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A Sampling of Additional Information and Action Opportunities

10,000 Trees

  • 10,000 Trees: <http://10ktreesdocumentary.wordpress.com/>
  • Facebook page: <http://www.facebook.com/pages/10000-Trees-Documentary/165951176784222>

A Fierce Green Fire

  • Film website: <http://www.afiercegreenfire.com/>
  • 350.org Climate Crisis campaign: <http://www.350.org/en/mission>
  • Background about the issue of climate change on Global Issues: <http://www.globalissues.org/issue/178/climate-change-and-global-warming>

America’s Darling

  • Film website: http://www.marvoentertainmentgroup.com/productions-new/in-production/americas-darling-2
  • Biographical information: http://www.fws.gov/refuges/history/bio/darling.html
  • Educator’s pages, traveling exhibits, cartoons, audio recordings:
    • http://www.dingdarling.org/
    • http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/ding/

ANEW

  • ANEW Foundation homepage <http://www.anewfound.org/>
  • ANEW award winning documentary trailer <http://www.anewfound.org/learning-center/blog/videos>
  • Like them on Facebook for updates! <http://www.facebook.com/ANEWfound>
  • ANEW Twitter: <http://twitter.com/#!/ANEWfound>
  • Tips for Recycling Household Furniture <http://earth911.com/recycling/household/home-and-office-furniture/tips-for-recycling-household-furniture/>

Aqua Hazard

  • About the Maui Huliau Environmental Film-making Club of the Maui Huliau Foundation: <http://www.mauihuliaufoundation.org/hefc>
  • Aqua Hazard on IMDB <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2220562/combined>

Bat City USA

  • Bat City USA trailer on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f9yWQ7afjw
  • Film synopsis on the Austin Film Society: http://www.austinfilm.org/page.aspx?pid=1599
  • Get involved and take action: http://www.batcon.org/index.php/get-involved.html

Bidder 70

  • Bidder 70 website: <http://www.bidder70film.com/#!bidder_70/mainPage>
  • About oil and gas exploration and development in Utah <http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/prog/energy/oil_and_gas/oil_and_gas_exploration.html>
  • About Peaceful Uprising movement: <http://www.peacefuluprising.org/about/peaceful-uprisings-core-principles>
  • 350 climate crisis campaign: <http://www.350.org/en/mission>
  • Act Up Civil Disobedience resource page: <http://www.actupny.org/documents/CDdocuments/CDindex.html>

Biophilic Design:  The Architecture of Life

  • Bullfrogfilms website <http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/about.html>
  • Learn more about Green Architecture <http://architecture.about.com/od/greenconcepts/g/green.htm>
  • Learn more about the benefits of biophilic design: The Biophilia Effect <http://www.vanseodesign.com/web-design/biophilia-effect/>

Bottle Vs. Tap

  • Watch on YouTube: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COrjD7fGUrs>
  • Bottled Water facts <http://www.container-recycling.org/facts/plastic/bottledwater.htm>
  • Bottled vs. Tap Water facts and additional info: <http://www.eatingwell.com/food_news_origins/green_sustainable/bottled_water_vs_ta>
  • Earth Policy Institute article about the Back-to-Tap movement <http://www.earth-policy.org/plan_b_updates/2007/update68?gclid=CLfGlaz-srICFQcGnQodGwcAfw>
  • The Water Project - get involved helping bring clean, safe drinking water to Africa <http://thewaterproject.org/?gclid=CLTty8z-srICFYhM4AodmgQAfg>
  • Water for People - help bring local, sustainable drinking water resources to developing countries <http://www.waterforpeople.org/>

Bunty’s Tree

  • Trailer on YouTube <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TS-mYjWCDw>
  • Bunty’s Tree creator Film School’s YouTube page:  http://www.youtube.com/user/MadArtsSchool/featured
  • Bunty’s Tree creator Film School’s Web Page: http://madarts.in/

Cape Spin

  • Film website <http://www.capespin.com/>
  • Trailer http://vimeo.com/7932720
  • Facebook http://www.facebook.com/capespin
  • Twitter http://twitter.com/CapeWind
  • The electron project - find out where your energy comes from and build your own energy independence <http://www.electronproject.org/>

Chasing Pavement

  • Watch on Vimeo <https://vimeo.com/35143134>

Danske Dandridge’s Garden

  • Immortal Essence: The Life and Muses of Danske Dandridge by Jim Surkamp
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPueZR7cK_I
  • Danske Dandridge: What is Her Magic? http://justjefferson.com/23danske.htm
  • Immortal Essence: The Life and Writings of Danske Dandridge, Poet and Nature-Lover  http://justjefferson.com/Danske%20Dandridge.html

Dirty Energy

  • Film website <http://www.dirtyenergymovie.com/>
  • Save Our Shores anti-offshore drilling campaign <http://www.saveourshores.org/what-we-do/offshore-oil-drilling.php>
  • 1,000,000 Strong Against Offshore Drilling <https://www.facebook.com/dontdrill>

Drying for Freedom

  • Film website: <http://www.dryingforfreedom.com/>
  • Facebook: <http://www.facebook.com/dryingforfreedom>
  • Campaign to raise money to support the film: <http://www.indiegogo.com/DryingForFreedom>

Dying Green

  • Watch trailer on YouTube  <www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPQ1sPcQQHo>
  • Facebook page: <www.facebook.com/pages/Dying-Green.../225106650906392>
  • Dying Green synopsis www.dcenvironmentalfilmfest.org/films/show/863
  • PBS article on green burial and the Dying Green story <http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/04/dying-green-explores-conservation-through-natural-burial.html>
  • Dr. Billy Campbell’s website links to additional resources:  http://www.memorialecosystems.com/OtherLinks/tabid/59/Default.aspx

Eating Alabama

  • Film website <http://www.eatingalabama.com/>
  • Local Harvest - find local farms and community supported agriculture near you <http://www.localharvest.org/>

Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge

  • Website of the EBF National Wildlife Refuge: <http://www.fws.gov/northeast/forsythe/>
  • Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Edwin-B-Forsythe-National-Wildlife-Refuge/398159686873700>
  • Help conserve the wildlife refuge: Get Involved & Volunteer <http://www.fws.gov/northeast/forsythe/getinvolved.html>

Farmageddon

  • Film website - for how to get involved, click “Take Action”: http://farmageddonmovie.com/film/
  • Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/FarmageddonTHEMOVIE
  • Movie trailer: http://vimeo.com/16513455

Fish Meat: Choose your Family Wisely

  • Fisheries Conservation Foundation <http://www.fishconserve.org/>
  • Article on documentary in the Department of Environmental Conservation at UMass Amherst <http://eco.umass.edu/news/danylchuk-featured-in-new-documentary-fish-meat/>

Fueling the Future

  • Watch on YouTube <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rlp2SawHnwM>
  •  The Maui Huliau Foundation <www.mauihuliaufoundation.org>
  • Get resources and news from the The Sustainable Living Institute of Maui        <www.sustainablemaui.org/resources/>

Green Waste

  • Clip from Green Waste on YouTube <www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zzXqnCLemI>
  • FAQ about recycling <http://www.ecocycle.org/recycle-compost-reuse/faqs>
  • The PBS Good Recycling Guide <http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/ghana804/resources/faq.html>

Haunted Waters

  • Film website - click “take action” for how you can get involved <http://www.forthesea.com>
  • Ziggy Livnat- For The Sea Production Facebook Page: <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ziggy-Livnat-For-The-Sea-Productions/176292445750660>
  • Marine Megafauna Foundation on Facebook: <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ziggy-Livnat-For-The-Sea-Productions/176292445750660#!/MarineMegafauna>
  • For the Sea Production YouTube Channel: <http://www.youtube.com/user/ForTheSea>
  • Ziggy Livnat & For the Sea Production Vimeo: <http://vimeo.com/forthesea>

Ice Bear 3D 

  • Film website <http://www.arcticbearproductions.com/iweb/Arctic_Bear_Productions/3D_Polar_Bear_Film.html>
  • National Geographic <www.natgeowild.com >
  • Save the Polar Bears petition to the President <http://www.savethepolarbear.org/>
  • Polar Bears International conservation efforts <http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/>
  • How children can help save the polar bears (PDF) <http://www.nrdc.org/globalwarming/polaraction.pdf>

Into The Gyre

  • Film website - to see a list of organizations in the film and connect with Gyre research and advocacy groups, click “Links”: <http://www.intothegyre.com/>
  • Facebook page: <http://www.facebook.com/IntoTheGyre?filter=1>

Journey to the End of the Winter

  • Website (French) <http://www.lapiedfilm.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=101%3Avoyage-hiver&catid=51%3Aanimalier&Itemid=53>
  • YouTube trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnPq2UYAG7E
  • Film synopsis at the Mountain Film Festival site <http://www.mountainfilm.org/film/voyage-to-the-end-of-winter-voyage-au-bout-de-l%E2%80%99hiver>

Love. Not Loss.

  • Watch the trailer <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvIdwOEzreM>
  • The International Union for Conservation of Nature <http://www.iucn.org/> Click “Get Involved” for opportunities to take action.
  • The IUCN Commission on Education and Communication Facebook page <https://www.facebook.com/groups/155976027757356/>
  • Get involved in the “How to Tell a Love Story” Campaign <http://www.iucn.org/about/union/commissions/cec/cec_how_we_work/love__not_loss_/>

Malama i ke Kai

  • Watch on YouTube <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wvCcJC7fRc>
  • E Malama i Ke Kai Ocean Awareness Festival: <http://emalamaikekai.org/>
  • Youth Program - click “How you can help” to donate <http://www.huimalamaokekai.org/>

Man-Eating Super Croc

  • Watch the trailer http://animal.discovery.com/tv-shows/animal-planet-presents/videos/man-eating-super-croc-giant-croc-caught.htm
  • Filmmaker’s Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/lawrence.cumbo
  • Article http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/01/lolong-philippines-crocodile-guinness-world-recorrd_n_1640989.html?utm_hp_ref=philippines
  • Crocodile conservation in Philippines: http://www.denr.gov.ph/index.php/component/content/article/429.html

Marion Stoddart: The Work of 1000

  • Film trailer <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ3j4_HQJ4o>
  • Film website  see links to take action by hosting a program or screening <http://workof1000.com/>   
  • Facebook page <http://www.facebook.com/workof1000>
  • Twitter <http://twitter.com/workof1000>
  • Purchase the documentary <http://www.der.org/films/work-of-1000.html>
  • Support the Nashua River Watershed Association <http://www.nashuariverwatershed.org/>

Menhaden: The Most Important Fish in the Bay

  • Film website <http://www.menhadenmovie.com/?page_id=2>
  • More about the film <http://www.savingseafood.org/conservation-environment/au-center-for-environmental-filmmaking-the-most-important-fish-in-th-2.html>
  • Trailer http://vimeo.com/44594436
  • Watch on YouTube <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t921FHBiMY>
  • Book by H. Bruce Franklin (featured in film)The Most Important Fish in the Bay: Menhaden and America < http://islandpress.org/ip/books/book/islandpress/M/bo5298709.html>

Michael Pollan's Food Rules

  • Watch the animated video: http://vimeo.com/35444471
  • Michael Pollan’s homepage http://michaelpollan.com/
  • Additional resources: http://michaelpollan.com/resources/growing-food/
  • In-depth presentation by Michael Pollan on Food Rules:

    http://fora.tv/2010/01/23/Michael_Pollan_on_Food_Rules_An_Eaters_Manual
  • The books: Food Rules (including illustrated edition): http://michaelpollan.com/books/

Ocean Frontiers: The Dawn of a New Era in Ocean Stewardship

  • Website <http://ocean-frontiers.org/the-film/> click “Take Action” for opportunities to get involved in the cause.
  • Ocean Frontiers Facebook page <https://www.facebook.com/OceanFrontiers>

On Coal River

  • Film Web Page: <http://oncoalriver.com/> - click Act for opportunities to take action
  • Mountaintop removal and activism history and background: <http://www.archaeology.org/1201/features/blair_mountain_coal_activism_west_virginia.html>

One Farm Two Purposes

  • Watch on YouTube <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv7mmEgLc-M>
  • Resources on sustainable farming: <http://www.motherearthnews.com/Sustainable-Farming.aspx>

Our Nation’s River: A System on the Edge

  • Film website: http://www.alexandracousteau.org/expedition-blue-planet-2010/great-lakes-and-chesapeake-bay/our-nations-river
  • Watch on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/39223956
  • Learn more from Potomac and Shenandoah Riverkeepers: http://www.potomacriverkeeper.org/. To take action, click on Get Involved
  • Learn more from Potomac Conservancy: http://www.potomac.org.  In addition, click on their Take Action page.
  • Additional organizations:
    • American Rivers http://www.americanrivers.org/
    • Chesapeake Bay Foundation http://cbf.org/

Out of the Blue

  • About the film <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2279169/>

Peace Out

  • Film trailer: <http://vimeo.com/43086854>
  • Facebook page: <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Peace-Out-The-Movie/185733528168225>
  • Meet the writer: <http://charleswilkinson.com/current.php>

People of a Feather

  • Film website <http://www.peopleofafeather.com/>
  • Facebook page <https://www.facebook.com/PeopleofaFeather>
  • Trailer on YouTube <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7scI8F7Now>

Return of the Prairie Bandit

  • Trailer <www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBb73ouwCqY>
  • Facebook page <https://www.facebook.com/ReturnofthePrairieBandit>
  • About the Prairie Bandit and the film <http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/natureofthings/2011/prairiebandit/>  

Roots and Hollers

  • Learn more about American ginseng and its benefits from the University of Maryland Medical Center <http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/american-ginseng-000248.htm>

Saving Oneloa

  • Watch on YouTube: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf460S6kxLw&feature=plcp>

Semper Fi: Always Faithful

  • Film website: <www.semperfialwaysfaithful.com>  Go to the Take Action for additional information and to get involved <http://semperfialwaysfaithful.com/take-action>
  • Facebook page: <www.facebook.com/semperfimovie>
  • Twitter page: <http://twitter.com/semperfimovie>
  • Semper Fi on video Vimeo: <http://vimeo.com/user5369595>
  • Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families(A National Campaign working to protect families and the environment from toxic chemicals)<www.saferchemicals.org>

Silent Skies
None available.

Stuff Everywhere

  • Learn more about where stuff comes from via The Story of Stuff  www.storyofstuff.org

Symphony of the Soil

  • Film website <www.symphonyofthesoil.com> - click get involved to take action.
  • Support local farmers www.freshfarmmarkets.org
  • Learn about organic agriculture  www.rodaleinstitute.org
  • The Stone Barn Center for Food and Agriculture www.stonebarnscenter.org

The Adventures of Oranges

  • About the Maui Huliau Environmental Film-making Club of the Maui Huliau Foundation: <http://www.mauihuliaufoundation.org/hefc>

The Art of Dam Removal

  • Watch on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/30060034
  • PBS video about the damn removal: http://video.pbs.org/video/2167396394/

The Atomic States of America

  • Atomic States of American trailer on Vimeo <https://vimeo.com/41125663>
  • Facebook page <https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Atomic-States-of-America/378274422187562>
  • Greenpeace’s campaign against nuclear power <http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/nuclear/>
  • Film review <http://www.onearth.org/blog/sundance-diary-atomic-states-of-america-turns-the-lens-on-nuclear-power>

The Dust Bowl

  • The Dust Bowl on PBS - watch videos, share your story, and more <http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/dustbowl/>
  • Director Ken Burns on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/kenburnspbs>
  • Director Ken Burns Twitter <http://twitter.com/kenburns/

The Grammar of Happiness

  • Sneak Peek of the film: <http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/site/sn/show.do?show=141519>
  • Interview with linguist Dan Everett: <http://boingboing.net/2012/03/26/the-grammar-of-happiness-an-i.html>
  • Review of book by Dan Everett, Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/daniel-l-everett/dont-sleep-there-are-snakes/

The Killer Plants

  • Watch on YouTube <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py48tk1Sk5w>
  • Maui Huliau Foundation <http://www.mauihuliaufoundation.org/>
  • Huliau Environmental Filmmaking Club <http://www.mauihuliaufoundation.org/hefc>
  • Maui Huliau Facebook: <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Maui-Huliau-Foundation/107137549335086>
  • Waikamoi Preserve: <http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/hawaii/placesweprotect/waikamoi.xml>
  • For more information on saving native species and what you can do: <http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/habitats/forests/howwework/protecting-native-plants-and-animals-taking-on-the-invaders.xml>

The Last Iceman of Chimborazo

  • Film trailer http://vimeo.com/2469410#
  • Article http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/the-americas/100112/ice-man-chimborazo
  • Article http://matadornetwork.com/notebook/the-last-iceman-of-chimborazo/

The Light Bulb Conspiracy

  • Watch the trailer <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=251qoGOqpdk>
  • Facebook  page https://www.facebook.com/TheLightBulbConspiracy   
  •  About The Light Bulb Conspiracy <www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=51586&pageid=23&pagename=ARTS>
  • The Waste Makers by Vance Packard, a classic look at planned obsolescence < https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/vance-packard/the-waste-makers/#review and <http://www.salem-news.com/articles/september242009/us_democracy_9-24-09.php>

The Offertory

  • Offertory on IMDB <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2134174/plotsummary>

The Sacred Science

  • Trailer on YouTube <http://www.youtube.com/user/SacredScienceDoc>
  • Facebook page <http://www.facebook.com/thesacredscience?ref=ts>

They’ve Seen it All

  • California’s old-growth forests <http://www.ancientforests.org/california.htm>
  • Importance of old-growth forests to the environment and climate change <http://www.geosinstitute.org/press-releases/mature-and-old-growth-forests-hold-keys-to-adapting-to-climate-change.html>

This Space Available:

  • Film website http://thisspaceavailablefilm.com/ - see trailer, blog, and other resources.

Too Many Cats!

  • Too Many Cats! on YouTube <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpRoTjdMpeg>
  • Maui Humane Society <http://www.mauihumane.org/>

Vegucated

  • Film website <http://www.getvegucated.com/> scroll down to “take action” for ways to get involved.
  • Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vegucated/146947672024544>
  • Twitter <http://twitter.com/vegucated>
  • Get Vegucated YouTube channel <http://www.youtube.com/user/getvegucated>
  • Buy on iTunes Download <http://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/vegucated/id487107447>

Waking the Green Tiger, A Green Movement Rises in China

  • Film website <http://www.facetofacemedia.ca/page.php?pageID=178&sectionID=2&pageParentID=107>
  • (For additional information about China and the environment , see “Further reading” <http://www.facetofacemedia.ca/page.php?pageID=149&sectionID=2&pageParentID=107>)
  • Take Action - resources for supporting activists in China <http://www.facetofacemedia.ca/page.php?pageID=137&sectionID=2&pageParentID=107>
  • Interview with the Director, Gary Marcuse (video) <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsC1GLCuqSM&feature=context-chv>
  • Film Facebook page <https://www.facebook.com/Waking.the.Green.Tiger>
  • Film Trailer on Vimeo <https://vimeo.com/28525553>
  • International Rivers Yangtze River page - an activist group seeking to convince damn builders and financiers to address the environmental impact of the project. <http://www.internationalrivers.org/campaigns/yangtze-river>
  • Learn more about the Yangtze River in China and its ecological importance <http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/asiaandthepacific/china/placesweprotect/china-yangtze-river.xml>
  • The Nature Conservancy’s  conservation blueprint for the Yangtze and China. <http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/asiaandthepacific/china/howwework/china-conservation-blueprint.xml>
  • Film Review on EarthRights International <http://www.earthrights.org/blog/film-review-waking-green-tiger>

Watershed

  • Film website <http://watershedmovie.com/> click “Get Involved” for ways to take action.
  • Save the Rain campaign <http://www.savetherain.info/>
  • Facts on reducing water usage, see “Save Water” <http://www.waterwise.org.uk/>

Witness: Defining Conservation Photography

  • Watch film on Vimeo: <http://vimeo.com/18368565>
  • International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP) <http://www.ilcp.com/>
  • ILCP Facebook: <https://www.facebook.com/conservationphotography?ref=ts>
  • ILCP Twitter: <http://twitter.com/ILCP>
  • International Conservation Photography Awards <http://www.icpawards.com/>
  • Natures’ Best Photography Conservation Photography Award <http://www.naturesbestphotography.com/competition_conservation.php>
  • The WILD Foundation - the global wilderness conservation movement <http://www.wild.org/>
  • ARKive - the multimedia directory of endangered animals, plants, and fungi <http://www.arkive.org/>

Y.E.R.T.

  • Film website: <http://www.yert.com/resources.php> See “Resources” <http://www.yert.com/resources.php> for additional information on environmental news and information).
  • YouTube Page: <http://www.youtube.com/user/YERTians>
  • Facebook page <https://www.facebook.com/pages/YERT-Your-Environmental-Road-Trip/122638781129397>
  • Twitter <http://twitter.com/YERTGuy>

 

 

The American Conservation Film Festival (ACFF) welcomes diverse voices to the conservation dialogue.  We establish partnerships with and seek support and sponsorship from a range of artists, individuals and organizations expressing varied perspectives on the complexities of human and environmental conservation.  While we greatly value these relationships, they do not necessarily reflect the views or values of the ACFF board or staff, nor do they influence the selection and programming of ACFF films, performances or other engagements.