Green:
The New Red, White & Blue:
January 30th
Meet Thomas Friedman, a New York Times columnist who travels the globe
in a quest to unravel the tangled web of energy consumption. Join Friedman
as he visits the front lines of a 'green' revolution that is just taking
shape – from the offices of Internet giant Google to a new Wal-Mart
prototype green superstore. Then, learn why it makes good business sense
to go green. On this environmentally friendly adventure, watch Friedman
find solutions to global warming as America embraces the idea that green
is the new red, white and blue.
Manufactured
Landscapes: Wednesday,
February 20th
Manufactured Landscapes is the portrait of one man’s voyage as it
follows celebrated till photographer Edward Burtynsky on a tour of Asia.
Burtynsky takes large-format stills of industrial landscapes: factory
workers lined up in infinity, giant ships eviscerated, massive recycling
dumps, expansive strip mines. His goal is to portray humanity’s
relationship to nature as we pursue progress. The film perfectly balances
the images of Burtynsky with those of talented cinematogrpher/creative
consultant Peter Mettler. When Burtynsky speaks, he neither celebrates
or condemns but simply explores who were are in relation to our planet.
We extract things from the environment to survive, and that is damaging
the world.
Oil
on Ice: Wednesday, March 12th
Oil on Ice, narrated by Peter Coyote, is an award-winning documentary
that connects the fate of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska and
the conflict over drilling for oil there to critical decisions America
makes about energy policy and transportation choices. The film examines
the battle over one of America's last great wild places, which is currently
at the center of a national energy debate. Caught in the balance are the
Gwich'in Indians and the migratory wildlife in this fragile ecosystem.
Through stunning footage and in-depth interviews, this entertaining film
links seemingly unrelated matters such as energy independence, global
warming, Native American rights, wildlife and wild lands protection.
What
A Way to Go: Wednesday, April 9th
A middle class white guy comes to grips with Peak Oil, Climate Change,
Mass Extinction, Population Overshoot and the demise of the Culture of
Empire. Featuring interviews with Daniel Quinn, Derrick Jensen, Jerry
Mander, Chellis Glendinning, Richard Heinberg, Thomas Berry, William Catton,
Ran Prieur and Richard Manning. What is it doing to us as thoughtful human
beings as we face the overwhelming challenges of: * Peaking fossil fuel
flow rates? * Critically degraded ecosystems? * A changing climate? *
An exploding global population? * Teetering global economies? * An unstable
political climate? And what is it doing to the rest of the life on this
planet?