dropping knowledge co-founder Ralf Schmerberg captured the heart-wrenching plight of South Central Los Angeles farmers who are in jeopardy of losing a 14-acre farm that sits in the middle of one of the country's most toxic urban environments.

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On camera, environmental activist, Julia "Butterfly" Hill, most notable for her two-year tree-sit in Northern California seven years ago, asked, "What is your tree? What is it in your life that calls you to be bigger than what you think is possible for yourself and for your world?"

Hill's quote will be published today as the 99th question asked in a countdown to the Table of Free Voices event taking place in Berlin's historic Bableplatz square September 9, 2006. www.droppingknowledge.org is counting down to the eagerly anticipated thought summit by asking a new and different question every day. Visitors to the Web site are encouraged to drop their own knowledge and reflect on queries posed by other thought leaders. Each question submitted to the Web site is a contender for the "Top 100 Questions" being asked of the 100+ voices -- artists, activists, scientists, philosophers, and writers from around the world -- that will converge to discuss the world's most under-reported issues.

dropping knowledge believes CopyLeft productions are necessary to make under-reported issues immediately accessible to the global public. All content donated to or generated by dropping knowledge is freely available to all for all time.

"What's your question?" Ask it at http://www.droppingknowledge.org/

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