Following what goes on with oil and gas exploitation in and around Adrian, Michigan since 2013 - and how these events in our little city connect to the global environmental situation... - with the occasional sidetrack to other related environmental issues in Lenawee county, Michigan and how those relate to global issues.
Monday, March 1, 2021
Ecotopia by Ernest Callenbach 1975
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Tomorrow, 24-Feb, The 11th Environmental Documentary Series is presenting: Modern Nature and Sprayed
Tomorrow, 24-Feb, The 11th Environmental
Documentary Series will show: Modern Nature and Sprayed, 87 minutes: https://www.futurehistoryfilms.com/documentaries
About the films: Modern Nature: Do we need a genetic revolution and biotechnological solutions to feed 10 billion people by 2050? Or is organic farming the answer? The viewer decides. Sprayed: As Miami residents worry about being sprayed with chemicals in the War on Zika, a journey to Brazil and Vietnam reveals new insights. Perspectives of doctors, scientists, and politicians are balanced with voices of ordinary citizens and victims to explore concerns about the potential consequences of disease control.
SPRAYED - a documentary by Craig Leon (Trailer) from Craig Leon on Vimeo.
The films will be provided for free by the film maker Craig Leon, who will be attending the screening. We will connect at 6:30 PM via Zoom (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83391076365?pwd=djZQa3hvQklncDlTdTdjbnBPdDcxdz09) and everybody will start the films soon after. After the films we will hold a discussion on Zoom with the film maker Craig Leon.Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Environmental Documentaries - SHU Sustainability: Tomorrow, 17-Feb, The 11th Environmental Documentary Series will show: Watson
Tomorrow, 17-Feb, The 11th Environmental
Documentary Series will show: Watson, 100:14 minutes:
About the film: Captain Watson and his crews have confronted whaling vessels from Europe to the Southern Ocean, seal hunters in Canada, and shark finners in Central America. WATSON blends revealing contemporary interviews with Captain Watson, archival clips of Sea Shepherd’s dramatic encounters, and spectacular underwater nature footage, as award-winning documentarian Lesley Chilcott (An Inconvenient Truth, Waiting for “Superman”) paints a fascinating portrait of a man willing to put his own life at risk in a relentless quest to protect the oceans and the marine life within.
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Tomorrow, 10-Feb, The 11th Environmental Documentary Series will show: Mossville: When Great Trees Fall
Tomorrow, 10-Feb, The 11th Environmental
Documentary Series will show: Mossville: When Great Trees Fall, 76:16 minutes: http://www.mossvilleproject.com/
About the film: Mossville, Louisiana: A once-thriving community founded by formerly enslaved and free people of color, and an economically flourishing safe haven for generations of African American families. Today it’s a breeding ground for petrochemical plants and their toxic black clouds. Many residents are forced from their homes, and those that stay suffer from prolonged exposure to contamination and pollution. Amid this chaos and injustice stands one man who refuses to abandon his family’s land - and his community.
Attendees will have to provide themselves for the film which is available for $3.99 e.g. on Amazon, iTunes, Google Play. We will connect at 6:30 PM via Zoom (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83391076365?pwd=djZQa3hvQklncDlTdTdjbnBPdDcxdz09) and everybody will start the film soon after. After the film we will hold a discussion on Zoom.
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Tomorrow, 3-Feb, The 11th Environmental Documentary Series will show: The Social Dilemma
Tomorrow, 3-Feb, The 11th Environmental Documentary Series will show: The Social Dilemma, 94:30 minutes: https://www.thesocialdilemma.com
About the film: Never before have a handful of tech designers had such control over the way billions of us think, act, and live our lives. The technology that connects us – Also manipulates us, Also polarizes us, Also distracts us, Also monetizes us, Also divides us, Also controls us.
Attendees will have to provide themselves for the film which is available on Netflix. We will connect at 6:30 PM via Zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83391076365?pwd=djZQa3hvQklncDlTdTdjbnBPdDcxdz09 and everybody will start the film soon after. After the film we will hold a discussion on Zoom.
Full schedule: https://sustainability.sienaheights.edu/environmental-documentaries.html
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Tomorrow, 27-Jan, The 11th Environmental Documentary Series will show: The Story of Plastic
Tomorrow, 27-Jan, The 11th Environmental Documentary Series will show: The Story of Plastic, 83:49 minutes: https://www.storyofplastic.org
Attendees will have to provide themselves for the film but it is available for little money: Amazon $2.99 also on Apple TV, Xfinity video-on-demand. We will connect at 6:30 PM via Zoom (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83391076365?pwd=djZQa3hvQklncDlTdTdjbnBPdDcxdz09) and everybody will start the film soon after. After the film we will hold a discussion on Zoom.
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Environmental Documentaries - SHU Sustainability showing Entangled
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/408553571