PlantPure Nation

Sunday March 6th, 3:30 pm/ Garfield Park Conservatory/ Tickets

Stay after the film for discussion and Q&A with:

Angela Taylor

, Community Gardener and Wellness Coordinator of the Garfield Park Community Council;

Ramona Baptiste

, Chef and CEO of Chef in the Hood Inc.;

Dr. Paul Schattauer

, Physican and Owner, The Green Medical Practice.

Facilitator:

Mattie Wilson

, Sustainability and Adult Programs Manager at Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance.

Nelson Campbell/ 2015/ 95 min/ Food, Agriculture

FILM DESCRIPTION: The documentary film Plant Pure Nation tells the story of three people on a quest to spread the message of one of the most important health breakthroughs of all time. After renowned nutritional scientist and bestselling author, T. Colin Campbell, gives a stirring speech on the floor of the Kentucky House of Representatives, his son, Nelson, and Kentucky State Representative, Tom Riner, work together to propose a pilot program documenting the health benefits of a plant-based diet. Once the legislation goes into Committee, agribusiness lobbyists kill the plan.

Play Again (Encore Presentation!)

Saturday March 5th, 3 pm/ Thatcher Pavilion/ Tickets

Post-film program includes Q&A with Sue Dombro, Naturalist and Director, Hal Tyrrell Trailside Museum. Sue will share about nature play opportunities and hands-on activities. *Teens and general audiences encouraged to attend this thought-provoking, acclaimed film! Facilitator: Susan Lucci, Professional Trainer & Coach.

Tonje Hessen Schei/ 2010/ 82 min/ Health & the Environment 

FILM DESCRIPTION: This moving and humorous documentary follows six teenagers who, like the “average American child,” spend five to fifteen hours a day behind screens. Play Again unplugs these teens and takes them on their first wilderness adventure – no electricity, no cell phone coverage, no virtual reality. Through the voices of children and leading experts including a journalist, sociologist, environmental writer, educator, neuroscientist, parks advocate, and geneticist, Play Again investigates the consequences of a childhood removed from nature and encourages action for a sustainable future.

Racing Extinction

Saturday March 5th, 10 am/ Classic Cinemas Lake Theater/ Tickets

Stay after the film for Q&A with Dave Mrazek and Joel Greenberg, filmmaker and writer of "From Billions to None" as they lead a discussion on endangered species, extinction, and what can be done. Concessions will be available for purchasing snacks and beverages. Facilitator: Gary Cuneen, Founding Executive Director, Seven Generations Ahead.

Saturday March 5th 7 pm/ University of Chicago Logan Center for the Arts/ Tickets

Post-film action opportunities will be shared by the University of Chicago Climate Action Network, the Citizen's Climate Lobby, and other local advocacy groups. Refreshments will be served. Facilitator: Jim Haried, Senior Manager, Climate Change & Sustainability Services, Ernst & Young.

Louie Psihoyos/ 2015/ 90 min/ Climate Change & Community Response

FILM DESCRIPTION: Racing Extinction follows a team of artists and activists who expose the hidden world of extinction with never-before-seen images that will change the way we see the planet forever. See what could be going extinct right in front of our eyes.

Saving My Tomorrow (Family Film!)

Saturday March 5th, 11:30 am/ Oak Park Public Library/ Tickets

Arrive at 11A for healthy snacks and a healthy snack- making demo by The Kids’ Table! Stay for post-film panel with a children's educator, local youth who are green leaders in their communities-- and simple, related follow up and take home activities. Please note, all children must be accompanied by an adult. Families with children through middle school are encouraged to attend together; these films are great for family discussion! Facilitator: Wendy Negron, Early Childhood Educator.

Saturday March 5th, 3 pm/ Prairie Crossing Charter / Tickets

Please stay for post-film discussion, and concrete opportunities for action.

Amy Schatz/ 2015/ Family Film

FILM DESCRIPTION: HBO and The American Museum of Natural History present Saving My Tomorrow, a six part family series on the environment. From the children who will inherit the planet, comes a collection of songs, activism, and heartfelt tips for protecting the earth. Kids share their thoughts on subjects ranging from endangered animals and pollution to climate change. This is an inspirational family film, great for the whole family and children ages 7 and up!

Seeds of Time

Saturday March 5th, 11 am/ Sulzer Regional Library/ Tickets

Post-film discussion with biodiversity and "slow food" panelists, including:

Michael Stein

, Food Campaigns Director, Green America.

Laurell Sims

, Slow Food Chicago, Ark of Taste; Production/Marketing Manager, Growing Power Chicago.

Alison Parker

, Farmer at Radical Root; Growing Power Board of Directors.

Facilitator:

Seamus Ford

, Co-Founder, Root Riot Urban Garden Network.

Opportunities for taking concrete action will also be shared by 

Peterson Garden Project

, and others.

Sandy McLeod/ 2013/ 77 min/ Food, Agriculture

FILM DESCRIPTION: A perfect storm is brewing as agriculture pioneer Cary Fowler races against time to protect the future of our food. Seed banks around the world are crumbling, crop failures are producing starvation and rioting, and the accelerating effects of climate change are affecting farmers globally. Communities of indigenous Peruvian farmers are already suffering those effects, as they try desperately to save over 1,500 varieties of native potato in their fields. But with little time to waste, both Fowler and the farmers embark on passionate and personal journeys that may save the one resource we cannot live without: our seeds. Visit Seeds of Time official site.

Soil Carbon Cowboys

Sunday March 6th, 6:30 pm/ 19th Century Club/ Tickets(Arrive at 5:30 pm to experience the Nissan Electric LEAF)

Please join us for ourClosing Screening & Reception!

Soil Carbon Cowboys will be paired with 2 other short films, Food for Thought, Food for Life and Man in the Maze. The program features post-film discussion about the regeneration of our food systems, our health, and ultimately our society. Refreshments and opportunities for relevant local action will also be shared. Facilitator: Seamus Ford, Co-Founder, Root Riot Urban Garden Network.

Peter Byck/ 2014/ 12 min/ Food, Agriculture

FILM DESCRIPTION: Meet Allen Williams, Gabe Brown and Neil Dennis - heroes and innovators! These ranchers now know how to regenerate their soils while making their animals healthier and their operations more profitable. They are turning on their soils, enabling rainwater to sink into the earth rather than run off. And these turned on soils retain that water, so the ranches are much more resilient in drought. Soil Carbon Cowboys is an amazing story that has just begun.

Sun Come Up

Saturday March 5th, 3 pm/ Location/ Tickets

Jennifer Redfearn/ 2011/ 38 min/ Climate Change & Community Response

Sun Come Up is an Academy Award® nominated film that shows the human face of climate change. The film follows the relocation of the Carteret Islanders, a community living on a remote island chain in the South Pacific Ocean, and now, some of the world’s first environmental refugees. When climate change threatens their survival, the islanders face a painful decision. They must leave their ancestral land in search of a new place to call home. Sun Come Up follows a group of young islanders as they search for land and build relationships in war-torn Bougainville, 50 miles across the open ocean.

Sun Come Up (trailer) from Sun Come Up on Vimeo.

The Sustainable

Sunday March 6th 12:30 pm/ Ascension Catholic Church / Tickets

A light lunch will be served at noon, immediately prior to the films. Three short films (Bomb Trains on the Hudson, Backyard, and The Sustainable) will be woven together with quotes from the recent Papal Encyclical, Laudato Si, which urges a sense of integral ecology and care for our common home and common family. Post-film opportunities include a panel of experts in trains that carry hazardous materials, fracking in Illinois and updates on the solar energy field. There will be time for Q&A and opportunities to take concrete action on various issues, including local environmental issues in Cicero and information on socially responsible investing (Joe O'Krepky with Edward Jones). Facilitator: Gina Orlando, DePaul Faculty; Wellness Coach, Consultant, Hypnotherapist at Healthy is Wealthy.

Panelists include:Alexis Aurigemma, Co-producer of the film "The Sustainable" Lisa Albrecht, Board member of ISEA (Illinois Solar Energy Association) Stacey Durley Hess, Environmental consultant for environmental investigations and remediation in the Midwest. Dawn Dannenbring, Environmental organizer for Illinois Peoples Action

Justin Cerone/ 2015/ 22 min/ Architecture & Building

FILM DESCRIPTION: The Sustainable is a documentary about a couple in Upstate New York and their decision to design and build their home to produce its own electricity. Watch the trailer to see their home's amazing transformation and how this project changed their lives.

Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai (Encore Presentation!)

Sunday March 6th, 12:30 pm/St. Benedict the African-East Catholic Church/ Tickets

Please stay for post-film discussion, and opportunities for taking concrete action, which will be shared by local advocacy groups such as Faith in Place. Facilitator: Toni Anderson, Founding Executive Director, Sacred Keepers Sustainability Lab.

Lisa Merton and Alan Dater/ 2008/ 81 min/Food, Agriculture

FILM DESCRIPTION: Taking Root tells the dramatic story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai whose simple act of planting trees grew into a nationwide movement to safeguard the environment, protect human rights, and defend democracy—a movement for which this charismatic woman became an iconic inspiration.

This Changes Everything

Pre-Event Screening: Thursday Feb. 11th, 7 pm/ Dominican University/ Tickets

Join us post-film for an activating multi-disciplinary panel, comprised of faculty from Dominican University:

Scott Cummings, Associate Professor of ChemistrY; Patrick Homan, Assistant Professor of Political Science;  Scott Kreher, Associate Professor of Biology. Tim Milinovich, Assistant Professor of Theology; Tama Weisman, Associate Professor of Philosophy. Concrete action opportunities will be available from GoGreen Oak Park, Green Community Connections, and Citizens Climate Lobby. Refreshments will be served. Facilitator: Monica Halloran, Director of Academic Programs, Dominican University.

Saturday March 5th, 3 pm/ Experimental Station/ Tickets

Stay after the film to learn about concrete, local action opportunities. First Presbyterian food program and other local advocacy groups will be present. Facilitator: Karen Snyder, Institute of Cultural Affairs.

Saturday March 5th, 3 pm/ Institute of Cultural Affairs/ Tickets

Stay for post-film dialogue, and to hear about opportunities for collaborative action and organizing with Eco-Up Group, the Chicago Sustainable Leaders Network, and The United Nations USA. Facilitator: Caitlin Sarro, Program Manager, Institute of Cultural Affairs.

Saturday March 5th, 7 pm/ College of Lake County/ Tickets

Please stay for post-film discussion, and concrete opportunities for action.

Naomi Klein, Avi Lewis/ 2015/ 89 min/ Climate Change & Community Response

FILM DESCRIPTION: Filmed over 211 shoot days in four years, nine countries and five continents, This Changes Everything is an epic attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge of climate change. Directed by Avi Lewis, and inspired by Naomi Klein’s international non-fiction bestseller, This Changes Everything, the film presents seven powerful portraits of communities on the front lines, from Montana’s Powder River Basin to the Alberta Tar Sands, from the coast of South India to Beijing and beyond. Interwoven with these stories of struggle is Klein’s narration, connecting the carbon in the air with the economic system that put it there. Throughout the film, Klein builds to her most controversial and exciting idea: that we can seize the existential crisis of climate change to transform our failed economic system into something radically better.