Green Screens presents - Addicted to Plastic! The Rise and Demise of a Modern Miracle

as i sneak this blog in from my work desk... there are so many interesting things happening. if only there were more time for them. last weekend i made time to go to two artist panels, one at Rutgers and one at Moore. Before having time to reflect on them, the next amazing thing comes up. I really need to figure out how to balance my time and prioritize. I have yoga at 7am, at least that's the first thing that's consistent and committed. How to manage the rest is next. Plastic Fantastic needs to get some goals for the next couple of years. And I keep getting distracted. With wonderful wonderful things. ... I'm still on a little high from the bread and puppet experience from lubberland! oh where is lubberland? and what is lubberland? how can i find it? where can it be? dodododoo...

here's something that i doubt i'll make it to but but but maybe... i just found out about it. and that seems to be the nature of these talks, screenings, art shows, events. and it's covering my favorite topic water bottles and plastic...

http://www.filmlinc.com/wrt/gs/addicted.html

Green Screens presents
Addicted to Plastic! The Rise and Demise of a Modern Miracle
screening with
Eco Trip: Water Bottle
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 7PM

Director Ian Connacher will introduce. Connacher, along with John Stewart (Corporate Accountability International, Think Outside the Bottle - Regional Organizer) and, Allen Hershkowitz, Ph.D. (Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council) will answer questions following the screening. Join Connacher and the other panelists for a post-screening reception in the Furman Gallery.

Plastics are now found in nearly every product we own, and they are ending up everywhere they shouldn’t: oceans, treetops, inside fish and birds, on the roadside. But while this level of pollution is daunting, new technology is finding ways to recycle this indestructible material and create a form that is truly biodegradable. Explore 12 countries and one ocean floor in this insider’s guide to the most versatile material ever invented. You will never look at plastic products the same way again. Winner of: Audience Award, Special Jury Award, Amazonas Film Festival, Brazil and Coup de Coeur Award, Festival International du Film d'Environnement, Paris.

Screening with an examination of the nation’s bottle habit, produced by the Sundance Channel as part of Eco Trip on The Green.

Co-Presented by the Sundance Channel.

Panelists
John Stewart
Corporate Accountability International
Think Outside the Bottle - Regional Organizer
Think Outside the Bottle is a campaign working to promote, protect and ensure public funding for our public water systems. That means challenging corporations who undermine public confidence in tap water. Bottled water travels many miles from the source, results in the burning of massive amounts of fossil fuels, and contributes to the billions of plastic bottles ending up in our landfills. For more information: Think Outside the Bottle

Allen Hershkowitz, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council
Dr. Hershkowitz is a Senior Scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council, specializing in issues related to sustainable development, supply chain management, industrial ecology, the paper industry, health risks, solid waste management, recycling, medical wastes, and sludge. He joined the senior staff of NRDC on February 6, 1989 and is the Director of NRDC’s National Solid Waste Project and NRDC’s Paper Industry Reform Project. For more information: NRDC

About Green Screens
The Film Society’s Green Screens program addresses through film the vital environmental concerns of global warming, the safety of our food supply, sustainable living, and more. Green Screens is programmed by Isa Cucinotta and Marian Masone.