A girl goes to the sink where the faucet is continually running. She fills up her glass with water and leaves–as the tap continues to run.
We then see various vignettes of people wasting resources–a woman constantly unfurls paper towels in a restroom to dry her hands.
A guy uses a razor to take one stroke across his shaving cream-covered face, then throws the razor away, replacing it with another to take the next stroke. He gives a new meaning to the term “disposable razor” as he disposes of one after the other.
Meanwhile, there’s a woman who takes one bite out of an apple and throws it away, replacing it with another apple which she too bites once, and then another and another until apples are strewn all about her at the bus stop where she’s standing.
A guy wraps his sandwich in a full roll of tin foil.
Finally in a comparatively mundane slice of life, we see a family leave the house with the hallway light still on.
A voiceover observes, “The most ridiculous thing about wasting power is somehow we don’t think it’s ridiculous.”
Michael Downing directed this BC Hydro Power Smart conservation spot vis production house Suneeva for DDB Canada, Vancouver.
Disney Pledges $15 million In L.A. Fire Aid As More Celebs Learn They’ve Lost Their Homes
The Pacific Palisades wildfires torched the home of "This Is Us" star Milo Ventimiglia, perhaps most poignantly destroying the father-to-be's newly installed crib.
CBS cameras caught the actor walking through his charred house for the first time, standing in what was once his kitchen and looking at a neighborhood in ruin. "Your heart just breaks."
He and his pregnant wife, Jarah Mariano, evacuated Tuesday with their dog and they watched on security cameras as the flames ripped through the house, destroying everything, including a new crib.
"There's a kind of shock moment where you're going, 'Oh, this is real. This is happening.' What good is it to continue watching?' And then at a certain point we just turned it off, like 'What good is it to continue watching?'"
Firefighters sought to make gains Friday during a respite in the heavy winds that fanned the flames as numerous groups pledged aid to help victims and rebuild, including a $15 million donation pledge from the Walt Disney Co.
More stars learn their homes are gone
While seeing the remains of his home, Ventimiglia was struck by a connection to his "This Is Us" character, Jack Pearson, who died after inhaling smoke in a house fire. "It's not lost on me life imitating art."
Mandy Moore, who played Ventimiglia's wife on "This Is Us," nearly lost her home in the Eaton fire, which scorched large areas of the Altadena neighborhood. She said Thursday that part of her house is standing but is unlivable, and her husband lost his music studio and all his instruments.
Mel Gibson's home is "completely gone," his publicist Alan Nierob confirmed Friday. The Oscar winner revealed the loss of his home earlier Friday while appearing on Joe Rogan's... Read More