CHICK SIGNS DISTRIBUTION DEALS WITH KOLDCAST.TV & ROWDYORBIT.COM

We are thrilled to announce that CHICK has signed distribution deals with two cutting edge web television networks, KoldCast TV and Rowdy Orbit.

Part of what I love about the internet is how partnerships are embraced and allow everyone to flourish.  It has been a wonderful experience interacting with these two passionate networks who have supported our vision for CHICK completely.

Working with Marti Resteghini over at KoldCast has been reassuring.  As an independent artist the workload to get your project out in the marketplace can be overwhelming.  KoldCast’s strategy of being selective about its programming and pro-active about marketing is exactly what we needed.

Jonathan Moore over at Rowdy Orbit, became an instant fan of the show and has bent over backwards to support us with press opportunities and an open door to his help.  After watching the first couple of episodes Jonathan took the time to call me up and shower me with love and encouragement about the show.  Sometimes that’s exactly what you need after months working on a project you’ve lost perspective on because you’re too close to it.

The CHICK Web Series premieres November 3, so come check us out on these awesome networks and hang a while to see the other great programming they’ve worked hard to find and offer you.

KoldCast TV delivers on-demand entertainment programming to a global audience in full-screen high-definition via its line of advanced Media Players.  Award-winning original web series, music, comedy, sports and lifestyles programming create the nucleus of the KoldCast Television Network.

Rowdy Orbit is an online platform and destination for professionally produced, original episodic storytelling for the African American, Hispanic, Latino, and Native American viewing audiences.

CHICK AT BLOGGER BEACH CLEANUP

Kai will be representing for CHICK at this year’s Blogger Beach Cleanup.  If you’re feeling the urge to show some love to Mother Earth come join her tomorrow in Santa Monica.

Here’s more info…

Join the Blogger Beach Cleanup and clean the beach for 20 minutes on the International Day of Climate Action with Siel of green LA girl and Sara Bayles of The Daily Ocean! Then mingle and mix with like-minded green Angelenos over drinks and yummies while plotting out a plan for our sustainable future.

When: October 24, 2009. Meet at 4 pm; cleanup begins 4:20 pm; more fun ensues 4:40 until ?
Where: Santa Monica Beach at Ocean Park, between lifeguard stations 26 and 27. (map and green travel directions)

Anyone — blogger or not — is invited! All you need to do is show up, ready to pick up trash — we’ll provide all the supplies you need. You’ll clean the beach — but only for 20 minutes (why only 20 minutes? Learn more about The Daily Ocean’s project).

After that, you’ll hear very brief invitations from local nonprofits for the next event that lets YOU make a difference in this whole big problem of climate change you’ve been hearing so much about.

Then you’ll get to chill out, drink, and eat with your new friends at the post-cleanup happy hour while waxing lyrical about pristine beaches, clean waters, local craft beer….

Why you want to be there:

1. The first 70 volunteers to arrive will get to pick from (first come first freebied):

>> a FREE reusable Envirosax bag, or

>> a FREE reusable Green Bag Lady tote, or

>> a FREE reusable FilterForGood water bottle to use and reuse!

2. You could win cool prizes. We’ll have prizes for:

>> The top 3 people who pick up the most trash:

>>First Place: $50 gift certificate from Co-opportunity, Santa Monica’s co-op natural grocer. Get your organic fair trade coffee and chocolate or locally made raw desserts with farmers’ market ingredients here.

>> Second Place: A FilterForGood prize pack, including a Brita filter, 2 BPA-free Nalgene bottles, and a copy of The Lazy Environmentalist on a Budget.

>>Third Place: A Greenpeace prize pack, including 2 organic T-shirts, a 2010 calendar, a copy of DeSmogBlog’s new book, Climate Cover-Up, and more.

>>The blogger who brings out the most volunteers: $50 gift certificate from The Green Life, a one-stop-shop eco-store on Santa Monica’s popular Main Street.

>> One lucky volunteer traveling car-free: Clif Bar Prize Pack from Clif Bar with two organic T-shirts, Luna cap and socks, upcycled zip-up Clif-Terracycle bag, and a box of Clif Bars.

>>The nonprofit with the best web goal: Web and social media goal-setting and goal implementation with the help of Net2LA.

3. You’ll get free snacks and drinks to fuel your volunteerism, like:

>> Clif and Luna bars — Yummy energy bars and organic fruit rolls! We’ll have new Luna Cookies, Clif Kid, and Mojo bars in new flavors — in addition to the classic Clif and Luna bars.

>> Guayaki’s Lemon Elation — A refreshing, fair trade, organic drink with a yerba mate kick! Plus, Guayaki works to regrow rainforests through its sustainability-minded business model.

4. You’ll meet cool friendly people at the post-cleanup happy hour at:

Pourtal Wine Tasting Bar. Happy hour will feature free appetizers with ingredients from the Santa Monica Farmers’ Market — plus organic and natural wines. Also, 15% of sales from the wine tasting machines will go to Heal the Bay!

5. You’ll learn what this whole “global climate change” thing’s all about — or if you already know what it’s all about, you’ll learn about some practical actions you can take to combat it — while hanging out with said cool people.

Sign up to participate on 350.org! or by emailing greenlagirl@gmail.com.
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Participating bloggers

>> Patrick Lennon, Erik Lingvall, and Matthew Geller of Green Guys Media (more)

>> Zach Behrens, LAist (more)

>> Tracy Hepler and Lauren Johanson, Your Daily Thread (more)

>> Whitney Lauritsen, Eco-Vegan Gal (more)

>> Lisa Newton, Travelin’ Local (more)

>> Caroline, Caroline on Crack (more)

>> Rosemary Brennan, Booking It Bus Style (more)

>> Alex Thompson, Westside Bikeside! (more)

>> Dan Cashdan, The Climate Community

>> Amanda F. Lipsey, Life Without Wheels (more)

>> Sarah Shewey, Pink Cloud Events (more)

>> Millie, A Year of Earth Days (more)

>> Jennifer Saul and Christy Coleman, Christy Coleman (more)

>> Benjamin Goldfarb, AltUse Blog (more)

>> Evan Kopelson, Green Media News (more)

>> Joe Linton, L.A. Creek Freak (more)

>> Kaitlyn Mack, The Reach Magazine TV blog (more)

>> Micki Krimmel, NeighborGoods blog (more)

>> Troy Corley and Ron O’Brien, Free L.A.

>> Darren Moore, Ecovations (more)

>> H.C., L.A. and O.C. Foodventures

>> Jessica Ridenour, Lime.com (more)

>> Britt, The Bowie Bride

>> Alf LaMont, Take a Swig of Alf and The Comedy Store

>> Zel McCarthy, soundbleed

>> Roya, Fashionable Earth (more)

>> Apple Levy, The Green Girls (more)

>> Yolanda Evans, Eater LA

>> Stacy Cullington, Tadpole Marketing Blog

>> Kai Soremekun, CHICK Blog (more)

>> Cosmo, Los Angeles Cycle Chic (more)

>> Damien Somerset, Shift Logic (more)

>> Joe Magee, PineMark Blog (more)

>> Beth Terry, Fake Plastic Fish (more)

>> Donavan, FunctionalCycling

Email greenlagirl@gmail.com to sign up as a blogger-participant and your blog will be highlighted both on green LA girl and The Daily Ocean. Get blog bling for Blogger Beach Cleanup and announce your eco-volunteering ways!

Blogger Beach Cleanup Partners:

Heal the Bay. Blogger Beach Cleanup’s a Heal the Bay Adopt-A-Beach program event. Heal the Bay is a nonprofit environmental organization dedicated to making Southern California coastal waters and watersheds, including Santa Monica Bay, safe, healthy and clean.

Net2LA. This web-savvy organization’s goal is to use social media for social good. One eco-nonprofit participating in the Blogger Beach Cleanup will be selected as a “test case” for Net2LA, receiving advice and help on everything from revamping websites to implementing a social media strategy from web-savvy Net2LA members.

Sustainable Works. This Santa Monica-based nonprofit educational environmental organization offers educational classes and greening programs to help people and businesses lower their carbon footprints. (more)

C.I.C.L.E. This L.A. nonprofit promotes the bicycle as a viable, healthy, and sustainable transportation choice through fun events, classes, and talks. (more)
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Sign up to be part of the Blogger Beach Cleanup!

About the International Day of Climate Action:

The International Day of Climate Action is a global call to action to put our world on course to get back to 350ppm (parts per million), the number that leading scientists say is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide  in our atmosphere to avoid runaway climate change.

About the organizers:

The Daily Ocean is a blog written by Sara Bayles, who’s cleaning Santa Monica beach for 365 non-consecutive days and documenting the process in a creative effort to bring attention to beach and ocean pollution.

green LA girl is Siel’s personal blog, covering eco-happenings in the L.A. area and beyond.

BEWARE OF SAFETY – OCTOBER TOUR

If you dig the music in the CHICK trailer, you should check out the man behind the tune, Steve Molter.  He’s headed out on tour with his band Beware of Safety.

Steve is crazy talented.  He not only plays with Beware of Safety but also has his own solo project called ::thinkstandard::.  You’ll be able to hear more of Steve’s artistry when CHICK launches next month.  He created the CHICK theme song and a funky number you’ll be hearing in Episode Three.

So if you happen to be close to any of the cities Beware of Safety is passing through, check them out.

Here’s all the pertinents…

You can check out more information at www.bewareofsafety.com or www.myspace.com/bewareofsafety

TOUR INFO:

BoS is hitting the road during late October in the Eastern United States.  They’ll be sharing the stage with some wonderful bands including Caspian, Gifts From Enola, Giants, If These Trees Could Talk, Constants, Hadoken, and Pride of Kenya.  They’ll have new t-shirts as well as dogs and It Is Curtains on CD and tour edition colored vinyl.  Here are the show details:

10.22.09 / Philadelphia, PA – The M Room

10.23.09 / Harrionsburg, PA – The Blue Nile

10.24.09 / Pittsburgh, PA – Most Wanted Fine Art

10.25.09 / Chicago, IL – Ronny’s

10.26.09 / Newport, KY – Newport, KY

10.27.09 / Akron, OH- Annabell’s

10.28.09 / Hamden, CT – The Space

10.29.09 / Cambridge, MA – The Middle East

10.30.09 / Brooklyn, NY – The Glass Door

10.31.09 / Providence, RI – AS220

11.06.09 / Los Angeles, CA – The Bootleg Theater (Homecoming Show)

(All the venue info. can be found by plugging the name into the ever-powerful Google.)

BLOG ACTION DAY: A CHALLENGE TO INDY FILMMAKERS TO SAVE THE WORLD

I’ve come to realize, addressing climate change is a lot like tackling the huge endeavor of making a film.

You start with something you’re passionate about, that you love to the core.  You want to share it with the world.  Despite the endless challenges like no money, lack of resources and exhaustion, you find a way to plow forward.  Before you know it you’ve got a whole film staring back at you that you sacrificed for, fought for and gave everything you could for.

These skills make indy filmmakers so prepped to take on the problem of climate change.  We know how to get things done no matter what.

This is my challenge to indy filmmakers everywhere; let’s use some of that amazing creative energy we have as artists and pour it into our love for mother earth.

I know addressing climate change can seem like a daunting task, but it’s all about baby steps.  If all you can do on your next production is ask everyone to bring a reusable cup to eliminate plastic water bottles from your set, do that!

I’m happy to dialogue with any fellow filmmakers who reach out.  Or check out our green page for more information on what we did.

And maybe, just maybe, the independent film community can join together, become real life superheroes and help save the world.

WELCOME TO CHICK

Hey all you fellow aspiring superheroes.  CHICK officially welcomes you.

Whew!  It’s been a crazy ride but we’re finally gearing up for the launch of CHICK Season One.

Thanks for taking the time to check us out.  We hope you’ll hop on board for the fun adventure that lies ahead.

My name is Kai Soremekun.  I am the creator and star of CHICK.  This has been a true labor of love.  On this blog, I’ll share how this all began, fun, behind-the-scenes information, as well as keep you updated on the latest happenings.

I look forward to hearing your thoughts and ideas along the way and even more so, getting to know all of you out there.

So, check out the site.  Sign up for our forums, follow us on Twitter, become a fan on Facebook, or purchase some funky CHICK gear.  Most importantly, have fun.  I hope CHICK takes you on a journey where you discover the superhero within you.