Date: May 16, 17 & 18, 2008
Time: Please see schedule below
Location: May 16 & 18 at the Aloha Theatre, Kealakekua, May 17 at the Gateway Center/NELHA, Kailua-Kona
Price: $20/day pass; $5/film (Tickets only available on same day of showing at showing location)
The only annual environmental film exposition on Hawaii Island, the 3-day Planet Earth Film Series at the Aloha theatre and the NELHA Gateway Energy Center includes nearly 20 inspiring and provocative documentaries, lectures, and feature films on such important topics as renewable energy, regenerative agriculture, sustainable design and cultural preservation. Proceeds will benefit Friends of NELHA for their efforts in promoting renewable energy and food sustainability and to the Kona Earth Festival fund for environmental education and outreach. For information contact Angela Kang at angela@sustainablebliss.org or 808-345-6587 or go to www.konaearthfestival.org.
Friday, May 16 - Aloha Theatre, Kealakekua
6:00 pm: Islands at Risk
An important film about genetic engineering in Hawai'i and how local farmers and consumers are fighting to protect the food supply from genetically-modified organisms.
6:45 pm: The Global Gardener
An inspiring tour of tropical and urban sustainable projects around the world that are based on the Permaculture design approach.
7:30 pm: The Punalu'u Experience
Producer/Director Danny Miller will be present to introduce Ka'u Preservation's moving journey into the world of the honu,
sacred fishing grounds and ancient heiau of Punalu'u Black Sand Beach. Featuring Kupuna Pele Hanoa, her son Pali Kapu Dedman, and daughter Keolalani Hanoa.
8:15 pm: An Inconvenient Truth
The must-see Academy Award-winning documentary that provides ample evidence of global warming and demands a call to action. Narrated by Al Gore.
Saturday, May 17 - Gateway Center, NELHA, Kailua-Kona
10 am - Noon: Join the Friends of NELHA in a special pre-film presentation featuring alternative energy at NELHA “On OTEC and the Future of Renewable Energy in Hawaii.” The Planet Earth Film Festival will follow. Ticket prices to be announced.
12:15 am: Who Killed the Electric Car
The definitive documentary that investigates the birth and death of the electric car, as well as the role of renewable energy and sustainable living in the future.
2:00 pm: Radically Simple
Become inspired by engineer, Jim Merkel, who lives a simple, extremely satisfying, and sustainable lifestyle.
2:45 pm: Towards a Green Growth Alliance
Van Jones, founder of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, presents his vision for green collar jobs for lower income people.
3:15 pm: Designing the Next Golden Age
An inspiring illustration of the ways in which natural patterns can be transformed into energy efficient technologies used in modern industry.
4:00 pm: Biology, Resistance Restoration: Sustainability as an Infinite Game
Eco-entrepreneur and author Paul Hawken's moving BIoneers presentation that advocates for the integration of the ecology and social justice movements.
5:00 pm: Revolution Green
The true story of Maui's Pacific Biodiesel and the importance of this fuel production system to the Hawai'i and wworld economy. Narrated by Woody Harrelson.
6:30 pm: A Convenient Truth
Urban sustainability solutions from Curitiba, Brazil, widely considered to be one of the most livable and sustainable cities in the world.
Sunday, May 18 - Aloha Theatre, Kealakekua
12:00 pm: Naqoyqatsi
The third of Godfrey Reggio's classic visual poetry trilogy, scored by Philip Glass, on the relationship between humanity and nature.
1:45 pm: Maoli No: Truly Native
Mountain Apple Company's stirring expression of the beauty of the native species of Hawai'i, narrated by Robrt Cazimero.
2:30 pm: Creating a Sustainable Civilization
An introduction to holistic decision making, the brillian approach to ecological restoration as defined by Holistic Management International's Allan Savory.
4:00 pm: Farming with Nature
The impressive results of a 30-year experimental case study of a European sustainable farm system.
4:45 pm: Manufacturing Consent
World-renowned linguist, intellectual, and political activist MIT professor Noam Chomsky's outrageous and provocative analysis of the mass media's control of the American psyche.
8:00 pm: Biomimicry
The new science that studies nature's best ideas and then imitates these designs and processes to solve human problems in the fields of business, agriculture, and medicine.
Sponsored By: Institute for a Sustainable Future & Friends of NELHA |
