Free streaming in May for film Mother May 7, 2013

On Earth Day and continuing throughout the month of May, the film by Tiroir A Films entitled   Mother: Caring for 7 Billion (2011) will be FREE online  to view! Find out more about this 69 minute film throuhg facebook, twitter or the website.

Their Synopsis… After being pushed into the shadows by converging societal forces, Mother: Caring for 7 Billion connects the dots between population growth and humanity’s most pressing social and environmental problems.  In the film, Beth, a children rights activist and mother, helps the audience navigate through the complexities of the population issue and its barriers.  Grounded in the theories of social scientist Riane Eisler, Mother is a gentle treatment of a complex issue that urges humanity to work together to bring about a peaceful, just and sustainable world.

Watch the trailer:

Mother Caring for 7 Billion – Teaser from Tiroir A Films on Vimeo.

4th & Final – Libraries for Sustainability Webinar Series on August 28 August 9, 2012

Please join us for the fourth and final webinar series on August 28, 2012, 2:00-3:00 (EST)
This webinar is focused on avenues for action and collaboration. You will receive an update on: new leadership of ALA’s Task Force on the Environment (TFOE) and plans for the future; the possibility and need for creating a Library Sustainability Toolkit; library sustainability related presentations, research and articles with the potential for collaboration. There will be an opportunity to contribute to an open discussion and facilitated brainstorming session on the next steps to advance the sustainability front in libraries. Each of us holds part of the answer!

SIGN UP to receive the link to the virtual room.

View Our Past Webinars:

• Engagement in Professional Library Organizations on June 12, 2012 (recording and handout)
• Exploring Sustainability Practices in Libraries on April 24, 2012 (recording and slides)
• Call to Action and Collaboration on Feb 28, 2012 (see bottom of blog post for recording)

Recycling Videos for Campus July 30, 2012

Questions often arise from our library staff on what can and cannot be recycled on campus. Recently two  members of our Green Library Team (we also both create videos for the library!)  decided to answer these questions by interviewing the manager of Waste Reduction and Recycling on campus at UNCG and create a set of short videos on various topics. We pushed these topics though our library blogs and feeds over the past academic year. They were created for the library, but are relevant to the whole campus and now are linked on the OWRR website and were pushed thought the campus Youtube feeds. A useful way to show how the library is an effective disseminator of information, uses technology to reach users, and model good environmentally friendly behaviors!

Here is the first video:

Others to view are:

Green Leak: Plastics

Green Leak: Paper,Cardboard and Chipboard

Green Leak: Office Paper Recycling

Green Leak: Electronic (E-Waste) Recycling

Green Leak: Recycling at UNCG – Dining Services

Green Leak: Construction Waste

Youth Sustainability Video Contest! May 8, 2012

Calling America’s Youth – submit a video on what you doing to foster sustainable communities -  due June 1!   The Obama Administration invites video submissions from America’s youth  in the areas of economy, education, energy and environment, health, and science and technology. Winning videos will be chosen by a panel of Administration officials and featured at the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. Winners also will be invited to the White House for a special event on sustainability leadership!

The Energy of Innovation March 30, 2012

For the last few months, people have been sharing innovations that will improve how generate or use energy with the project of the Center for Innovative Media at George Washington University called Planet Forward. Plant Forward has been airing bi-weekly episodes on Bloomberg TV starting in February 2012. The episodes show our county’s  current cycle on smart communities and introduce real characters from the online video submissions,  fact-checking their ideas and exploring the technology or science involved and the experts compare the ideas. There are just seven finalists. If you missed the PBS Special,  The Energy of Innovation, you can view it online now.

• watch the show in chapters
• watch weekly webisodes
• follow the 2011 innovators of the year

Student Video Contests! March 8, 2012

Two opportunities to offer to students:

1. Green Living Project  -  their biannual Student Film Project, open to any middle or high school, community college or university student, either in US or international.  Films must be 5 minutes or less in length, and tell a unique, creative, story, around important local and global sustainability issues. See rules for more info. and resources and tips for examples and help. Entries due May 25, 2012.
2. Northwest Institute for Social Change -  their 2012 Student Sustainability Film Festival, open to high school and college students across North America. Students create short films about programs, projects or “things” that their campus or community is doing to create sustainable solutions to environmental concerns. Here is how to apply. Entries due May 17, 2012

 

 

Amazing Kids – Jasper Sustainability Club Videos September 2, 2011

Jasper Sustainability Club for Youth designed this presentation to be presented at the Living Future unConference in Vancouver in April of 2011.

Thanks Anne Less for sharing these great videos!

Story of Citizens vs FEC video July 6, 2011

Worth adding to your library’s website?  librarians are all about democracy and standing up for the people rights aren’t we?

TED Talks: A Greener Future February 14, 2011

TED talks are a great resources for learning yourself or sharing with your students/patrons and even to get a discussion going.  TED ( Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading.  They offer a series on A Green Future, a collection of videos talks related to the environmental debate which ” traditionally been characterized as a conflict between economic progress and preservation of the planet. Most TED speakers, however, insist that we can have both — provided we’re smart about it.”  This includes talks like Van Jones: the economic injustice of plastic or  Majora Carter: the Greening of the Ghetto or John Hardy: My Green School Dream.   Check out these and other TED talks and add as a great resource.

Story of Electronics December 2, 2010

The newest Story of Stuff Project movie – The Story of Electronics - a look at the ‘design for the dump’ mentality so prevalent in the electronics industry. Worth a watch and worth passing on this great resource: