Hawai`i Community College

2008

9:00 – 9:30   Hawaii in Transition:

A Vision for a Sustainable Future (27 min,  Laffey/Bason ECO Prod) Explains how to be sustainable using examples in Hawaii which incorporate the 5 elements : Air, Water, Fire, Earth, Wood. 

 9:30 – 10:00 The 11th Hour Excerpts -(last 26 minutes of DVD, 2008 by Leonardo DiCaprio)

Human kinds 11th hour is here: the last moment where we can change course and stop our rush toward global ecological collapse. DVD addresses the issues of where we have been, where we are going and how we can change. (entire DVD is 92 min)

 10:00 – 10:30 The Sacred Place Where Life Begins- Artic Refuge (9 min, Lance

  Holter –Sierra Club Maui) Debate over the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil    drilling vs the natural beauty of the wilderness.  

True Cost of Food:  (2004, Sierra Club Productions) Cartoon rendition of where our food comes, organic foods vs mass produced, and the actual cost of what we eat.        

10:30 – 11:00   "THE PUNALU`U EXPERIENCE“:  (2008, 28 min- Danny Miller-  

     Ka`u Preservation) Please join us for a special Big Island “Hilo Premiere" of this new     documentary which   explores the natural and cultural beauty of one of Hawaii's most sacred places -- Punalu`u Black Sand Beach,  in Ka`u on the Big Island of Hawaii.

11:00-11:30  True Cost of Food:  (15 min, 2004, Sierra Club Productions) Cartoon

      rendition of where our food comes, organic vs mass produced, and the actual cost of      what we eat)

Song of Life (13 min, The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii). Describes the urgent need to protect Hawaii’s rainforests and the plants and animals that survive there

11:30 – 12:00  Save Maalaea - a Cry for Help (27 min, Surfrider Foundation)  Surfing in Hawaii, When a famous surf spot is threatened by the expansion of a boat harbor, the local community turns out to stop it

12:00-12:30 Hawaii in Transition: A Vision for a Sustainable Future (27 min,

       Laffey/Bason ECO Prod)

Explains how to be sustainable using examples in Hawaii which incorporate the 5 elements : Air, Water, Fire, Earth, Wood.

12:30-1:00   The Cycles of Recycling (22  min Teachers Video company, 2002)   

       Explores the waste  stream with landfills and options for our waste  

1:00-1:30 "THE PUNALU`U EXPERIENCE“:  (2008, 28 min- Danny Miller- Ka`u

Preservation) Please join us for a special Big Island “Hilo Premiere" of this new documentary which   explores the natural and cultural beauty of one of Hawaii's most sacred places -- Punalu`u Black Sand Beach,  in Ka`u on the Big Island of Hawaii.

1:30 - 2:40  Revolution Green – The true story of Biodiesel in America. (2007, 78 min

       Woody Harrelson, Willy Nelson & Bob King)

Revealing documentary about the renewable energy called biodiesel and it’s importance to the world economy. True story about 1st sustainable biodiesel refinery in Maui back in 1996..

2:45 - 4:00 pm The 11th Hour : (92 minutes - 2008 by Leonardo DiCaprio)

Human kinds 11th hour is here: the last moment where we can change course and stop our rush toward global ecological collapse. DVD addresses the issues of where we have been, where we are going and how we can change.

Many guest experts are interviewed

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