Articles tagged “Movies”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Snake River Salmon Make 'Great Migration' of 900 Miles, But Are Going Belly Up (Video) By Jeff Kart IN Travel & Outdoors Jan 27 2011 Snake River salmon are in peril, from obstacles along a 900-mile journey to their high-altitude spawning grounds. It's a dam shame. + READ MORE

9 Delicious Movie Food Scenes (Bring Your Appetite) By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Jan 6 2011 Food weaves together every aspect of our lives. It unites us around the dinner table and in some cases the television and the big screen. Food can be the centerpiece of a good movie or just a delicious scene that makes you leave the theater hungrier than when you came in. + READ MORE

Split Estate, One Year Later: Fracking Still Dangerous, Movie Still Relevant By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Dec 28 2010 Since last fall, when Split Estate aired on Planet Green, the film has been making waves across the country, and it's still going strong. + READ MORE

Video Contest: Melinda Gates Wants Your Vote By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Sep 3 2010 Vote in an online video contest highlighting progress toward the UN's Millennium Development Goals. + READ MORE

Throw a Perfect Green Movie Screening Party By Colleen Vanderlinden IN Work & Connect Aug 17 2010 Here are some green ideas for throwing an eco-friendly screening party. + READ MORE

"The Coal War" Shows Alternatives to Mountaintop Removal - But Needs Help on Kickstarter By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Jul 16 2010 One Appalachian woman's fight shows how viable alternatives exist to the environmental destruction caused by mountaintop removal coal mining. + READ MORE

"The Team" Promotes Nonviolent Conflict Resolution Through Soccer By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Jun 21 2010 It's a television series that has nothing to do with the World Cup except a common theme, but it's timely, and it's making a real difference in countries overcoming violence. + READ MORE

Add Botany of Desire to Your "Watch Instantly" Netflix Queue By Jessica Root IN Food & Health Jun 20 2010 Over my deliberately relaxed, do-nothing weekend, I decided to watch Botany of Desire, the PBS documentary based on Michael Pollan’s book. If other busy bees like me, can’t read the book—relax by taking a break and watch it. + READ MORE

The Cove Faces Censorship in Japan: Louis Psihoyos Responds By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Jun 7 2010 Louis Psihoyos, director of The Cove, responds to Japanese movie theaters canceling screenings of the film. + READ MORE

What Is a Climate Refugee? Filmmaker Michael Nash Explains (Interview) By Seth Leitman IN Travel & Outdoors May 23 2010 If An Inconvenient Truth created a cultural shift toward going green, then the movie Climate Refugees is a wake up call that will help people to understand that extreme climatic shifts will create environmental disasters and wars. These disasters and wars will claim property and affect potentially billions of people during the next 50 years. + READ MORE

Children of War Screens in New York By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Mar 30 2010 The film followed three former (forced) child soldiers, and explores how complicated the path becomes for them to return to a normal life. + READ MORE

Demi Moore and Nia Vardalos Use Twitter to Save a Life By Blythe Copeland IN Work & Connect Mar 23 2010 Actresses Demi Moore and Nia Vardalos joined forces--via Twitter--to stop a Florida man from committing suicide. + READ MORE

Plastic Planet: Catch the Film At Lincoln Center Tuesday, March 23 By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Mar 22 2010 Hey New Yorkers, do I have a Tuesday night plan for you. The Green Screens program at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater will be showing Plastic Planet, a film by Werner Boote about how plastic has permeated every aspect of our lives and has become a threat to both the environment and human health. + READ MORE

Artivist Film Festival Comes to New York By Rachel Cernansky IN Work & Connect Mar 17 2010 Built on the convergence of art and activism, the Artivist film festival showcases human rights, children's advocacy, environmental preservation, and animal rights. From Harlem to national politics to war in Uganda, this year's festival has a film for you. + READ MORE

Step Inside Garbage Dreams. Learn the Zaballeen Recycle 80 Percent of Trash By Sara Novak IN Travel & Outdoors Mar 16 2010 "Garbage Dreams" documents the life of the Zaballeen, which means the garbage people in Arabic. Cairo is a city of 18 million people with no organized trash removal system. But thanks to the Zaballen people who populate the largest working trash village in the world, Mokattam, 80 percent of the city's trash is recycled. + READ MORE

Climate Refugees Draws Attention from Colorado Governor, Alec Baldwin, and a Packed House at Film Festival By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Feb 18 2010 A film about climate refugees -- people forced to flee their homes because of climate change -- draws in a big audience, and much-needed attention. + READ MORE

Celebrity Won't Buy You the Mountain: MTV Chronicles Jessica Biel, Kenna, and Friends Summit Mt. Kilimanjaro By Sara Novak IN Travel & Outdoors Feb 16 2010 I recently wrote that this January big name celebrities, including Jessica Biel, Emile Hirsch, Isabel Lucas, and musicians like Kenna, Santigold and Lupe Fiasco, made it to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain in Africa, all in the name of clean water. + READ MORE

The Elephants of Sri Lanka Need Your Help By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Feb 11 2010 Documentary filmmakers are trying to raise money on Kickstarter for their project about the human-elephant conflict in Sri Lanka. They're not far from their goal, but they need more help, or they won't see any of what they've raised already, and the documentary doesn't get made. + READ MORE

The Green Lodge: A Sanctuary Amidst a Less Than Sustainable Sundance Film Festival By Sara Novak IN Fashion & Beauty Feb 10 2010 I recently spoke with seasoned environmental writer and Planet Green's own Seth Leitman to get his take on whether this year's Sundance was actually making noteworthy strides toward sustainability. + READ MORE

Seth Warren Talks About Sustainability, Sports, and His Latest Film, Nature Propelled (Interview) By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Feb 10 2010 Professional kayaker-turned-documentary-filmmaker Seth Warren talks about his latest film, Nature Propelled, which uses the elements of nature and outdoor sports to illustrate the harmonious relationship that humans can have with the earth, if only we try. + READ MORE