3rd Annual Environmental Film Festival Begins This Weekend

Worry about access to clean water, or what to do when our landfills are full are not just some day concerns, they are today and right now.  Attempting to balance protection of our fragile envirnoment with the more immediate need for jobs and energy present tremendous challenges and the information we receive can be difficult to understand and sometimes controversial.  One powerful way to start better understanding the issues we face is through film and you can start this weekend by participating in the 3rd Annual Green Screen.

This year's Green Screen, organized by the Westwood Library and Kids & Teens for Earth, presents over a dozen award winning films concerning the big issues of our day--water, garbage, oil, fracking--to help you understand, take part in the discussion, be part of the solution. 

The Green Screen is a true community effort:   

The Pascack Theater will be presenting Waste Land on Tuesday, February 7th at 7p.m.  Free tickets for the film are available at the Westwood Library in advance or at the theater the night of.  A $5.00 donation is suggested. 

The Pascack Sustainability Group will be presenting two films at the Westwood Library--The Last Mountain on Saturday, February 4th at 2p.m. and Pipe Dreams on Monday, February 6th at 7p.m.  Both films will have speakers and are award winning documentaries.

The Otaku Anime Club will be presenting Nausicaa, Hayao Miyazaki's masterpiece anime environmental movie at the Westwood Library on Saturday, February 4th at 10:30a.m. for teens and up.

Kids & Teens for Earth will be showing the award winning, GASLAND at the Hillsdale Library on Thursday, February 9th at 7p.m. while at the Westwood Library, Kevin Brennan of Westwood's Environmental Commission will talk about the permaculture solution and presenting GREENING THE DESERT also at 7p.m.

The Environmental Club at Westwood Regional High School will show RYAN'S WELL at the High School Auditorium at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 9th.

The Hillsdale Green Team will present CHEMICAL REACTION on Saturday, February 11th at 1:00p.m.

Westwood Girl Scout Troop 389 will be presenting WALL-E at the Westwood Library on Sunday, February 12th at 3p.m. with an environmental craft program at 1:30 p.m. for 4th grade & up students.  AFRICAN CATS will be shown at the Hillsdale Library on Sunday, February 12th at 2:00p.m. with an activity beforehand at 1p.m.

More information can be found at http://westwood.bccls.org.  Hope to see you there!