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Green Living Series
Future Films November 2010: Wild & Scenic Festival Past Films Crude: The Real price of Oil |
The Green Living Series is a monthly film screening organized and presented by Green Concord and in collaboration with our local independent Red River Theatres. The screenings and post-film panel discussions (on select nights) are a chance to learn and discuss various environmental and social issues along side local specialists and fellow community members. The screenings are typically presented the second weekend of each month, Friday through Monday. Having a room filled with passionate individuals engaging in constructive dialogues is why Green Concord originated the film series. We intend to continue educating and organizing the community on these important issues through a variety of events, the film series being one of those means. If you miss a film, we urge you to consider going by Real Green Goods, to borrow the films for FREE. Green Concord is a volunteer based organization, so any additional support we can rally from the community helps reinforce our efforts to improve overall awareness and understanding. Please let us know if you would like to help organize, sponsor or have film ideas for future Green Living Series film screenings. Scroll down to view descriptions of all films or click a link to view information about specific film. |
FUTURE FILMS
September 2010
As much a work of cultural anthropology as it is a documentary, this unique film traces the path of a family of Montana sheepherders as they drive their flock down from the treacherous and beautiful Absaroka Beartooth mountain range. With no guiding narration, filmmakers Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Castaing-Taylor let the natural images speak for themselves, capturing the danger, pathos and humor in this haunting elegy to a bygone way of life.
Panelists: TBD
Sponsors: TBD
October 2010
It is happening all across America-rural landowners wake up one day to find a lucrative offer from an energy company wanting to lease their property. Reason? The company hopes to tap into a reservoir dubbed the "Saudi Arabia of natural gas." Halliburton developed a way to get the gas out of the ground-a hydraulic drilling process called "fracking"-and suddenly America finds itself on the precipice of becoming an energy superpower.
Panelists: TBD
Sponsors: TBD
November 2010
The Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival sits apart from the hundreds of festivals around the world by leaving you feeling INSPIRED and MOTIVATED to go out and make a difference in your community and the world.
Panelists: TBD
Sponsors: TBD
PAST FILMS
August 2010
Garbage Warrior is the story about renegade architect Michael Reynolds. For 30 years New Mexico-based Reynolds and his green disciples have devoted their time to advancing the art of "Earthship Biotecture" by building self-sufficient, off-the-grid communities where design and function converge in eco-harmony. However, these experimental structures that defy state standards create conflict between Reynolds and the authorities, who are backed by big business. Frustrated by antiquated legislation, Reynolds lobbies for the right to create a sustainable living test site. While politicians hum and ha, Mother Nature strikes, leaving communities devastated by tsunamis and hurricanes. Garbage Warrior is a timely portrait of a determined visionary, a hero of the 21st century.
Panelists:
- Paul Leveille, The Jordan Institute
- Craig Cadieux, Plymouth Area Renewable Energy Initiative (PAREI)
- Nicoli Calabro, Berard Martel Architecture Inc.
Sponsors:
- New Hampshire Sustainable Energy Association (NHSEA)
July 2010
Blue Gold: World Water Wars is about how the rampant overdevelopment of agriculture, housing and industry has increased the demands for fresh water well beyond the finite supply, resulting in the desertification of the earth. Corporate giants force developing countries to privatize their water supply for profit. Wall Street investors target desalination and mass bulk water export schemes. Corrupt governments use water for economic and political gain. Military control of water emerges and a new geo-political map and power structure forms, setting the stage for world water wars.
The film follows numerous worldwide examples of people fighting for their basic right to water, from court cases to violent revolutions to U.N. conventions to revised constitutions to local protests at grade schools.
Panelists:
- Paul Susca, DES-NH Water Division
- Dave Brenan, City of Concord, Water Treatment Plant Manager
- Denise Hart, Food and Water Watch
Sponsors:
June 2010
The Real Price of Oil is the epic story of one of the largest and most controversial environmental lawsuits on the planet. In 2001, citizens in Ecuador claimed that Chevron-Texaco spent three decades systematically contaminating one of the most bio-diverse regions on Earth, poisoning the water, air and land. The indigenous people have been affected physically, mentally and economically and in the aftermath have been working towards justice.
Panelists:
- Jim Gamble, Owner, GES Solar Store
- Jerry Branch, Oil Industry Geologist for 25 years
- Catherine Corkery, NH Sierra Club Director
Sponsors:
- GES Solar Store
May 2010
Numen: The Nature of Plants primary objective is to bring the same awareness to medicine and the medical industry that the organic food movement has brought to food and the food industry. The film presents a sobering view of conventional healthcare. It offers stories about how individuals have improved their own health and well-being and provides concrete steps for viewers to do so as well. More broadly, the film encourages viewers to think deeply about the sources of their medicine and how their healthcare choices affect themselves and the larger web of life.
Panelists:
- Maria Noel Groves: Wintergreen Botanicals, Clinical Herbalist
- Gale Saungha: Holistic and Integrated Manual Therapist
- Carolyn Kelley: Herbal Energetics/Injoy Organics, Founder, Formulator, Healer
- Mellisa Morrison: Dragonfly Botanicals, Master Therapist
Sponsors:
- NOFA NHHN
- Wintergreen Botanicals
- Warner River Organics
April 2010
Dirt! The Movie takes you inside the wonders of the soil. It tells the story of Earth's most valuable and under appreciated source of fertility--from its miraculous beginning to its crippling degradation. Made from the same elements as the stars, plants and animals, and us, "dirt is very much alive." Though, in modern industrial pursuits and clamor for both profit and natural resources, our human connection to and respect for soil has been disrupted. "Drought, climate change, even war are all directly related to the way we are treating dirt."
Panelists:
Serita Frey - UNH Professor, Soil Microbial Ecology
Mike Lombard - Owner of Ideal Compost
Doug Williams - Biochar and Nutrient Dense specialist
Sponsors:
Local Harvest CSA
The Vegetable Ranch
March 2010
The Power of Community is about when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, Cuba's economy went into a tailspin. With imports of oil cut by more than half - and food by 80 percent - people were desperate. This film tells of the hardships and struggles as well as the community and creativity of the Cuban people. They share how they transitioned from highly mechanized agriculture to using organic farming and urban gardens. It is an unusual look into the Cuban culture during this economic crisis. The film opens with a short history of Peak Oil, a term for the time when world oil production will reach its all-time peak and begin to decline forever. Cuba, the only country that has faced such a crisis, is an example of options and hope.
Panelists:
Josh Arnold, G.A.L.A - Global Awareness Local Action
Claudia Altemus, Capital City Organic Gardeners
Jonathan Gregory, Green Concord/Real Green Goods
Sponsors:
Green Concord
February 2010
A Chemical Reaction is a documentary movie that tells the story of one of the most powerful and effective community initiatives in the history of North America. It started with one lone voice in 1984. Dr. June Irwin, a dermatologist, noticed a connection between her patients' health conditions and their exposure to chemical pesticides and herbicides. With relentless persistence she brought her concerns to town meetings to warn her fellow citizens that the chemicals they were putting on their lawns posed severe health risks and had unknown side effects on the environment.
Panelists:
Suzanne Smith - NH Representative
Paul Tukey - Producer, Founder of Safe Lawns
Ellen Fine - Founder of LEAH Collective
Lauren Chase-Rowell - NOFA-NH, Board of Directors
Sponsors:
NOFA-NH
January 2010
Coal Country is a dramatic look at modern coal mining. We get to know working miners along with activists who are battling coal companies in Appalachia. We hear from miners and coal company officials, who are concerned about jobs and the economy and believe they are acting responsibly in bringing power to the American people. Both sides in this conflict claim that history is on their side. Families have lived in the region for generations, and most have ancestors who worked in the mines. Everyone shares a deep love for the land, but MTR (Mountain Top Removal mining which has leveled over 500 Appalachian mountains) is tearing them apart. We need to understand the meaning behind promises of "cheap energy" and "clean coal." Are they achievable? At what cost? Are there alternatives to our energy future?
Panelists:
Arthur Cunningham, Lawyer
Tyra Allgrove, Activist
John Harbison
Catherine Corkery, NH Sierra Club
Sponsors:
NH Sierra Club
December 2009
The Cove discusses why our Oceans are a vital part of the Earth's biosphere. They control weather patterns, mediate temperature, and provide a large portion of our food source. The truth is, human lifestyle changes over the past century have negatively effected this ecosystem to a horrific degree and its not getting any better. The Cove, created by the Oceanic Preservation Society, OPS, searches out some of the biggest culprits of oceanic degradation, bringing worldwide attention to these issues. Don't be fooled, the Ocean's health and stability affects us all!
Panelists:
Doctor Barry Taylor, NH Animal Rights League
Michael Bender, Mercury Policy
Jonathan Gregory, from Green Concord
Sponsors:
NH Animal Rights League
November 2009
No Impact Man is a documentary film about a Fifth Avenue family who goes very green when writer Colin Beavan leads his wife, Michelle Conlin, and their baby daughter on a yearlong crusade to make a no net impact on the environment. Among their activities: eating only locally grown organic food, generating no trash except for compost and using no carbon-fueled transportation.
Panelists:
Josh Trought, D Acres
Jonathan Gregory, Real Green Goods
Jenna Bourne, Stonyfield
Gail Knowles, Timberland
Sponsors:
Gondwana Divine Clothing