NAAEE/Pierce Foundation Environmental Education Film and Video Festival

 
The winning entries were shown in the Screening Room at the NAAEE conference in Virginia Beach. Film and video programs were selected to tell a positive story of how individuals and communities have come together to solve environmental problems. The Film and Video Festival is one element of a larger effort by NAAEE to re-invigorate the use of arts and culture in the EE field.

Thank you to our Film Festival judges:

·         Emily Frase and the graduate students and professors at The Ohio State University

·         Tim Aydelott, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science

·         Chris Campbell, WERC/TVC

·         J. Allen Johnson, Esq., chair of NAAEE’s Environmental Justice Commission

·         Annie Kaempher, Executive Director, DC Environmental Film Festival

·         Elmer Mobley, mo’belly productions

·         Mike Skelly, co-chair of NAAEE’s Arts and Culture Commission

Student/Amateur Category

·         First Prize -  Texas Wetlands – Daniel McLemore, Texas, a student at Lamar University

·         Second Prize – Kis-ka-DEE –Ryan P. Fitzgibbons, Pennsylvania

·         Third Prize – All Our Oceans Need to Live –John C. Sammons, a teacher at Greenbrier Intermediate School, Chesapeake, VA

General Category

·         First Prize – Edens Lost and Found - Los Angeles: Dream a Different City, submitted by Bullfrog Films  

·         Second Prize -  Enviro Tacklebox “Student Solutions: Using Your Personal Power,” submitted by Louisiana Public Broadcasting

·         Third Prize - Edens Lost and Found - Chicago: City of the Big Shoulders, submitted by Bullfrog Films 

Finalist/Audience Favorite at Conference - A River Reborn, submitted by Northern Arizona University

Screening Room Schedule

Thursday, November 15

9:45 – 10:45 AM

First Prize – General Category - Edens Lost and Found - Los Angeles: Dream a Different City, submitted by Bullfrog Films. Los Angeles is a sprawling metropolitan area whose pores are paved over with concrete. Is it possible that this City of the Angels can tell a story to the world about environmental rebirth? Previewed at the 2006 NAAEE conference prior to airing on PBS. (Run time 55:00)

11:00 – 11:20 AM

Second Prize – General Category - Enviro Tacklebox “Student Solutions: Using Your Personal Power,” submitted by Louisiana Public Broadcasting. This program designed for middle school students highlights effective environmental efforts by students in the United States and Mexico. The program is part of the 25-episode EnviroTacklebox television series. (Run time: 19:42)

11:35 – 11:50 AM

Finalist - Coastal Conservation Bay Debris and Beach Cleanup, submitted by Innovision Communications, Inc., Houston. A group of Coastal Conservation Association members expended tremendous work and time to radically improve the Texas Gulf Coast’s bays and beaches. Their story is an inspirational example of what people can accomplish when they work together. (Run time: 15:10)

1:45 – 2:45 PM

Third Prize – General Category - Edens Lost and Found - Chicago: City of the Big Shoulders, submitted by Bullfrog Films. City Hall and grassroots groups in Chicago are working on open space, green buildings, and an educated citizenry to create a sustainable city. (Run time: 57:00)

3:00 – 4:00 PM

Finalist - Buyer Be Fair: The Promise of Product Certification, submitted by Bullfrog Films. The film looks at two major trade goods – timber and coffee – to find out how certification works and whether it helps the world’s poor and their lands. (Run time: 57:00)

4:15 – 4:35 PM

Second Prize – Student/Amateur Category - Kis-ka-DEE –Ryan P. Fitzgibbons, Pennsylvaniaville Films, Collegeville, PA. A group of blind birders in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas compete in the annual Outta Sight Tournament and find a new way of “seeing” the beauty of nature. (Run time: 18:00)

Friday, November 16

9:30 – 9:55 AM

Finalist - The Dragon Run: A Step Into the Past, submitted by Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission, Saluda, VA. The film takes a comprehensive look at the efforts taking place to protect the Dragon Run Watershed and the cultural, historic, and natural ways of life it supports. (Run time: 25:00)

10:10 – 10:40 AM

Finalist - Planet H2O: Episode 102: Water World, submitted by Thirteen/WNET, New York. The film introduces what a watershed is and features teens and scientists who are working to solve problems in three diverse watersheds. The companion Web site, www.thirteen.org/h2o, provides original lesson plans for grades 3-12. (Run time: 26:46)

10:55 – 11:55 AM

Finalist - Waters Journey Everglades Part I, Restoring Hope, submitted by Karst Productions, Inc.  Travel with a team of scientists and explorers as they reveal the inner workings of our planet’s most important wetland. Take an exciting and educational vicarious journey through the environmental past, present, and future of the Everglades with an in-depth look at the most expensive restoration project ever attempted. (Run time: 56:46)

12:10  – 1:10 PM

Finalist - Waters Journey Everglades Part II, Currents of Change, submitted by Karst Productions, Inc.  Travel with scientists and explorers as they reveal the inner workings of our planet’s most important wetland. Take an exciting and educational vicarious journey through the environmental past, present, and future of the Everglades with an in-depth look at the most expensive restoration project ever attempted. (Run time: 56:46)

1:25 – 2:40 PM

Finalist - Black Diamonds: Mountaintop Removal and the Fight for Coalfield Justice, submitted by Bullfrog Films. The film examines the escalating drama in Appalachia over mountaintop removal mining. It is the first film of its kind that offers a wholly comprehensive survey of surface mining and mountaintop removal practices in West Virginia. (Run time: 72:00)

2:55 – 3:35 PM

Finalist - Kilowatt Ours, submitted by Kilowatt Ours, Nashville, TN. The film traces our light switches to the power source, revealing how electricity is generated in the southeastern United Statesand providing a hopeful look at how energy efficiency and renewable power can improve our quality of life. (Run time 38:00)

3:50 – 4:50

Finalist/Audience Favorite at Conference - A River Reborn, submitted by Northern Arizona University. A powerful case study in environmental restoration, the film is emblematic of a broad reassessment of rivers and dams, as well as the growing effort to balance fulfillment of human needs with protection of the natural systems that support human life. (Run time: 57:00)

Saturday, November 17

9:30 – 10:10 AM

First Prize – Student/Amateur Category - Texas Wetlands – Daniel McLemore, Texas, a student at Lamar University. Designed to educate and inform the public, primarily 5^th through 9^th graders, about the disappearing wetlands of Southeast Texas. Throughout the video, students learn how to monitor and protect the ecology of the wetlands. (Run time: 36:30)

10:25 – 10:35 AM

Third Prize – Student/Amateur Category - All Our Oceans Need to Live –John C. Sammons, a teacher at Greenbrier Intermediate School, Chesapeake, VA. The school LEGO team highlights positive strategies to reduce storm drain pollution, including their innovative solution of a rain garden. The functioning LEGO Rain Garden now eliminates excessive particulates from entering a storm drain and the watershed. (Run time: 5:30)

10:50 – 11:20 AM

Finalist - Lost in the Woods: The Movie, submitted by Sisbro Studios. Based on the best-selling children’s book and Wildscreen Panda Children’s Choice award winner, the DVD includes an interactive game and original songs while telling the story of a little fawn who sleeps alone in the woods. (Run time: 29:00)

1:45 –  2:15 PM

Finalist - The Playas: Reflections of Life on the Plains, submitted by Playa Lakes Joint Venture, Lafayette, CO. The film illustrates the playas’ value to wildlife, water, and people, threats to the wetlands, and how people are conserving them. The film features sweeping aerial footage of playas and interviews with playa experts and conservation leaders throughout the High Plains. (Run time: 30:00)

2:30 – 3:30 PM

Finalist - A Life among Whales, submitted by Bullfrog Films. Weaving together natural history and biography, the film is a fascinating exploration into the life and work of whale biologist and activist Roger Payne. (Run time: 57:00)

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