Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: CNN -- Coho/Ecovillage PR op

[Monty Berman (mberman]

On Sat, 5 Aug 1995 Mmariner [at] aol.com wrote:

> Monty Berman said in his bio:
> 
> that the "......EcoVillage at Ithaca, breaking ground this month, 
> with CNN televising ceremony during Labor Day weekend."
> 
> Monty, is CNN going to carry it live or use it as part of a later story, do
> you know?  In any case, what a great opportunity to put the word out there.

Mike,
        It seems that CNN has rethunk coverage of our groundbreaking 
ceremony and shifted to covering us when we actually move in---which is 
scheduled for 1996. I can understand that the moving in will be a more
substantial event.
 
> Do you Ithicans plan to give a portrayal on how life will be different in
> your community?  I think that would be more powerful than descriptions of
> environmental specs or pictures of architects drawings or blueprints.
> 
> How about writing a brief "skit" that people might do for the CNN cameras --
> or somebody reading a short piece about how you expect life to be in the
> ecovillage

Our Outreach Committee has been considering a number of activities, and 
your suggestions sound good to me. I really like the skit idea; it would 
be fun, and useful, for us to do, and could be compelling for the viewers.

Monty