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One Planet Film Festival 2016
Come learn about the environment and the horrific events due to humans activity.
Date & Time:
Tuesday, March 15, 2016 -7p.m to 5.m
Description:
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Saint Mary’s College of California
One Planet Film Festival 2016
FREE & all are welcome!
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Tuesday, March 1: Just Eat It (2014; 74 min)
7pm-9pm - Orinda Room, Soda Center
Just Eat It has won many awards and accolades. We all love food. As a society, we devour countless cooking shows, culinary magazines and foodie blogs. How could we possibly be throwing nearly 50% of it in the trash?
Monday, March 7: This Changes Everything (2015; 89 min) Produced by JCL
This Changes Everything What if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance we’ll ever get to build a better world? Filmed over 211 shoot days in nine countries and five continents over four years, This Changes Everything is an epic attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge of climate change.
Tuesday, March 15: A Fierce Green Fire (2012; 120 min)
7pm-9pm- Galileo 201
A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet is the first big-picture exploration of the environmental movement – grassroots and global activism spanning fifty years from conservation to climate change.
Tuesday, March 29: Sea and Ocean Night – short films
7pm-9pm - 201 Galileo
Sun Come Up (2011; 39 min)
An ACADEMY AWARD® nominated film that shows the human face of climate change. The film follows the relocation of the Carteret Islanders, a community living on a remote island chain in the South Pacific Ocean, and now, some of the world’s first environmental refugees.
Hungry Tide (201; 53 min)
The central Pacific nation of Kiribati is disappearing into the sea. The same ocean, which for generations has sustained the country is now the source of its destruction. The rising sea level and increasing salinity threatens the lives of 105,000 people spread over 33 atolls in this remote corner of the Pacific. Sea walls are crumbling, storm tides are sweeping into villages; relocation may be the only long-term option.
Tuesday, April 5: Cowspiracy (2014; 85 min)
7pm-9pm- 201 Galileo
Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret is a groundbreaking feature-length environmental documentary following intrepid filmmaker Kip Andersen as he uncovers the most destructive industry facing the planet today – and investigates why the world’s leading environmental organizations are too afraid to talk about it.
Organized by faculty members Kenneth Worthy and Manisha Anantharaman and made possible by…
The Environmental and Earth Sciences Program
The Justice and Community Leadership Program
The Saint Albert Hall Library (special thanks to Linda Wobbe)
Riley Smith and the campus Sustainability Committee
Sodexo
Michael Viola of JCL
The festival is held in conjunction with two new courses:
Sustainability (EES 120) and Environmental Justice in a Global Community (JCL 130).
For more information, contact Kenneth Worthy (kaw9@stmarys-ca.edu).
Additional Dates & Times:
Tuesday, March 1, 2016 - 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Monday, March 7, 2016 - 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Tuesday, March 15, 2016 - 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Tuesday, April 5, 2016 - 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
