Looking for something to do tonight? Check out the trailer below:

Gasland: “Halliburton has developed a way to get more natural gas out of the ground—a hydraulic drilling process called hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” for short. Energy companies across rural America are attempting to lease property from residents in order to drill for natural gas.

Filmmaker Josh Fox received a lucrative offer from an energy company wanting to lease his property to tap into a reservoir of natural gas. Fox decided to take his camera and meet other rural residents on the front lines of fracking. He traveled to 32 states and discovered toxic streams, ruined acquifers, dying livestock, brutal illnesses, and kitchen sinks that burst into flames. He learns that all water is connected and perhaps some things are more valuable than money. (Info from sundance film festival).”

WHEN: Monday, August 16th @ 8pm

WHERE: Civic Media Center, 433 S. Main St.

COST: $3-5 donation requested

https://www.civicmediacenter.org/event/2010/08/16/gasland

WESLEY C. SKILES

Memorial Celebration and Service Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at Ginnie Springs

The memorial service will begin at 6:00 pm followed by a celebration of Wes’s life. Ginnie Springs will be open to our guests all afternoon. The celebration will last into the evening. You may want to bring the beverage of your choice and a picnic supper or food to share.

The family requests that in lieu of flowers donations be made in Wes’s name to the Alachua Conservation Trust: alachuaconservationtrust.org

via Karst Productions Home Page

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Riley recently co-directed the First Annual Gainesville Environmental Film and Arts Festival, which was in collaboration with GoGreenNation.org. She admits she was so overwhelmed with festival-related tasks that promoting her site fell by the wayside. But the festival embodied the greater mission of GoGreenNation.org: to build a community of concerned citizens with a heart and a sharp, informed mind for all things green.

via Kennedy: Ride-Along: GoGreenNation.org.

We were thrilled with the response and excitement generated by the 2010 festival and we are beginning to plan on next year’s festival. Our 2011 festival will continue to bring informative and inspiring environmental films to Gainesville and we look forward to expanding our reach to the community at large, helping to broaden environmental awareness and engaging more of our community in next year’s fun.

We are so appreciative of all of you who supported us with your sweat, tears and funds… and we need you again.

We are looking for a few interested people with some time to dedicate to growing, promoting and supporting the next festival.  We have enough time this year to really establish a financial basis for this year and the years to come. We’ve listed several areas that we need help with below – please let us know if you would like to help:

Trish (954-384-9466) and Shirley (352-215-9918)

“We must put the repair of our water infrastructure at the TOP of our agenda – on the federal and local levels. Americans have access to some of the cleanest drinking water in the world – without the proper infrastructure to deliver that water we will soon see more and more places in America that resemble developing nations. Think I’m exaggerating? Check out this town just three hours from Los Angeles!

2. When citizens do not maintain control over public water supplies than access to clean drinking water becomes a luxury relegated to only those that can afford it.

Democracy is a participatory sport”

You can buy the DVD…see the trailer: http://www.tappedthemovie.com/

Just this year Health Canada, the equivalent of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, announced it plans to ban the sale and application of all weed’n feed type products across Canada by the end of 2012. Half of Canada has already banned such products. Narrated by author and activist Paul Tukey and directed by Brett Plymale, A Chemical Reaction will have you cheering for the small town of Hudson, who fought the giant chemical lawn care companies for ten years.

via Annie Spiegelman: A Chemical Reaction: The Story of the First Town to Ban Pesticides.

• 6:30 pm Green Shorts Compilation
• 7:30 pm Wild Edible Tastes and Q&A with John Moran, Dan Rountree (Current Problems) and Freddie Johnson (Conservation Burial)
• 8 pm Numen: The Nature of Plants:

Numen, defined as the animating force in nature, is a documentary film focusing on the healing power of plants and the natural world. Featuring stunning footage of medicinal plants and thought-provoking interviews, the film calls for a re-awakening of traditional knowledge about plants and their uses. Numen is for herbalists, gardeners, medical practitioners, plant lovers – and everyone concerned about human and environmental health. A primary objective of Numen is to bring the same awareness to medicine and the medical industry that the organic food movement has brought to food and the food industry. The film presents a sobering view of conventional healthcare and the dangers of environmental insults, as well as a vision of safe, effective and sustainable medicine. It offers stories about how individuals have improved their own health and well-being and provides concrete steps for viewers to do so as well. Most broadly, the film encourages viewers to think deeply about the sources of their medicine and how their healthcare choices affect themselves and the larger web of life. It inspires us all to deepen our relationship with the natural world and reminds us of the healing made possible by re-embracing our place in the wider web of life.

1hr 35min/ USA/ NR
[Watch the trailer]

The Gainesville Environmental Film and Arts Festival will host an Eco-Fair 2-9 p.m. March 27 at the Sun Center downtown.

We’ve been inspired by the films, now let’s get the tools for change and make the commitment to do what we can to create a healthier future. Join the GoGreenNation Conservation Challenge, buy a rain barrel, pick up compost bins, join the efforts of organizations working to protect our natural resources, and have fun meeting like-minded people.

Booths will be up from 2 – 6:30 p.m.; musicians will play until 6:30 p.m. then the film “Home” will begin at dusk. Festival ends when the film ends at 8:30 p.m., just as lights go out around the world in celebration of Earth Hour.

Environmental Booths

1 Save Our Suwannee

2 Veg4Life

3 SAC: Sustainable Alachua County

4 USGBC: Heart of Florida Chapter, U.S. Green Building Council

5 Drops and Watts: Weatherize to Conserve

6 Neutral Gainesville: Offset your Carbon Footprint

7 Waste Management: Compost bins, edutainment

8 Alachua Dept. of Environmental Protection: Drop off Hazardous and Electronic Wastes; buy a rain barrel

9 Pure Energy Solar powers our musical performances with Solar Tower

10 Transition Town: Micanopy

11 Sandhill Farm: Fresh Biodynamic Produce

12 Florida Organic Growers: Shelley Rogers, Director, “What’s Organic About Organic?”

13 Optics for the Tropics: Bird conservation and observation tools

14 Conservation burial: Green and sustainable

15 Citizens Co-op and Blue Oven Kitchens/Kitchen Incubator

16 Quiet Waters: Silence in Nature

17 Protect Peace River: Carter Lord, Director, “The Phosphate Dilemma”

18 Suwannee St. Johns Chapter, Sierra Club

19 Brytan/Kanapaha Realty: Green Homes

20 Putnam Land Conservancy

21 First Steps Headquarters: Green Websites

22 United Nations USA, UF Chapter

23 First Steps Headquarters

24 Flour Pot bakery

25 Civic Media Center

26 IFAS: Florida Friendly Yards

Music:

2 p.m. Whitey Markle

2:45 p.m. Dale Crider

3:30 p.m. Mark Smith

4:15 p.m. Shade Tree

5 p.m. Doug Clifford

5:45 p.m. Weeds of Eden

Special Events:

*We’ve added a special screening of the much-loved film “Dirt!” at the Hippodrome Cinema at 2:30 p.m.*

4 p.m.: Making the Move to a Sustainable Future: Pete Colverson, Pandion Systems.

5:30-6 p.m. Boca Fiesta/Palomino Courtyard: Nia Moving Meditation with Marty Henneka

Join us, Monday, March 22: www.GEFAF.org

• 6 pm Water Tasting Test
• 6:30 pm The River Returns Presented by Wes Skiles
• 8:00 pm Water Shorts – The Phosphate Dilemma, Born Sweet  and Gimme Green
• Talk with directors: Carter Lord and Eric Flagg