Last week we held a screening of the documentary Cool It at the GreenBlue offices as part of our monthly environmental film screening. The film, based on the book Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist’s Guide to Global Warming, is about the book’s author, Danish economist and political scientist Bjørn Lomborg, and his alternative (and sometimes controversial) approach to combatting climate change. The Los Angels Times … More
To celebrate the holiday season at GreenBlue, we watched WALL-E as part of our monthly environmental film screening in December. WALL-E, a computer-animated science fiction film by Pixar set in the distant future, takes place in a world that has become engulfed by trash due to decades of mass consumerism, and as a result the planet has become inhabitable and humans have been evacuated to … More
For the next installment of our monthly environmental documentary film screening, GreenBlue staff recently watched Gasland, which investigates the environmental and human health risks linked to hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” and the devastating impacts this process has had on various communities across the United States. Fracking is a drilling technique that facilitates the release of subterranean natural reservoirs of natural gas. During the fracking process, … More
GreenBlue staff continued our monthly documentary film screening recently with a screening of FLOW: For the Love of Water, the award-winning documentary that investigates what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century: the global water crisis. The film builds a case against the growing privatization of the world’s dwindling fresh water supply, and also highlights some practical solutions and new … More
GreenBlue staff continued our monthly documentary series last week with a viewing of Bag It, which started as a documentary about plastic bags but then evolved into a wholesale investigation into plastics and their effect on our waterways, oceans, and even our bodies. Staff weigh in with their responses to the film. Bag It Intro from Suzan Beraza on Vimeo. Liz Shoch: The movie Bag It raised … More
GreenBlue staff kicked off our monthly documentary series last week with a viewing of WASTE LAND. Geneva Hodges and other staff share their responses to the film. WASTE LAND Official Trailer from Almega Projects on Vimeo. “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” This quote was taken literally by the renowned Brazilian artist, Vik Muniz, on his year-long journey in Rio de Janeiro and the … More