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Environmental Documentaries Series

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11th Environmental Documentary Series at SHU in the Winter Semester of 2021 
Due to the worsening COVID-19 pandemic, we will watch all films individually but (close to) synchronous online at the below days and times. We will connect live via Zoom (Meeting link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83391076365?pwd=djZQa3hvQklncDlTdTdjbnBPdDcxdz09) to allow questions and comments about the films via chat and run a post screening discussion. As Fair-Use exceptions only apply to face-to-face settings, you will need to rent or buy your own personal license (distributors with hyperlinks, and costs are provided in the far-right column of the below program). Some films are free – or provided to this film series by the filmmakers. Be ready to start watching by 6:30 PM. If you are running late, send a Zoom chat to everybody to find out where we are – you can return to the missed parts after our session concludes. This way we will all be done watching about the same time and can conclude the session with a post-screening discussion.

Date

Film

Time

Topics

Source and Cost

13-Jan

Yasuni Man

98:32

Indigenous people, deforestation, fossil fuels

Vimeo $4.99

20-Jan

Entangled

75:07

Species extinction, oceans, policy

Vimeo free access link provided
David Abel, filmmaker and Boston Globe reporter will attend

27-Jan

The Story of Plastic

83:49

Pollution, policy

Amazon $2.99 also on Apple TV, Xfinity video-on-demand

3-Feb

The Social Dilemma

94:30

Social media, consumer rights

Netflix

10-Feb

Mossville: When Great Trees Fall

76:16

Pollution, environmental justice, racism

Amazon, iTunes, Google Play; $3.99

17-Feb

Watson

100:14

Activism, endangered species, oceans

Amazon, iTunes; $2.99

24-Feb

Modern Nature and Sprayed

87:00

Pesticides, GMOs

Links and free access codes provided during session
Filmmaker Craig Leon will be in attendance

3-Mar

Jane Goodall: The Hope

88:48

Activism, endangered species, deforestation, habitat loss

Amazon, $1.99

10-Mar

Program Change:
18th Peter M. Wege Lecture Featuring NAOMI KLEIN starting at 7:00 PM

The planned feature Why we cycle can still be watched independently

60:00

Lifestyle choices, healthy living, climate change

Free signup required

 

Vimeo; $4.96

17-Mar

Fantastic Fungi

80:05

Nature, sustainability, food

Vimeo; $4.99

24-Mar

Public Trust

98:01

Conservation, nature, habitat destruction

Youtube; free

31-Mar

Easter Break

7-Apr

Reef Rescue, Herd Impact 

67:23

Conservation, climate change, habitat destruction, oceans; soils, agriculture, food

RR: Not yet confirmed; HI: free on YouTube

14-Apr

Peace with Nature and Solar For All

75:25

Conservation, habitat restoration; renewable energy, environmental justice

Free or provided access on Vimeo: PwN, SfA

Randall Tolpinrud of the Pax Natura Foundation will be in attendance

21-Apr

Ever slow green, Generation Green New Deal

81:00

Conservation, reforestation; activism, youth

ESG provided access on Vimeo; GGND not yet confirmed

ESG filmmaker Christoph Pohl will be in attendance for the discussion

28-Apr

Issa Speaker Jeffrey Sachs

Starting at 7:00 PM

45:00

Presentation on Sustainable Development

Free on Zoom

5-May

Kiss the Ground

84:56

Agriculture, soil, climate mitigation

Vimeo, $1

10th Environmental Documentary Series at SHU in the Fall Semester of 2020
Due to the still ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, all films are online and you can watch them anytime you want – just rent the films or watch them for free – see below). I created a blog page and will make a post for each film so you can comment and share your thoughts, ask questions or share any related information: http://sustainability.sienaheights.edu/environmental-documentaries-blog

I just received the below notification that this great documentary that I waited for a long time was finally released. If you watch it before September 8, you will donate automatically to help indigenous communities in the Amazon region that were extremely hard hit by the Corona virus: You're invited to the online release of Yasuní Man, now available on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, and Vimeo. If you watch it before September 8th, a portion of the proceeds from each download will go directly to the Amazon Emergency Fund, to provide COVID-19 rapid response grants across the Amazon. This “must-see” film about the Amazon is a powerful documentary that takes you into Ecuador's Yasuní National Park – the most biodiverse place on the planet. It is home to the Waorani Indigenous people and the nomadic Tagaeri-Taromenane, who are among the last remaining Indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation in Ecuador.

Date

Film

Runtime

 

Topic

Source and Cost

26-Aug

Blowout

78

 

Energy, Climate

Amazon, Fire TV, Roku, Vizio, Apple TV $3

2-Sep

Thule – Tuvalu

93

 

Climate, Indigenous People

URL $4.50

9-Sep

Speciesism

94

 

Animal Rights

URL $3

16-Sep

Last Call for the Bayou

56

 

Sealevel Rise, Climate adaptation

URL free

23-Sep

Cooked Survival by Zip Code

56

 

Heatwaves, Adaptation

URL free

30-Sep

Paul Jacobs & The Nuclear Gang

60

 

Nukes, Journalism

URL free

7-Oct

Awake: A Dream from Standing Rock

89

 

Pollution, Indigenous People, Activism

URL free (donation)

14-Oct

Home

93

 

Planetary Evolution, Pollution, Climate

URL free

21-Oct

My country no more

 70

 

Energy, Eminent Domain, Activism

Amazon $6

28-Oct

Water & Power: A California Heist

80

 

Water Rights, Activism

Amazon, Youtube $4

4-Nov

Revolution

82

 

Ecology and Evolution, Species Extinction, Activism

URL $3

11-Nov

What if we change and SEKEM – The miracle in the desert

50+36

 

Habitat Restoration, Holistic Development

URL free

URL $4

18-Nov

The New Environmentalists (3 episodes)

30+27+28 

 

 Activism, Indigenous People

URL free

URL free

URL free

25-Nov

From Seed to Seed

86

 

Agroecology

URL $6

2-Dec

Right to harm

75

 

Pollution, Industrial Agriculture

URL $5

9-Dec

GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth

54

 

Economy, Solutions

URL $3

​9th Environmental Documentary Series
Winter Semester 2020. All films will start Wednesdays 7:00 PM in the Science Building, Room SCI 131 and are free and open for everybody. This faculty-led program and any related discussion is for educational benefit only. A campus map can be found at: sienaheights.edu/About/Campus-Map-Parking
DUE TO PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TO REDUCE THE CHANCES OF CONTRACTING THE CORONA VIRUS, WE HAD TO CANCEL THE 9TH SERIES. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO CLICK ON THE LINKS ON THE NAMES OF THE FILMS, MANY ARE AVAILABLE FOR PAY-PER-VIEW AT MODERATE COSTS.

Week

Date

Film

Runtime

Topic

2

15-Jan

Waters of the U.S.,
From Standing Rock to the Swamp, The Forever Chemicals

21+24+27

Water pollution, environmental law, activism

3

22-Jan

No Film

4

29-Jan

A River of Waste

92

Water pollution, industrial agriculture

5

5-Feb

No Film

6

12-Feb

Poisoning Paradise

77

Pesticides

7

19-Feb

No Film

8

26-Feb

CANCELLED:
Overload: America's Toxic Love Story

71

Toxic chemicals

9

4-Mar

Fall Break

10

11-Mar

Microplastic Madness

Viewer feedback form

76

Plastic pollution

11

18-Mar

No Film

12

25-Mar

Rueckert Auditorium, Dominican Hall
Issa Speaker Jon Foley:
Project Drawdown

Solutions

13

1-Apr

Paris to Pittsburgh

78

Climate crisis, solutions

14

8-Apr

Easter Break

15

15-Apr

#Powerplant and With My Own Eyes

61+8

Plant based food, animal rights

16

22-Apr

The Biggest Little Farm

82

Agroecology, solutions

 

 

 

 

 

 

8th Environmental Documentary Series
SHU Students can enroll for a 3-credit hour LAS 441 course (section AC), Instructor: Tom Wassmer, twassmer@sienaheights.edu).
All films will start Wednesdays 6:30 PM in the Science Building, Room SCI 131 and are free and open for everybody. This faculty-led program and any related discussion is for educational benefit only. A campus map can be found at: sienaheights.edu/About/Campus-Map-Parking

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE (W 6:30 – 8:30 pm in SCI 131)

Session

Date

Film

Runtime

Topic

1

4-Sep

Different Time: 7:15 pm!

Pumped Dry: Global Crisis of Vanishing Groundwater, Shorts

70

Water, climate crisis

2

11-Sep

Trashed: No Place for Waste

98

Waste, pollution

3

18-Sep

The Borneo Case

79

Deforestation, indigenous people

4

25-Sep

The True Cost

92

Waste, environmental justice, green economy

5

2-Oct

Nor Any Drop to Drink

90

Toxic chemicals, water, politics

6

9-Oct

Our rising oceans, Losing Earth, This is Climate Change

92

Climate crisis, virtual reality

7

16-Oct

World population, Mother: Caring for 7 Billion and Love the Population Bomb

82

Population

8

23-Oct

The Age of Consequences

80

Climate crisis, conflict

9

30-Oct

Room and time change: Rueckert Auditorium, Dominican Hall, 7 pm

Issa Speaker Gabby Ahmadia, WWF, Director, Marine Conservation Science, Oceans

 

Marine Conservation, climate adaptation

10

6-Nov

Racing Extinction

94

Species extinction

11

13-Nov

Wasted! The Story of Food Waste

85

Food, climate crisis, solutions

12

20-Nov

Death by Design

74

Electronics, pollution

13

27-Nov

Thanksgiving – No Class

 

 

4

4-Dec

The Devil we know

88

Toxic chemicals, water


7th Environmental Documentary Series
All films will start W 7:00 PM in the Science Building, Room SCI 131 and are free and open for everybody. This faculty-led program and any related discussion is for educational benefit only. A campus map can be found at: sienaheights.edu/About/Campus-Map-Parking
BIO121, A&P

Date

 Film

Running Time (min)

Topics

16-Jan

What Lies Upstream

84

Pollution, Toxic Chemicals, Water

23-Jan

A Plastic Ocean

100

Pollution, Oceans

30-Jan

Canceled

Wasted! The Story of Food Waste

CANCELED 85

Food, Climate Change, Solutions

6-Feb

Eating Animals

95

Food, Animal Rights, Lifestyle

13-Feb

Green, Person of the Forest, Vanishing, Shorts

4+47+17+23+1.5=93

Habitat Destruction, Conservation

20-Feb

Regreening the desert, Kokota- The Islet of Hope, Selah: Water from Stone

47+8+30=85

Climate Change, Solutions

27-Feb

Anote’s Ark and A Climate for Conflict

77+15=92

Climate Change, Climate Justice

13-Mar

Climate Adaptation Shorts

78

Climate Change, Solutions

20-Mar

Dirt Rich

88

Food, Climate Change, Solutions

3-Apr

The Reluctant Radical and
Forget Shorter Showers

77+11=88

Climate Change, Climate Justice, Activism

17-Apr

Tomorrow

120

Activism, Lifestyle

 


6th Environmental Documentary Series scheduled for Winter 2018
All films will start W 7:00 PM in SCI 131 and are free and open for everybody.
​The Climate Action live stream with Bernie Sanders and Bill McKibben on January 31st will start at 7:30 PM also in SCI 131.
Please note - schedule change: Happening is shown 25-Apr instead of 4-Apr replacing "What if we change?". On 4-Apr, please consider attending UNFRACTURED screened for free at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor! The filmmakers will be attending and there will be a discussion after! The event is hosted by the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability. Reserve your Ticket here.
BIO121, A&P

Date

 Film

Running Time

Topics

17-Jan

Sonic Sea

60

Pollution, Conservation

24-Jan

The Trees Around You, Trophy

24+28

Conservation, Biodiversity

31-Jan

Live: Fossil Free Fast - The Climate Resistance with Bill McKibben and Bernie Sanders

7-Feb

Water Warriors, Standing Rock

22+29

Climate Change, Pollution, Resistance

14-Feb

Oil & Water

78

Pollution, Climate Change, Conservation,

28-Feb

Bikes vs. Cars

87

Pollution, Climate Change, Lifestyle

14-Mar

Empathy

75

Food, Animal Rights

4-Apr

UNFRACTURED

90

Energy, Fossil Fuels

11-Apr

Hometown Habitat

60

Urban Environments, Conservation

25-Apr

Happening

72

Energy, Renewables

 

 

5th ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTARY SERIES SCHEDULED FOR Fall 2017
​SHU Students can enroll for a 3-credit hour LAS 441 course (section AE), Instructor: Tom Wassmer, twassmer@sienaheights.edu). All events are open and free to anybody.
Documentaries shown the last 2.5 years (see below) are available through the SHU Library or Online as pay-per-view for a small fee.
There will be a short introduction before the showing of the documentaries. Following the showings, there will be discussions on the topic of the movie(s) and how well the issue was covered.
This faculty-led program and any related discussion is for educational benefit only.

 
All events besides on 9/13 will take place on Wednesday evenings between 6:30-9 pm in the Science Building Room 131.
BIO121, A&P

Date

 Film

Topic

6-Sep

Water and Power (78)

Water

13-Sep

Different time: 7:00 pm

PBS NOVA Flint – Poisoned Water (50)

Pollution, Toxic Chemicals

20-Sep

Sea the Truth (60) and shorts

Overfishing

27-Sep

Stink! (90)

Toxic Chemicals

4-Oct

Death By Design (74)

Electronics, Pollution

11-Oct

Before the Flood (95)

Climate Change, Activism

18-Oct

From the Ashes (81)

Energy, Pollution

25-Oct

At the Fork (89) - Cowspiracy Short (15)

Food, Ethics, Climate Change

1-Nov

Hometown Habitat (90) or Chasing Coral (89)

Conservation, Habitat Destruction

8-Nov

Death By A Thousand Cuts (73)

Deforestation, Conflict

15-Nov

The Age of Consequences (80)

Climate Change, Conflict

22-Nov

Thanksgiving – No Class

 

29-Nov

We're not broke (80)

Globalization

6-Dec

Tomorrow - Demain (120)

What can be done?

 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTARY SERIES SCHEDULED FOR WINTER 2017
​SHU Students can enroll for a 1-credit hour course and earn credit for attendance, short quizzes and essays (Course number ENV200D, Instructor: Tom Wassmer, twassmer@sienaheights.edu). All events are open and free to anybody. This faculty-led program and any related discussion is for educational benefit only.
Documentaries shown the last 2 years are available through the SHU Library or Online as pay-per-view for a small fee.
There will be a short introduction before the showing of the documentaries. Following the showings, there will be an optional discussion on the topic of the movie and how well the issue was covered. This faculty-led program and any related discussion is for educational benefit only.
 
All events will take place on Thursday evenings between 7-9 pm in St. Joseph Hall / SJH 109 Lecture Hall.
St. Joseph Hall (Circled) - Parking across the street to the right of the Nursing Building

Date

Title(s)

Topic

Winter 2017

3/16/2016

1.       The Messenger (90)

Conservation, Species extinction

3/23/2017

1.       The Goose with the Golden Eggs: Tourism on Costa Rica's Pacific Coast (34)

2.       How bad for the environment are cruise ships? (2)

3.       Thule – Tuvalu (55)

Total time: 91

Tourism and Climate Change

3/30/2017

1.       The Breakthrough in Renewable Energy (47)

2.       Won't Pipe Down (23)

Total time: 70

Energy

4/6/2017

1.       World Population (5:46)

2.       Mother: Caring for 7 Billion (60)

Total time: 67 – Location Change: Science Building Room 131

Population

4/13/2017

Easter Break

4/20/2017

1.       Invisible Ocean: Plankton and Plastic (9)

2.       Racing to Zero, in Pursuit of Zero Waste (57)

Total time: 66

Trash, Pollution

4/27/2017

1.       Pumped Dry: the Global Crisis of Vanishing Groundwater (40)

2.       Who Owns Water (50)

Total time: 90

Water

5/4/2017

1.       Farming for the Future: Shorts

a.       Age of the Farmer (6)

b.      Farming for the Future (7)

c.       Walt (6)

d.      Food for Thought, Food for Life (22)

2.       Soil Carbon Cowboy (12)

3.       Growing Roots (24)

4.       Seeding a Dream / Growing Local (15)

Total time: 91

Food, Pesticides, Organics

 

All documentaries shown in Fall 2016, Winter 2016, and Fall 2015 are either available on DVD from the SH Library or as pay-per-view for a small fee:

Date

Title(s)

Topic

Fall 2016

10/20/2016

The Tax Free Tour (53)
TTIP: Might is Right (49)

Money, Globalization

10/27/2016

Underkastelsen – Submission (87)

Chemicals – Pollution

11/3/2016

Tin Trouble (28)
e-Stewardship (12)
Offline is the new luxury (46)

E-trash / Connected Disconnect

11/10/2016

Forest in the Sky (El Triunfo) (15)
Stop the Burning (10)
The Marvelous Musical Report of the Marine National Monuments (10)
Moving the Giants (11)
Message in a bottle (15)

Conservation, Species extinction, Global Warming

11/17/2016

Battling the Bloom: Lake Erie (7)
Algae Blooms in the Great Lakes (27)
A Balanced Diet for Lake Erie (11)
Predicting Harmful Algal Blooms (2)
Red Tide and Human Health (4)
Dead Zones of the Pacific Northwest (3)
Happening Now: Dead Zone in the Gulf (2)
EarthEcho Expeditions: Beyond The Dead Zone (19)

Algae Blooms and Death Zones

11/24/2016

Thanksgiving Break

12/1/2016

Resistance (71)
Panorama: Antibiotic Crisis (28)

Antibiotic Resistance

12/8/2016

Wrenched

Environmental Advocacy

12/15/2016

Years of Living Dangerously. Season 2, Episode 5: Collapse of the Oceans (50)
Disobedience (41)

Climate change, Ocean Acidification and Environmental Advocacy

 

WINTER 2016:
​
Jan. 12: "The World According to Monsanto" (pollution/toxins)
Brochures about what you can do to avoid GMOS: Shopping Guide 2013, Shopping Guide Summer 2014, Health Risks of GMOs
​​
Jan. 26: "Speciesism" (agriculture, ethics)

Feb. 9: "Let's Make Money" (globalization)

March 1: "Racing Extinction" (species extinction)

March 22: "Inside the Garbage of the World" (pollution/waste)

April 5: "Green" (habitat destruction)

April 19: "The Man Who Stopped the Desert" (solutions)


FALL 2015:

Sept. 8: "Home" (general)

Sept. 22: "Trashed: No Place For Waste" (pollution/waste)

Oct. 6: "More Than Honey" (species extinction)

Oct. 20: "Our Rising Oceans" (climate change)

Nov. 3: "The Future of Energy: Lateral Power to the People" (energy, society)

Nov. 17: "Life Running Out of Control" (agriculture, GMOs)

Dec. 1: "In Organic We Trust" (food, agriculture)

Dec. 15: "Fall and Winter" (solutions)

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