Vancouver Mountain Film Festival Partnership 2017

I am really excited to announce I am hosting another night at the Vancouver Mountain Film Festival (VIMFF) on SaturdayFebruary 11th.

Tickets available here

Last year the night was a huge success and sold out well in advance of the night. We were able to show the Premiere of the environmental film The Last Stand For Lelu (which you can now watch in full here), and the Canadian Premiere of the film The Gold of Bengal (which went on to win best adventure film at the festival).

The theme is the same this year " The Change I Want To See" but we have a new powerful lineup. This time around it seems even more topical with all of the films and speakers focusing on the alternatives to the fossil fuel industry and the messaging we have been hearing recently from Donald Trump. If you have grown frustrated recently with everything happening in America then this night is designed to offer you some hope.

February 11th 2016 @ 7:30pm (doors at 7:00pm)

The Cinematheque Theatre, Vancouver

Tickets available here

Speakers

Lynne Quarmby

Lynne will speak to the struggles of sustained and effective individual engagement in climate justice activism. How do we stay positive? Where should we put our efforts?

David Lavallee

David has directed multiple award winning documentaries. He will talk about how he hopes the films will bring a much needed sanity to not only the energy debate, but the struggle for an economic paradigm that actually makes sense.

Films

To The Ends Of The Earth

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The rise of extreme energy, the end of economic growth, a new way forward.

Kokota: An Island Of Hope

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Our ability to adapt is only limited by our ability to learn.

Please help share the night and if you are available come along and listen to what some inspiring people are doing to create the change they want to see.

February 11th 2016 @ 7:30pm (doors at 7:00pm)

The Cinematheque Theatre, Vancouver

Tickets available here

Fuel for the Fire - Is monoculture farming the answer?

Before I started this journey to learn more about my food and its impact on both the environment's and my own health I was completely unaware what monoculture farming was. Monoculture farming is, unfortunately, what you think of when you picture a modern day farm, large fields spreading as far as the eye can see, all filled with the same crop. The majority of the food you buy from the supermarket is produced this way. It never occurred to me that nature doesn't organise things this way. I saw fresh food growing and assumed it was a good thing. But when you look at forests, prairies, or any areas where nature is the lead designer, there is always diversity, never monoculture. So how do we manage to convince nature to decorate against her wishes?

This short video from Permaculture teacher Geoff Lawton explains some of the ways we have manipulated nature to fit this monoculture system of "farming" and the issues caused.

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