OUTREACH

4th Annual February Eco-Film Festival

Every Friday Night in February
Free to the Public. All are Welcome.

All Films at Odd Fellows Hall, 223 SW 2nd Street.

We had a wonderful February Eco-Film Festival this year! The films are listed below, and all are available for loan from the CEC. Stop by to check one out.

Now mark your calendar for next year's festival, all Fridays in February, 2009...

Friday, February 1, 2008 at 7:30pm, A Crude Awakening

An unforgettable and shocking wake-up call, “A Crude Awakening”
offers the rock-solid argument that the era of cheap oil is in the past. Relentless and clear-eyed, this intensively-researched film drills deep into the uncomfortable realities of a world that is both addicted to fossil fuels and blissfully unaware of the looming “peak oil” crisis. See why Turner Classic Movies has called this “the most important film of the decade.”

Friday, February 8, 2008 at 7:30 pm, A River Reborn

“A River Reborn” tells the inspirational story of the decommissioning of Arizona’s first hydroelectric dam and the restoration of a biologically critical watershed. It shows all sides of the story of Fossil Creek, and displays how conflicts between environmental advocates and a major utility company were resolved in the interest of environmental protection and healing.

Friday, February 15, 2008 at 7:30 pm, We Feed the World

Close to a billion of the nearly seven billion people on earth are starving today. But the food we are currently producing could feed 12 billion people. “We Feed the World” is about food and globalization, fishermen and farmers, the flow of goods and cash—a film about scarcity amid plenty.

Friday, February 22, 2008 at 7:30 pm, Four Short Films

Follow the goods we buy from materials to disposal in “The Story of Stuff.” Learn about harnessing the ocean’s energy through research at OSU in “Wave Power.” See how one community shaped their future in “Whistler’s Journey toward Sustainability.” Finally, learn “How it all Ends” by Corvallis filmmaker Greg Craven.

Friday, February 29, 2008 at 7:30 pm, Double Feature:
RADICALLY Simple
The Next Industrial Revolution

“RADICALLY Simple” follows Jim Merkel, who hauls his own water, uses a solar cooker, commutes 30 miles by bike to his job at Dartmouth College, and teaches others the benefits of simple sustainable living.

“The Next Industrial Revolution” follows Bill McDonough’s vision where humanity takes nature as our guide, reinventing technical enterprises to mimic natural processes.

Sponsored by:
the Corvallis Environmental Center, Northwest Earth Institute, and Odd Fellows Hall.

Suggested donation:
$5 or canned goods.