2011: The International Year of the Forests

Half of the forests that existed at the dawn of agriculture has since been destroyed.

Watch this stunning 7-minute film, Of Forests and Men–the official film for the launch of the International Year of the Forests, a global platform to celebrate people’s action to sustainably manage the world’s forests.

The United Nations mandated Yann Arthus-Bertrand to produce this film, which will be

Canaries of the Sea – Beluga Whales

Protect the ocean and you protect yourself. ~Jean-Michel Cousteau

Photo: Ocean Futures Society

Beluga whales are sometimes called canaries of the sea because they seem to sing…

There are places on this planet where it’s a marvel that anything survives. But in the cold Arctic

World Premiere: The Polar Explorer

Photo courtesy of Mr. Ramon Terrado of ArcticNet

02.09.11 Update: In January, 2011, the area of Arctic sea ice coverage was at its smallest since satellite records began–1.27 million sq km less than the 1979-2000 average.

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The Polar Explorer–The Official COP16 Film by award-winning documentary filmmaker Mark Terry–premieres March 15,2011 at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC. It’s a film you won’t want to miss.

What is COP16? The sixteenth Conference of the Parties (COP) as part of The United Nations Climate Change Conference which took place in Cancun, Mexico,  29 November to 10 December 2010..

The trailer…

Hands That Feed: Non-profit film needs your support

Haiti’s food crisis and post-quake opportunities for sustainability.

Hands That Feed is a non-profit documentary film that I hope you’ll help support. It explores the agricultural collapse in Haiti, its role in the post-earthquake food crisis, and the emerging grassroots development models that seek to restore Haiti’s food supply and environment.

Bill Clinton told the Senate Foreign

Clean Coal. Sort of Like Healthy Cigarettes.

Photo: dirtybusinessthefilm.com

50 percent of the electricity that heats our houses, lights our schools and powers our industries comes from coal.

Yay for coal, you say. Clean coal. End of story.

Not. Jeff Goodall, author of Big Coal, the Dirty Secret Behind America’s Energy Future, says:

…clean coal is sort of like healthy cigarettes or limited nuclear war or fat free donuts. It’s one of the great oxymorons of our time.

VIDEO: Never before seen sea life beneath melting Arctic ice!

Check out this Greenpeace video… breath-taking footage of sea life beneath the melting Arctic ice:

Be on the lookout for a new documentary: The Polar Explorer. Mark Terry, filmmaker of the award-winning The Antarctica Challenge: A Global Warning, chronicles a scientific expedition crossing of the Northwest Passage and new climate data from both the Arctic and Antarctica.

Natural Gas Drilling Boom: Will It Contaminate Our Water Supply?

Lighting tap water on fire. Do not try this at home.

My friend screened the documentary film, Gasland, at her home last night. I sure didn’t sleep well [note to self: watch potentially disturbing documentary films during the day; light comedy at night].

It was fracking eye-opening. Check out the trailer…