Ironweed Film Club No. 56: Lost In Palm Oil/A Sustainable Star/The Legacy of Exxon Valdez/Birth of a Movement
March 2, 2011Ironweed Film Club No. 56: Lost In Palm Oil/A Sustainable Star/The Legacy of Exxon Valdez/Birth of a Movement
Call Number: IWFC_56
by: Inge Altemeier; Paul J Lynch; Ironweed Film Club.; Altemeier & Hornung Filmproduktion.; Australian Broadcasting Corporation.; Cage Free Productions.;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Oxnard, Calif. : Iron Weed Film Club, 2010.
Notes: Issue: July 2010 (86 mins.); Contains 1 Feature Films, 3 Shorts and DVD Extras.
Summary: Lost in palm oil: Indonesia’s rainforests are being destroyed and rapidly replaced by palm oil plantations for use in bio-fuel, with devastating effects on the local population and global ecosystem. This film urges precaution in developing alternatives to fossil fuels. A sustainable star: Germany leads the world in the production and use of renewable energy, yet its wide-scale application is still challenged by those in power. This film reveals the politics involved in attempting the transition to alternative energy sources. The legacy of Exxon Valdez: Decades after the infamous oil spill off the coast of Alaska, the local fishing economy and ecology are still devastated, yet legal battles continue over Exxon’s court-ordered compensation to those affected. Birth of a movement: A look at the 1969 oil spill off the coast of California, considered to be the catalyst for the modern environmental movement..
Summary: Lost in palm oil: Indonesia’s rainforests are being destroyed and rapidly replaced by palm oil plantations for use in bio-fuel, with devastating effects on the local population and global ecosystem. This film urges precaution in developing alternatives to fossil fuels. A sustainable star: Germany leads the world in the production and use of renewable energy, yet its wide-scale application is still challenged by those in power. This film reveals the politics involved in attempting the transition to alternative energy sources. The legacy of Exxon Valdez: Decades after the infamous oil spill off the coast of Alaska, the local fishing economy and ecology are still devastated, yet legal battles continue over Exxon’s court-ordered compensation to those affected. Birth of a movement: A look at the 1969 oil spill off the coast of California, considered to be the catalyst for the modern environmental movement..
OCLC #: 651218945
Added: March 2, 2011
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
