Press Releases and Mentions

 

2024

March 6: Highlights of Austin Eats Initiative

March 4: Group Seeks Climate Change Solutions as West Side Grows Hotter, Rainier

2023

MEDIA COVERAGE

May 2: Ana Garcia Doyle interview with Barbara Best and Nancy Rizzuto — Cap Strat Women’s Forum

April 22: Chicagoans clean parks, beaches to celebrate Earth Day — CBS

April 18: Ana Garcia Doyle interview with John Landecker — WGN Radio

March 31: The Winds of Change: Young Activists Pursue Climate Justice and Green Living

PRESS RELEASES

April 3: Earth Day Mini Film Fest, Park Clean Up and Action Fair

Feb. 7: 12th Annual One Earth Film Festival announces schedule, theme ‘Let’s Get Loud!’ calls on audience to advocate

Jan. 11: 12th Annual One Earth Film Festival theme ‘Let’s Get Loud!’ calls on audience to advocate with gusto for the climate emergency 

2022

MEDIA COVERAGE:

March 3: One Earth Film Festival hopes environmental films will move you to actionWBEZ

March: Join the watch party! ‘Clean Water for Kane’ hosts One Earth Film Festival’s March 12 documentary: ‘Inhabitants’ —Kane County Connects

Feb. 24: One Earth Film Festival calls on audiences to Turn the Tide on climate crisis — Reel Chicago

Feb. 20: Filmmaker Raj Patel on His Film "The Ants & the Grasshopper" on The Mike Nowak Show

PRESS RELEASES

April 13: Naperville Siblings Win Honorable Mentions in National Filmmaking Contest

April 13: One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest, Honorable Mention in Potomac

April 7: Earth Week Mini Film Fest and Neighborhood Clean Up

Feb. 23: Andersonville Chamber of Commerce & Edgewater Environmental Commission Host In-Person Screening of “Plastic Bag Store: The Film”

Feb. 7: 11th Annual One Earth Film Festival announces schedule, calls on audiences to help ‘Turn the Tide’ on the climate crisis

2021

November 24: Two Local Groups Bring Climate Action Home

March 9: WBEZ Reset Interview with Ana Garcia-Doyle.

March: One Earth Film Festival returns to Kane County with ‘Kiss the Ground’

Feb. 25: Natural Awakenings: 10th Anniversary of One Earth Film Festival.

Jan. 26: One Earth Film Festival’s parent organization unveils new name

PRESS RELEASES

April 13: Earth Week Mini Festival welcomes legendary activist Dolores Huerta

Feb. 25: One Earth Film Festival celebrates ‘10 Years of Inspiring Change’

2020

News:

Bicycling for Environmental Justice — South Side Weekly, October 27, 2020

Student’s interactive video challenges waste disposal notionsThe Columbia Chronicle, March 21, 2020

Film screening in Austin neighborhood discusses impact of systemic racism on 1995 Chicago heat wave deaths during first day of 2020 One Earth Film FestivalFree Spirit Media, March 18, 2020

The Power of WeWednesday Journal, March 10, 2020

Chicago’s One Earth Film Fest Features Flick About City’s Beloved Pair of Piping PloversWTTW, March 5, 2020

Local students earn awards, recognition from One Earth Young Filmmakers ContestChicago Tribune, March 2, 2020

Joplin (Mo.) High School student wins first place for documentary filmKOAM-TV

Local Spotlight: The 9th Annual One Earth Film FestivalSplash Magazines, March 2020

One Earth Film Festival connects people to the planetStreeterville News, March, 2020

Releases:

9th Annual One Earth Film Festival promotes ‘The Power of We”

Media Advisories

One Earth kicks off 9th festival with filmmaker toasts at Tesla Gold Coast

Past years’ releases

2019

April: Mini film festival puts weeklong spotlight on Earth Day

Jan. 14: 8th annual One Earth Film Festival calls on everyone to go “All In” for the planet

2018

Feb. 5:  2018 Young Filmmakers Contest receives a record number of submissions

Jan. 29: With 7 screenings in Lake County, Festival urges action for the planet through its 2018 theme

Jan. 22: One Earth Film Festival declares, 'This Is the Moment'

2017

April 10, 20: All of Chicago invited to Earth Day screenings of ‘The City Dark’

Feb. 20: One Earth Film Festival Announces 5 Lake County Screenings

Feb. 15, 2017: One Earth Film Festival adds Conservation International’s Amazon virtual reality short film ‘Under the Canopy’

Feb. 2, 2017 One Earth Film Festival Announces Schedule for Year 6

2016: One Earth Film Festival Reaches a Milestone

2015:  4th One Earth Film Festival, In Partnership With the City of Chicago, Announces New ‘Festival Choice’ Feature Screening



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Past years’ news articles:

2019

March 6: Going 'All In' for the planet, with urgency Wednesday Journal

More relevant than ever: One Earth Film Festival Wednesday Journal

March 2-10: CLC hosts two of nine films in One Earth Film Festival (Daily Herald)

Elmhurst rolls out red carpet for Environmental Film Fest March 3 (Daily Herald)

2018

Senior student’s film on water pollution premieres during The One Earth Film Festival Independent (Northeastern Illinois University)

One Earth Film Festival brings environmental awareness Daily Herald

Environmental-themed film festival plans screenings in Park Ridge Chicago Tribune

March 3-10: CLC hosts two of seven films in One Earth Film Festival Lake County News-Sun

Calumet College of St. Joseph Presents Shifting Sands as Part of the One Earth Film Festival

Local Firm Helps Hauser Club Plant Garden Riverside-Brookfield Landmark

2017

April 18: Meet the "Starry Chicago" team at Earth Screening of "The City Dark" DNA Info

March 3: Weekend Passport: One Earth Film Festival Highlights "Hometown Habitat," WBEZ Chicago Public Radio's Worldview with Jerome McDonnell

March 2: 10 Things to Do this Weekend: March 2-5, WTTW

March 2: FPCC Participates in 6th Annual One Earth Film Festival, Forest Preserve District blog

March 2: 5 things Chicagoans will be doing this weekend, Red Eye

March: 2017 One Earth Film Festival Offers a Rainforest Experience, Natural Awakenings Magazine

Feb 28: One Earth Film Fest enters year 6, Wednesday Journal

Feb 27: Things to Do: One Earth Film Festival, Time Out Chicago

Feb 25: Keeping Seeds and Making Films, the Mike Nowak Show on AM 1590

Feb 24: One Earth Film Festival showcases community-based conservation stories in 5 films Daily Herald

Feb 24: Triton College to Feature Hometown Habitat During One Earth Film Fest, Elm Leaves/Chicago Tribune

Feb. 22: Film fest screens 30 documentaries that dig into environmental issues, Oak Leaves

Feb 21: How We Are Poisoning Our Kids, Letters to the Editor, Wednesday Journal

Feb 6: One Earth Film Festival Presents 6th Annual Green Carpet Gala on March 3, eNews Park Forest