The 5-minute film “Take Action Against Lead” by Lion Eli Birnecker screened before these feature films. Lion won the top middle school prize in the 2022 One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest.
NO CLIMATE. NO EQUITY. NO DEAL.
Fenell Doremus, Danny Alpert/2022/21 min/Environmental & Social Justice, Climate Change, Energy, Environmental Advocacy
FILM DESCRIPTION: This film follows the grassroots movements in Illinois that led to the passage of the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act. According to the Illinois Government, the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act puts Illinois “on a path toward 100% clean energy [by 2050], invests in training a diverse workforce for the jobs of the future, institutes key ratepayer and residential customer protections, and prioritizes meaningful ethics and transparency reforms. Illinois is the first state in the Midwest to enact legislation to combat the climate crisis and build an economy for the future.”
Advocates are calling the clean energy bill the country’s most aggressive climate bill. Legislation requires that all private coal and oil power plants close by 2030.
WASTELAND: IOWA
Elisa Gambino/2022/28 min/Environmental & Social Justice, Health & Environment, Environmental Advocacy, Food & Agriculture
FILM DESCRIPTION: For more than 150 years farmers in Iowa have been raising corn & pigs and the people of Iowa have been drinking untreated water from rivers polluted with nitrogen fertilizers, pesticides and livestock excrement. In a state where Big Ag wields massive power and influence, will the residents and local officials' concerns be heard?
Teens and young adults encouraged to attend.
Post-film discussion streamed to virtual watch party and to in person locations at Southeast Environmental Task Force, McKinley Park and Good Shepherd Lutheran Church.
Facilitator for Wasteland: Iowa and No Climate. No Equity. No Deal.
- Dorie Ellzey Blesoff, Consultant, Coach, Facilitator; Adjunct Faculty, Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy
Panelists for Wasteland: Iowa:
- Elisa Gambino, Director, Wasteland Iowa
- Emma Schmit, Senior Organizer, Food & Water Watch; Film Subject, Wasteland Iowa
Intro to No Climate. No Equity. No Deal.
- Trevor Tejeda-Gervais, Producer, No Climate. No Equity. No Deal.
Panelists for No Climate. No Equity. No Deal:
- Eduardo Flores, Co-Chair, Clean Power Lake County; Film Subject, No Climate. No Equity. No Deal.
- Delmar Gillus, Chief Operating Officer, Elevate; Film Subject, No Climate. No Equity. No Deal.
- Angela Tovar, Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Chicago
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