2008 Woodie Awards
Energy film festival focuses on wasteful consumption
Adra Cooper
Issue date: 4/6/07 Section: Features
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"If we don't take care of the earth, then the earth will take care of us - and get rid of us," said permaculturist Roberto Perez in the film, "The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil."
"The Power of Community" was one of the two films featured at the inaugural session of the Energy Film Festival, which is sponsored by the Sierra Club and Guilford's environmental club, Forevergreen. The festival showcases films pertaining to energy consumption and the environment in a three-part series.
"The campus is thinking about energy more than ever before, as indicated by the solar panels recently installed in Shore Hall and other sustainability movements on campus," said Environmental Sustainability Coordinator Kim Yarbray. "The film festival is an easy option for raising the consciousness level on campus. The more we know about energy, the better."
Yarbray, who organized the event, has wanted to sponsor showings of environmental movies since coming to Guilford in August 2006. As a member of the Sierra Club, she was able to research and find the films for the event through the organization.
"There are more downer movies about the environmental movement than I can count, so I was definitely looking for more upbeat films," Yarbray said. "I also selected films that integrated some level of culture. I didn't want the issues addressed to be very American-centric."
"The Power of Community" tells the story of Cuba's economic collapse in the early 1990s. Their rate of imported oil dropped drastically, thereby cutting down their energy expenditures practically overnight. Instead of their infrastructure deteriorating, the citizens lessened their dependence on oil and developed more sustainable systems.
"The film was pretty inspiring for me," said junior Mary Juravich. "It was cool to see Cuba as a model for the coming peak oil crisis that the whole world is going to be faced with."
The second film shown was "Sundance Summit: a Mayors Gathering on Climate Protection," which was a short documentary based on the Sundance Summit that took place in Sundance, Utah, on Nov. 12-14, 2006.
"The Power of Community" was one of the two films featured at the inaugural session of the Energy Film Festival, which is sponsored by the Sierra Club and Guilford's environmental club, Forevergreen. The festival showcases films pertaining to energy consumption and the environment in a three-part series.
"The campus is thinking about energy more than ever before, as indicated by the solar panels recently installed in Shore Hall and other sustainability movements on campus," said Environmental Sustainability Coordinator Kim Yarbray. "The film festival is an easy option for raising the consciousness level on campus. The more we know about energy, the better."
Yarbray, who organized the event, has wanted to sponsor showings of environmental movies since coming to Guilford in August 2006. As a member of the Sierra Club, she was able to research and find the films for the event through the organization.
"There are more downer movies about the environmental movement than I can count, so I was definitely looking for more upbeat films," Yarbray said. "I also selected films that integrated some level of culture. I didn't want the issues addressed to be very American-centric."
"The Power of Community" tells the story of Cuba's economic collapse in the early 1990s. Their rate of imported oil dropped drastically, thereby cutting down their energy expenditures practically overnight. Instead of their infrastructure deteriorating, the citizens lessened their dependence on oil and developed more sustainable systems.
"The film was pretty inspiring for me," said junior Mary Juravich. "It was cool to see Cuba as a model for the coming peak oil crisis that the whole world is going to be faced with."
The second film shown was "Sundance Summit: a Mayors Gathering on Climate Protection," which was a short documentary based on the Sundance Summit that took place in Sundance, Utah, on Nov. 12-14, 2006.
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