One Earth Film Festival

Sacrificing birds for a marketing gimmick
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Sacrificing Birds for a Marketing Gimmick

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Mike and Peggy welcome back MWRD Commissioner Kim Neely du Buclet to talk about recent green infrastructure water projects and even ways to trace coronavirus in our water supply. Raj Patel, director of The Ants & the Grasshopper explains the food and social justice components of his film about climate change. Annette Prince from Chicago Bird Collision Monitors and Skokie resident Kim Polka report on their efforts to stop a potentially bird-killing Carvana Tower in that Chicago suburb.

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Practical and Reliable Visit from Melinda Myers
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Practical and Reliable Talk from Melinda Myers

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Garden expert Melinda Myers returns to offer advice about spring gardening, even as the potential for yet another April snow event looms. Mike and Peggy list some Earth Week events, including the One Earth Film Festival. Then, they report on the return of the CEGA 60-Second Video Challenge.

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Ten Years of Environmental Good
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Ten Years of Environmental Good

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The One Earth Film Festival celebrates “10 Years of Inspiring Change” with a fully virtual event. Mike and Peggy welcome filmmakers Christi Cooper and Shannon Germaine. On the heels of her company’s own 10th anniversary celebration, Erlene Howard from Collective Resource Compost hopes for an uptick in food scrap collection in 2021.

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Harnessing the Power of We
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Harnessing The Power of We

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The theme of the 9th Annual One Earth Film Festival is The Power of We. Mike and Peggy welcome three filmmakers from the event, which runs March 6-15. Dan Gibbs, the Chicago Backyard Farmer, returns to talk about preparing for (very) early spring crops.

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Biochar, one possible carbon solution
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Straw Bale Solutions, Carbon Solutions

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Teresa Speight from Cottage in the Court talks about passing along her passion for gardening. Joel Karsten explains why the techniques in Straw Bale Solutions have become popular throughout the world. Marcy Cravat returns to the One Earth Film Festival with a documentary about our hopes for sequestering carbon.

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February 25, 2018 – Celebrating Our One Earth

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Jim Nienhuis talks about the evolution of vegetables, his work helping women entrepreneurs in Central America, and his talk for the 2018 Great Lakes Bioneers McHenry County Speaker Series. Lisa Eldred Steinkopf has written House Plants: The Complete Guide. Mike and Peggy interview a couple of directors featured in the One Earth Film Festival, opening this week.

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February 25, 2017 – Keeping Seeds and Making Films

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Carol Niec and Kerrie Rosenthal from The Seed Keeper Company talk about their plans to introduce growing plants from seeds to schools all over the country. Then Mike and Peggy interview film directors from the 7th Annual One Earth Film Festival.

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