June 17-18: Clearwater Festival - Croton-on-Hudson, New York

I highly recommend attending this music, story-telling, arts, food, dance and environmental event


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A few opportunities to volunteer at the festival will remain open -- make sure to apply ASAP.

Film: An Inconvenient Truth takes on the Climate Crisis and What We Can Do

An Inconvenient Truth (2006, Participant Productions, directed by Davis Guggenheim, featuring former-US Vice President Al Gore) is an engaging presentation of

1. the evidence that human-induced climate change is already well underway,


2. what causes it,


3. what is consequences would be if climate change is allowed (by inaction) to continue accelerating, and


4. what steps (many rather easy) are feasible for individuals, businesses and governments to take to slow it.

It sounds dry, but because of the fabulous footage from all over the world, animations, and the personal history that Gore recounts, showing how this topic came to seem to him as a major moral issue, this is a compelling and important experience. (The film includes scenes from some of the 1000 talks at Universities and to Civic Groups that Gore has given on this subject since being denied his bid for the Presidency in 2000).

A portion of the film proceeds are being donated to the Alliance for Climate Protection. Very very highly recommended.

Film: The Real Dirt on Farmer John by Taggart Siegel (2005)

THE REAL DIRT ON FARMER JOHN (2005, 82 min) by Taggart Siegel is the award-winning true story of third-generation American farmer John Peterson’s hero’s journey of success, tribulation, failure and rebirth, through his childhood in the ‘50s, the tumultuous ‘60s, the hippie-influenced ‘70s, and the farm-crisis ‘80s, culminating in his transformation-based creation of a biodynamic, organic CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farm serving 1500 families in the Chicago area with weekly fresh produce.

John Peterson's honesty, breadth of perspective, and his good fortune to have film clips from many of the periods of his life all make this an amazing story. The film has won many many awards. Very highly recommended.

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