This is the 5th annual Boost Your Eco! festival. Through BYE, Students for Sustainability hope to bring light to specific issues concerning people in our community, province and globally. This year our theme for the festival in "Fire," and with such will be looking at how this element has become a visual for the environmental destruction of planet and people are currently facing. We hope to see lots of students, faculty and community members coming out to learn about such pressing issues. Please come and show your support.
Schedule:
All week: JDH visual display with interesting facts
Thursday the 24th
2pm JDH cafeteria apple crisp, snacks, and "Home".
"Home" is a 2009 documentary by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. The film is almost entirely composed of aerial shots of various places on Earth. It shows the diversity of life on Earth and how humanity is threatening the ecological balance of the planet.
Friday the 25th
2:30PM BMH 101 "Burning Water", popcorn and short discussion
"Burning Water "is a documentary by Cameron Esler and Tadzio Richards. It looks at hydrofraking in the area of of Rosebud, Calgary. In the Rosebud River valley, an hour east of Calgary, the water in many homes can be lit on fire. Everyone agrees there's gas in the water. Few agree on why. As gas wells sprout up across North America, and all around Rosebud, the Lauridsen family struggles to stay together and remain part of their community, at the same time confronting the dark truth of what may be happening beneath the surface.
3:30PM BMH 101 "Sweet Crude", popcorn and short discussion
"Sweet Crude" is a 2009 documentary written by the Seattle International Film Festival. Despite the valuable crude oil that flows from the ground beneath their feet, the impoverished villagers in the Niger Delta wage a daily struggle to survive. This Seattle-made documentary journeys to the region to examine the complex powder keg situation that could have drastic local and global effects.
5PM Critical Mass Bike Ride (time changed due to potential inclement weather).
6PM potluck @ Conserver House, 180 St. John St! Everyone is encouraged to bring something, but we will provide chili or soup so don't worry if you can't bring anything.
7PM Cinema Politica Presents "Gasland" at Conserver House
Discussion with Stephanie Merrill afterwards.
"Gasland" is a 2010 documentary by Josh Fox. The largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history has swept across the United States. The Halliburton-developed drilling technology of "fracking" or hydraulic fracturing has unlocked a "Saudia Arabia of natural gas" just beneath us. But is fracking safe? When Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey uncovering a trail of secrets, lies and contamination. A recently drilled nearby Pennsylvania town reports that residents are able to light their drinking water on fire. This is just one of the many absurd and astonishing revelations of a new country called GASLAND. Part verite travelogue, part expose, part mystery, part bluegrass banjo meltdown, part showdown.
Saturday the 26th
7:30-9:30 Earth Hour at Boyce Farmer's Market
Free admission, "You will enjoy the unplugged sounds of the Downtown Blues Band and Katie MacDonald, and be entertained by the Calithumpians and Perley the Magician."
