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2010

Wild and Scenic On Tour

*Big River – 27 min.
Curt Ellis, Aaron Woolf
The filmmakers of KING CORN are back! Curt and Ian have returned to Iowa with a new mission: to investigate the environmental impact their acre of corn has had on the people and places downstream. In a journey that extends from the American heartland to the Gulf of Mexico, the guys trade their combine for a canoe and set out to see the big world their little acre of corn has touched. www.bigriverfilm.com http://www.bigriverfilm.com/#/Trailer,

Brower Youth Awards: Forces of Nature – Six, individual 5 min. profiles
Earth Island Institute
Earth Island Institute established the Brower Youth Awards to honor legendary environmental activist, David R. Brower and to call forth a new generation of leaders. The awards honor six young people for their activism and achievements in the fields of environmental and social justice advocacy. www.broweryouthawards.org
Alec Loorz, 15, of California, the youngest presenter of Al Gore’s “The Climate Project” and the founder of SLAP, Sea Level Awareness Program, to educate coastal Californians about sea level rise and global warming. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx7kJf4Uo1U,


The Fun Theory: Piano Staircase – 2 min.
Martin Larsson, Daniel Alinder
The Fun Theory is an award that recognizes those thoughts, ideas and inventions that prove the fun theory…the thought that something as simple as fun is the easiest way to change people’s behavior for the better. Be it for yourself, for the environment, or for something entirely different, the only thing that matters is that it’s change for the better. ” Take the stairs instead of the escalator or elevator and feel better” is something we often hear or read in the Sunday papers. Few people actually follow that advice. Can we get more people to take the stairs over the escalator by making it fun to do? See the results here. www.thefuntheory.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPyw,


*Garbage Angels – 6 min.
Pierre Trudeau
What happens when trash meets trash? Could there be life in a dump? Best Canadian Short, Planet in Focus. www.pierretrudeau.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCZS7tjKcRw

Greenhorns – 20 min.
Severine von Tscharner Fleming
This spring found young farmers as unlikely poster children of a new zeitgeist. In many communities these bright 20- and 30-somethings are contributing and leading the way into a new world of agriculture, sustainability and economics. www.thegreenhorns.net http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH7o3fxw6oE,


Samsara – 19 min.
Renan Ozturk
The sacred peak of Meru, in the Vindhya Mountains of India is said in mythology to be the center of the universe, but can you climb to the center of the universe? Climbing team Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk set out to attempt a first ascent of this 6,500 foot rock route. Telluride Mountain Film - Charlie Fowler Award. www.rockmonkeyart.com http://www.rockmonkeyart.com/Creative_SHorts.html,

Tapped – 76 min. (available for additional $75)
Stephanie Soechtig, Sarah Olson
Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a commodity that should be bought and sold? Take a behind-the-scenes look into the unregulated and unseen world of the bottled water industry that aims to privatize and sell back the one resource that ought to never become a commodity: our water. Best Documentary - Eugene Int’l Film Festival. www.tappedthemovie.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72MCumz5lq4,


A Sheltered Sea: The Journey of the California Marine Life Protection Act – 23 min.
William Bayne, April Bucksbaum
There is a pioneering conservation action taking place along the coast of California. The Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) brings together diverse stakeholders—fishermen, conservationists, scientists, government, divers, and ocean-loving citizens—in a process to set aside marine refuges akin to our country’s National Parks. Best Ocean Conservation Film, Blue Ocean Film Festival. www.caloceans.org, www.thebaumfoundation.org http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gdvb4ORkec&feature=player_embedded,

*Sea Turtles in Bahia Magdalena
David McGuire
Local Fishermen turned conservationists join ecotourists to help protect endangered Sea Turtles throughout the Baja California Peninsula.