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IN PRODUCTION FOR ABCTV
Accentuate the Positive
An epidemic of depression, anxiety and alienation is rife among teenagers in first world countries. A bold experiment is being trialled in Australia that offers a solution.
Geelong Grammar School is introducing leading psychologist Martin Seligman’s Positive Psychology into the curriculum in 2009. Involving the entire school community, this new approach to education will require teachers, students and their families to embrace a new way of learning that could revolutionise schools all over the world.
Accentuate the Positive follows staff and students from year 9 at Timbertop over the first year, showing a way forward to help future generations of children grow up to be happier, more resilient and compassionate human beings.
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IN PRODUCTION FOR BIGPOND TV
Downhill Skateboarding takes extreme sports to the next level. Living on the outer limits of danger and enduarance, riders push themselves to speeds of over 100km/h. This year Australia is hosting the World Championship for Downhill Skateboarding and during November 26th-29th over a hundred of the world’s best riders will descend upon the utopia of downhill skateboarding at Mount Panorama, Bathurst for a weekend of epic competition.
Iris Pictures and Pitbull Productions are filming the event to create a series of high quality content to be broadcast in February 2010 on Bigpond TV, Bigpond Sport Mobile networks and to be distributed on DVD throughout retail outlets across the country. Ranked in the top three online destinations for Australian users, Bigpond Sport attracts 2 million viewers per month.
For a preview of some of the amazing footage visit:
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