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Commuter Challenge (Jun 1-7)
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Commuter Challenge is a national program that encourages Canadians to walk, cycle, take transit, carpool or tele-work instead of driving alone to work. The Challenge supports workplaces as they encourage their employees to leave their cars at home for their personal health, the health of their communities and the health of the environment. Individual Canadians can participate too.
http://www.commuterchallenge.ca/english/index.html-------------------------------
Smog Summit (Jun 4)
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The ninth annual Smog Summit will take place on June 4th, national Clean Air Day. At the 2008 Smog Summit Federal, Provincial and Municipal government leaders will have the opportunity to announce new initiatives they will undertake in the coming year to reduce smog, air pollution and greenhouse gases.
The Toronto and Region 2008 Inter-governmental Declaration on Clean Air will also be highlighted at the 2008 Smog Summit and will present the joint actions of the Greater Toronto Area Clean Air Council for the upcoming year.
A Green Development Best Practices Exchange will follow the 2008 Smog Summit. The Clean Air Partnership will bring together experts, governments, municipalities, and developers to highlight green development standards, incentives and practices from the GTA and beyond. The Best Practices Exchange will review where we are now on green development opportunities and practices and where we are likely to go in the future.
To register, please visit:
http://www.cleanairpartnership.org/smogsummit/
For more information on Canadian Environment Week, please visit:
http://www.ec.gc.ca/default.asp?Lang=En&n=D58BD83C-1
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Planet in Focus Mixed Greens
Theme: Nuclear (June & July)
Location: Gardiner Museum
Time: 6:45pm
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Battle of Chernobyl (Jun 27)
On April 6, 1986 the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the city of Pripyat, Ukraine exploded, melting down to emit more radiation than the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan during World War II.
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, top secret documents have finally surfaced on the systematic cover-up by the Soviet government; they admit the true severity of the Chernobyl disaster. Archived footage and personal interviews by former government officials reveal how the disaster was concealed from the world, and how thousands of men were sacrificed in order to prevent the possibility of a secondary radioactive explosion that would have poisoned Europe, rendering it uninhabitable.
http://www.planetinfocus.org/mixedgreens/27jun08
Broken Arrow (Jul 31)
In 1966 two American airplanes collided over Palomares, Spain and as a consequence, four H-bombs fell to earth. Two of them explode their conventional charge and due to the strong wind radioactive material is scattered over the region. An intensive search is stared to find the fourth bomb. At the same time, decontamination process of the zone is starting and the residual contamination of persons and environment begins to be checked and also the Proyector Indalo, still running 41 years later.
http://www.planetinfocus.org/mixedgreens/31jul08
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NFB Green Screen (June to July)
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**The World According to Monsanto (June 1/June 4/June 16/June 18/June 19)
Directed by Marie Monique Robin
Monsanto is the world leader in genetically modified organisms (GMOs), as well as one of the most controversial corporations in industrial history. This century-old empire has created some of the most toxic products ever sold, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and the herbicide Agent Orange. Based on a painstaking investigation, The World According to Monsanto puts together the pieces of the company’s history, calling on hitherto unpublished documents and numerous first-hand accounts.
http://www.nfb.ca/mediatheque/dethoraire.php?actif=0&idT=&idSM=1&id=1059
**Up the Yangtze (July 24/July 26/July 29)
Directed by Kevin Longdale
The Three Gorges Dam - contested symbol of the Chinese economic miracle - provides the epic backdrop for Up the Yangtze, a dramatic feature documentary on life inside the 21st century Chinese dream. Chinese-Canadian filmmaker Yung Chang crafts a moving depiction of peasant life, a powerful narrative of contemporary China, and a disquieting glimpse into a future that awaits us all.
Selected as one of Canada’s Top 10 Films of 2007
“Outstanding…gorgeously shot and as gripping as an epic novel”
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Preceded by the NFB short film Engine 371
http://www.nfb.ca/mediatheque/dethoraire.php?actif=0&idT=&idSM=1&id=1105
