Advocacy

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Children's Films (7 to 12+)

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Children's Films (7 to 12+)

Saturday, March 4, 10:45 a.m. CST
In Person, Oak Park Public Library
Oak Park , IL [W Suburbs]

Saturday, March 4, 10:45 a.m. CST
Virtual Watch Party

Young environmentalists, join us for three award-winning short films and discussion, where we'll get loud about our planet! We'll also settle in to contemplate and celebrate the power of creativity, art, and nature.

BIRTH OF FORM [Kuumba Umbo]
Ekaterina Ogorodnikova/2021/7 min/People & Culture, Wildlife, Historical Perspectives, Family

CRACKED
Mahmut Taş/2021/5 min/Water, Climate Change, Family

HARGILA
Gerrit Vyn/2022/28min/Wildlife, Conservation, People & Culture, Environmental Advocacy, Family

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No Climate. No Equity. No Deal. + Wasteland: Iowa

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No Climate. No Equity. No Deal. + Wasteland: Iowa

Tuesday, March 7, 6:30 p.m. CST
In Person, Southeast Environmental
Task Force, Chicago, IL [South]

Tuesday, March 7, 6:30 p.m. CST
In Person, McKinley Park Fieldhouse, Chicago, IL [South]

Tuesday, March 7, 6:30 p.m. CST
In Person, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Oak Park, IL [W Suburbs]

Tuesday, March 7, 6:30 p.m. CST
Virtual Watch Party

NO CLIMATE. NO EQUITY. NO DEAL.

Fenell Doremus, Danny Alpert/2022/21 min/Environmental & Social Justice, Climate Change, Energy, Environmental Advocacy

FILM DESCRIPTION: This film follows the grassroots movements in Illinois that led to the passage of the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act. 

WASTELAND: IOWA

Elisa Gambino/2022/28 min/Environmental & Social Justice, Health & Environment, Environmental Advocacy, Food & Agriculture

FILM DESCRIPTION: For more than 150 years farmers in Iowa have been raising corn & pigs and the people of Iowa have been drinking untreated water from rivers polluted with nitrogen fertilizers, pesticides and livestock excrement.

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The Seeds of Vandana Shiva

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The Seeds of Vandana Shiva

Camilla Becket, James Becket/2021/82 min/Historical Perspectives, Food & Agriculture, Environmental Advocacy, People & Culture

Saturday, March 4, 6:30 p.m. CST
In Person, First United Methodist Church at the Chicago Temple, Chicago [Central]

Saturday, March 4, 6:30 p.m. CST
Virtual Watch Party

FILM DESCRIPTION: From the Himalayan forests to the Sydney Peace Prize: how environmental activist, author and Indian scientist Dr. Vandana Shiva became the rock star of the organic food movement.

Impressed by Einstein at an early age, Shiva studied physics then philosophy in India and Canada. She came to understand that science cannot be ‘one-eyed' and must consider all elements at play. This attitude led her to form Navdanya in 1991, a national movement to protect living resources. The grassroots initiative established over 40 seed banks across India, and her galvanizing activism put her at loggerheads with GMO multinational Monsanto and others. Not just a voice for the environment, Shiva also championed social justice, farmers' and women's rights. In 2010, she was awarded the Sydney Peace Prize.

Tickets available globally except to viewers in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.

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To the End

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To the End

Rachel Lears/2022/106 min/Environmental Advocacy, Climate Change, Youth

VIEW & BREW
Sunday, March 12, 11 a.m. CDT
In Person, Tavern at Haymarket Pub & Brewery, Chicago, IL [West]
$25 Admission

Sunday, March 12, 11 a.m. CDT
In Person, The Well Spirituality Center
LaGrange Park, IL [W Suburbs]

Sunday, March 12, 11 a.m. CDT
Virtual Watch Party

FILM DESCRIPTION: Filmed over four years of hope and crisis, “To the End” captures the emergence of a new generation of leaders and the movement behind the most sweeping climate change legislation in U.S. history. The award-winning team follows four exceptional young women— Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, activist Varshini Prakash, climate policy writer Rhiana Gunn-Wright, and political strategist Alexandra Rojas—as they grapple with new challenges of leadership and power and work together to defend their generation’s right to a future.