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SUMMARY:Our Blue and Green Home Film Series
DESCRIPTION:Explore the wonders of our planet with this free weekly 
 environmental film series celebrating our blue and green home: planet 
 Earth. As part of our Color Our World summer library program\, each Sunday 
 we’ll screen a film that highlights the beauty of our world\, the 
 challenges it faces\, and the inspiring efforts to protect it.\n\nWhether 
 you're passionate about oceans\, forests\, wildlife\, or climate action\, 
 there’s something for everyone in this thought-provoking and 
 family-friendly series. Come discover why our world is worth 
 protecting—and how we all can help.\n\nNo registration required.\n\nJune 
 15: Ripples of Plastic– Sponsored by Gannon University’s Project 
 NePTWNE\n\nGuided by Dr. Sherri Mason and other regional voices\, witness 
 the vast extent of contamination pathways\, effects of microplastics\, and 
 the unexpected toll on human health.\n\nJune 22: 1:30 PM SHOWING - Kiss The 
 Ground – Sponsored by The Lake Erie Group (LKE) of the Sierra Club 
 \n\nNarrated and featuring Woody Harrelson\, Kiss the Ground is an 
 inspiring and groundbreaking film that reveals the first viable solution to 
 our climate crisis.\n\nJune 29: The Biggest Little Farm \n\nFilmmaker and 
 novice farmer John Chester chronicles the eight-year quest he and Molly 
 Chester went on when they traded city living for 200 acres of barren 
 farmland in the foothills of Ventura County and a dream to harvest in 
 harmony with nature. Through dogged perseverance and embracing the 
 opportunity provided by nature's conflicts\, the Chester's unlock and 
 uncover a biodiverse design for living that exists far beyond their farm\, 
 its seasons\, and our wildest imagination.\n\n\n\nJuly 13: Ripples of 
 Plastic – Sponsored by Gannon University’s Project NePTWNE\n\nGuided by 
 Dr. Sherri Mason and other regional voices\, witness the vast extent of 
 contamination pathways\, effects of microplastics\, and the unexpected toll 
 on human health.\n\nJuly 20: Native seeds: supplying restoration\n\nFilmed 
 over four seasons\, this documentary explores the people working to scale 
 up the supply of native seeds to meet the growing restoration demand\, 
 weaving together footage with seed collectors\, farmers\, researchers\, and 
 land managers across the Western United States. We see the extensive scale 
 of damage to vast landscapes and meet tenacious people who are finding 
 creative\, scrappy solutions to restore ecosystems.\n\n\n\nJuly 27: The 
 Need to Grow \n\nWith only sixty years of farmable soil left on Earth the 
 need to rethink how we use earth’s natural resources has never been more 
 important. The Need to Grow takes an intimate look into the hearts of 
 activists and innovators in the food movement who are redesigning our 
 future\; an eight-year-old girl who challenges the ethics of a beloved 
 organisation\, a renegade farmer struggling to keep his land as he 
 revolutionises resource-efficient agriculture\, and an accomplished 
 visionary inventor facing catastrophe in the midst of developing a game 
 changing technology.\n\n\n\nAugust 3: Ripples of Plastic – Sponsored by 
 Gannon University’s Project NePTWNE\n\nGuided by Dr. Sherri Mason and 
 other regional voices\, witness the vast extent of contamination pathways\, 
 effects of microplastics\, and the unexpected toll on human 
 health.\n\nAugust 10: Chasing Coral – Provided by Exposure Labs\nChasing 
 Coral follows a team of divers\, photographers and scientists out to 
 photograph the elusive process of coral bleaching\, a phenomenon happening 
 at an unprecedented rate around the world from warming ocean temperatures. 
 The film took 3.5 years to make and features 500 hours of underwater 
 footage and submissions from over 30 countries.\n\n\n\n\n\nAugust 17: The 
 Need to Grow \n\nWith only sixty years of farmable soil left on Earth the 
 need to rethink how we use earth’s natural resources has never been more 
 important. The Need to Grow takes an intimate look into the hearts of 
 activists and innovators in the food movement who are redesigning our 
 future\; an eight-year-old girl who challenges the ethics of a beloved 
 organisation\, a renegade farmer struggling to keep his land as he 
 revolutionises resource-efficient agriculture\, and an accomplished 
 visionary inventor facing catastrophe in the midst of developing a game 
 changing technology.\n\n\n
LOCATION:H.O. Hirt Auditorium \, Blasco Memorial Library
ORGANIZER;CN="Jessica Spitulski":MAILTO:jspitulski@eriecountypa.gov
CATEGORIES:Film
CONTACT;CN="Jessica Spitulski":MAILTO:jspitulski@eriecountypa.gov
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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URL:https://events.erielibrary.org/event/14498557
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