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Sample REEL COMMUNITY ACTION Events in environmental subject areas:

Climate Change

Energy | Alternative Fuels | Renewable Energy | Global Food Supply and Sustainability | Climate Change | Emissions Trading | Greenhouse Gases | Climate Justice

   Event Facilitator    Climate Protection Campaign   
Host Local Ecology Center
Length of event 6 Friday night events over a 6 month period
Films screened An Inconvenient Truth; Power Shift; Kilowatt Hours; Crude Impact; Black Diamonds; Who Killed the Electric Car; I Love Mountains (short)
Event Organizer TBD
Possible Sponsors Green Cities (green majors)
Book Club Follow-Up The Atlas of Climate Change: Mapping the World's Greatest Challenge (Paperback); An Inconvenient Truth
Action Strategy (short and long term): Greening city government projects; Climate protection campaign (join and create coalitions); Zero emissions; Promoting electric car and alternative fuel markets

Consumption

Responsible Business Practices | Environmental Education | Energy | Green Consumers | Ecolabeling and Certification | Ecological Footprint | Environmental Monitoring | Recycling and Reuse | Natural Capitalism | Sustainable Communities | Sustainable Living | Sustainable Livelihoods | Sustainable Transportation | Sustainable Building and Design

   Event Facilitator    Local Green Business   
Host Business Conference Center
Length of event One day event with workshops and green business leaders
Films screened Buyer be Fair: The Promise of Product Certification; Waste = Food, Affluenza
Event Organizer Global Exchange; Green Festivals
Possible Sponsors Gaiam; 7th Generation; US Solar Industries; GE Solar Imagination
Book Club Follow-Up Population Growth; Resource Consumption; The Environment: Seeking a Common Vision for a Troubled World (Paperback)
Action Strategy (short and long term): Localizing green peoples power companies, Establishing Green Investment Funds and Green Bank, Action campaigns to green business through Share Holder Campaigns, consumer demand, green building workshops

Forests

Global Beef Industry | Conservation | Ecology | Forestry | Agroforestry | Logging | Global Wood Products Industry | Sustainable Forestry | Terrestrial Ecosystems

   Event Facilitator    Sierra Club (local chapter)   
Host Local College
Length of event 3 consecutive Friday night events
Films screened Roots of Change (Wangari Muta Maathai solution film); Fury for the Sound; Saviors of the Forest; Forests for the Trees
Event Organizer Student organizers and Greenpeace
Possible Sponsors Sierra Club; Hemp Industries; Green Field Paper Company (tree free paper company)
Book Club Follow-Up The Dying of the Trees and Unbowed (Wangari Muta Maathai)
Action Strategy (short and long term): Tree planting,; Habitat restoration projects; Consumer demand for alternatives to paper; Product certification of timber products; Share holder advocacy

Freshwater

Water Supply and Conservation | Water Quality and Health | Watershed Management | Water Law and Policy | Natural Resource Education | Natural Resource Conservation | Groundwater

   Event Facilitator    GoLocal   
Host Local Theatre
Length of event Weekend
Films screened Blue Gold and Flow
Event Organizer Clean Water Campaign
Possible Sponsors Life Source Water Systems
Book Club Follow-Up Blue Gold by Maude Barlow
Action Strategy (short and long term):

Living Species

Global Beef Industry | Animalia | Animal and Plant Trafficking | Animal Welfare and Rights | Endangered Animal Species | Wildlife Ecology | Wildlife Habitat Conservation | Wildlife Law and Policy | Biodiversity | Coastal and Marine Ecosystems | Conservation | Ecology | Fisheries | Inland Water Ecosystems | Plants | Terrestrial Ecosystems

   Event Facilitator    World Wildlife Fund (local chapter)   
Host Local Library
Length of event 4 consecutive Friday night events
Films screened Biodiversity vs. Extinction Series (Mass extinction of species can be stopped if we understand the importance of biodiversity)
Event Organizer Audubon Society
Possible Sponsors World Wildlife Fund; Sierra Club
Book Club Follow-Up Fate of the Wild
Action Strategy (short and long term): Legislation, grassroots actions for wildlife habitat, conversation, restoration projects

Ocean

Marine Ecology and Conservation | Environmental Education | Sustainability Education | Youth Leadership |
Marine Wildlife | Biodiversity | Oceans and Fisheries

   Event Facilitator    Marine biologists, fisher people, student activists   
Host Local University
Length of event Film Festival format: 3 nights one weekend, including workshops on Friday & Saturday
Films screened Empty Oceans/Empty Nets; Death of the Seas; Farming the Seas
Event Organizer Student organizers and Greenpeace
Possible Sponsors University Marine Biology Department
Book Club Follow-Up The Empty Oceans
Action Strategy (short and long term): Legislative action; Water quality (testing), restoration, damn removal and fish conservation.


Soil

Consumption and Green Consumers | Food Supply | Global Beef Industry | Global Food Supply and Sustainability |  Local Food Systems |  Organic Farming | Sustainable Agriculture |  Sustainable Livestock Husbandry | Sustainable Production

   Event Facilitator    Community Supported Agriculture CSA Farmers; Organic Farming Association   
Host Community Center; Grange Hall
Length of event 3 consecutive Friday night events
Films screened Future of Food; the Real Dirt on Farmer John; How To Save The World
Event Organizer Pesticide Action Network
Possible Sponsors Organic Farming Association, Green Chefs, Hemp Industries, Organic Cotton Industries
Book Club Follow-Up Organic Futures
Action Strategy (short and long term): Educate public about organic and alternative non-toxic farming techniques - Drive the organic market, communities can form their own food co-ops and support local CSA's (Community Supported Agriculture) - Support legislative efforts to ban toxins, consumer demand for alternatives to toxins campaigns. Support of green businesses that offer alternatives to toxins.

Toxic Pollution

Acid Rain | Air Quality and Pollution | Chemical Pollution | Hazardous Waste | Light and Noise Pollution |
Pollution Prevention | Toxic Substance | Water Pollution

   Event Facilitator    Alternatives to Toxins   
Host Unitarian Church or Local faith based organization
Length of event 4 consecutive Friday night events (one month)
Films screened Blue Vinyl; Toxic Bust; Up Close and Toxic; Texas Gold
Event Organizer Alternatives to Toxins
Possible Sponsors Whole Foods; Wild Oats; Hemp Industries
Book Club Follow-Up Organic
Futures
Action Strategy (short and long term): Promote markets for alternatives to toxins, hemp plastics, GE-free bio-degradable plastics; Create local campaigns in local municipalities to reuse, reduce and to promote local recycling efforts.

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