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Selected Films

Film Screenings: Performing Arts Room, January 31

All screenings will be accompanied by a brief introduction and time for discussion after each screening.

This program is comprised of 5 films, selected and organized so as to trace a trajectory from:

1. an understanding of the conditions bringing about global climate change, to
2. an exploration of the gap that arose between what science tells us about climate change and public awareness and understanding of the problem, to
3. an investigation of the impact on ecosystems and traditional cultures of oil exploration, to
4. discussions of alternative technologies based on renewable, non-polluting energy sources, to
5. the vision of architect William McDonough and chemist Dr. Michael Braungart, two leaders in a growing movement to transform commerce and redefine businesses and institutions so as to promote a new sustainable relationship with the Earth.

• 10:00 am: An Inconvenient Truth (100 minutes) weaves the science of global warming with Al Gore's personal history and lifelong commitment to reversing the effects of global climate change and protecting the one earth we all share. "It is now clear that we face a deepening global climate crisis that requires us to act boldly, quickly, and wisely," says Gore (from Plantation Productions).
• 12:30 pm: Everything's Cool (90 minutes) is a film about America finally "getting" global warming in the wake of the most dangerous chasm ever to emerge between scientific understanding and political action. The film follows the work of several global warming messengers, including environmental writer Bill McKibben, Pulitzer Prize journalist Ross Gelbspan, Weather Chanel climatologist Heidi Cullen, and others, to help raise the political will to move the United States away from its reliance on fossil fuels to a new clean energy economy.
• 2:30 pm: Oil on Ice (57 minutes) links the fate of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the migratory wildlife, and the culture and livelihood of the Gwich'in Athabascan Indians and Inupiat Eskimos, to decisions America makes about energy policy, transportation choices, and other matters seemingly unrelated to this fragile ecosystem. The film brings into focus the broader debate over energy conservation and technologies based on renewable, efficient, and non-polluting energy sources.
• 3:45 pm: Turning Down the Heat: The New Energy Revolution (46 minutes) offers renewable energy sources and energy conservation as economically viable solutions to climate change. It profiles innovative and successful alternative energy projects in Holland, Japan, Denmark, Vietnam, India, Vancouver, and California.
• 5:00 pm: The Next Industrial Revolution (55 minutes) follows the vision of architect William McDonough and chemist Dr. Michael Braungart, two leaders in a growing movement to transform the relationship between commerce and nature. McDonough and Braungart work with corporations like Ford and Nike, to redesign buildings, processes, and products to work according to nature's rules. Using the stories of five projects that represent a revolutionary change in the direction of the human economy, the film inspires us to redefine business and institutions as well as ourselves as consumers, producers, and citizens to promote a new sustainable relationship with the Earth.