This is a really interesting documentary about working toward no waste, making products that are truly recyclable or compostable, buildings that respect the occupants and the land, and doing it in a way that is beneficial to business.

Man is the only creature that produces landfills. Natural resources are being depleted on a rapid scale while production and consumption are rising in na­tions like China and India. The waste production world wide is enormous and if we do not do anything we will soon have turned all our resources into one big messy landfill. But there is hope. The German chemist, Michael Braungart, and the American designer-architect William McDonough are fundamentally changing the way we produce and build. If waste would become food for the biosphere or the technosphere (all the technical products we make), produc­tion and consumption could become beneficial for the planet.

http://www.vpro.nl/

This is a entertaining look at two typical New Yorkers taken out of their element and off the grid for 30 days to see what happens. It’s a couple years old, but it’s a entertaining, educational, and funny look at how we’re affecting the planet and what some people are trying to do to fix it. Solar power, biodiesel, composting toilets, eco-footprints, veganism can the New Yorkers take it? Perhaps a happy medium will be found?

Watch it Online

Earth Hour

Nova had a great episode all about solar power. They cover solar for home, large scale solar plants, and incentives for solar. Support by the German government has made solar a huge industry there. In America business is supporting solar in a big way. What does the future of solar have in store for us? Paint on solar collectors for our roofs? Is it time to take solar seriously? Find out by watching a repeat showing of this on PBS March 18th, check local listings, or watch it now online here.

Filmgoers will catch screenings of critically-acclaimed environmental films produced around the country and get information about local issues, such as protection of Fossil Creek as a Wild and Scenic River here in Arizona.

Fossil Creek is a remarkable success story, but there are many other watersheds—such as the Verde River—that are endangered by groundwater pumping for development in the Chino Valley. The Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival will inspire and motivate you to go out and make a difference for Arizona’s endangered waterways.

It’s a festival for activists, by activists. The event is organized and hosted by the Arizona Wilderness Coalition and is sponsored by Patagonia™.

Proceeds benefit the Arizona Wilderness Coalition and will be used to protect wilderness lands and waters across Arizona.

Tempe
WHERE: Harkins Valley Art Theater, 509 South Mill Ave, Tempe

WHEN: Thursday, February 21

DOORS OPEN: 6:15 pm

SHOW STARTS: 6:45 pm

COST: $10 advance, or $12 at the door

 

RAFFLE TICKETS (great prizes!) $5 each or 4 for $15

Sedona

WHERE: Sedona Dream Theater, in the Village of Oak Creek Prime Outlet Mall, 6615 Hwy 179, Sedona. (The theater was previously known as the Super-Vue.) 928-284-0005

WHEN: Saturday, April 5th

DOORS OPEN: 4:00 pm

SHOW STARTS: 5:45 pm

COST: $10 advance, or $12 at the door

RAFFLE TICKETS (great prizes!) $5 each or 4 for $15

http://www.azwild.org/