Events

Wednesday, September 10, 2008 6:30 pm

WATER: Basins of Relations
Thinking like a Watershed

Presented by Biologist, Brock Dolman

Water is our most important resource yet we face issues of water shortage and run-off pollution, two problems that can become one solution. Join permaculture designer and watershed expert Brock Dolman to investigate how changing our thinking and our design to slow, spread, and sink water on our property we can use less potable water, decrease flooding, improve water quality, stream structure and function, increase groundwater recharge, enhance wildlife habitat, provide short term and long term economic benefits and improve local aesthetics. Brock is a biologist, innovative permaculture design consultant, director of the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center’s WATER Institute. He is a co-founder of both the Sowing Circle LLC intentional community and the widely acclaimed Occidental Arts and Ecology Center (OAEC). He has extensive experience in irrigation, uplands and riparian watershed management, natural building, wildlife biology, native plant botany, organic agriculture, perennial polyculture, sustainable forestry, seed saving, wild lands biodiversity preservation, school garden teacher training and school garden installation, alternative energy systems, consensus community and participatory social organizing methodologies. He is founder of OAEC’s WATER Institute & Basins of Relations four-day residential watershed training, which has resulted in the formation of 27 community-based watershed groups in Northern and Central California. He is on the appointed board of the Sonoma County Fish and Wildlife Commission.
(click to download pdf flier)

Environmental Technology Center
Sonoma State University
1801 E Cotati Ave
Rohnert Park, CA

Monday, September 15, 2008 — Tuesday, November 18, 2008

The San Diego Museum of Natural History is featuring a number of events during the next couple of months in conjunction with the H20 Water = Life exhibition. Several Water Consciousness contributors are participating. Click on the links for more information.

1788 El Prado
Balboa Park
San Diego, CA 92101

This lecture series is sponsored by the Panta Rhea Foundation.

All lectures are held in the Charmaine and Maurice Kaplan Theater at the San Diego Natural History Museum. Books are available for purchase in the Museum Store. Don’t forget to see our new Webcasts of past lectures.

Monday, September 15, 2008 6:30 pm
Film Premiere!
FLOW!

Film screening and panel discussion with Iris Engstrand, Ph.D., Maude Barlow, Ph.D., and Mike Dettinger, Ph.D.
Irena Salinass cautionary documentary is determined to stir things up. Flow is an inspired yet disturbingly provocative wake-up call about the future of our planet which is drying up rapidly. Focusing on pollution, human rights, politics, and corruption, Salina constructs an exceptionally articulate profile of the precarious relationship uniting human beings and water. While each community’s challenges are unique, the message is universal—the time to turn the tide is now.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008 6:30 pm
Blue Covenant: The Coming Fight for the Right to Water

Maude Barlow, Ph.D., National Chairperson, The Council of Canadians
The world is running out of fresh water. Humans are polluting, displacing and mismanaging our freshwater stocks so severely that entire areas of the Earth are drying up. As a result, close to two billion people now live in water-stressed areas of the Earth, and close to two million children die every year of water-related disease. The nature of this ecological and human rights disaster will be discussed, as will the blueprint for a water-secure world. Learn stories of conflict and triumph as “water warriors” around the world demand the right to affordable, accessible, clean water for life.
Stay after the lecture for a book signing with Dr. Barlow!

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 6:30 pm
Water: Conflict in California and the West

Rita Sudman, Executive Director, Water Education Foundation
Water truly has shaped California and the West. In efforts to remap California water systems, there have been some critical events that had a profound impact on our history. These turning points not only forced a re-evaluation of how we use and view water, but continue to impact out lives today. This presentation will provide a fascinating overview of California’s past, current and future water issues.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008 6:30 pm
Climate Change and Our Water Resources

Peter Gleick, Ph.D., President, Pacific Institute
The reality of global climate change is here. Among the most significant impacts will be threats to our water resources—water quality, quantity, the risks of storms and droughts, and rising sea levels. Look at how climate change will affect water resources globally and locally, and learn how to respond in ways that help us move along the path to sustainable water management and use in the 21st century.
Stay after the lecture for a book signing with Dr. Gleick!

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 6:30 pm
Thinking Like a Watershed

Brock Dolman, Director, Water Institute
Water is our most important resource, yet we face issues of water shortage and run-off pollution—two problems that can be addressed by one solution. Investigate how changing our thinking and our design to slow, spread, and sink water on our property can decrease our use of potable water. Discover how new approaches to landscaping can decrease flooding, improve water quality, stream structure and function, increase groundwater recharge, enhance wildlife habitat, provide short-term and long-term economic benefits, and improve local aesthetics. Also, explore some of the challenges and threats of the lower Sacramento River watershed, an area vital to the San Diego’s water supply.
Stay after the lecture for a book signing with Mr. Dolman!

This lecture is also sponsored by Diversified Lending Group, Inc.

Friday, September 19, 2008 — Saturday, November 22, 2008

FLOW THE FILM
REGIONAL PREMIERES

“Water is the sleeping giant issue of the 21st Century and we all need to wake up about it. Flow opens our eyes about the greatest threat of our time - the global water crisis. It is a compelling and passionate film. Its engaging narrative will grip the viewer.”
Robert Redford

Irena Salina’s award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century - The World Water Crisis.

Salina builds a case against the growing privatization of the world’s dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights, and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel.

Interviews with scientists and activists intelligently reveal the rapidly building crisis, at both the global and human scale, and the film introduces many of the governmental and corporate culprits behind the water grab, while begging the question “CAN ANYONE REALLY OWN WATER?”

Beyond identifying the problem, Flow also gives viewers a look at the people and institutions providing practical solutions to the water crisis and those developing new technologies, which are fast becoming blueprints for a successful global and economic turnaround.

VIEW THE TRAILER:

There will be special panel discussions at selected viewings. Here’s a scheduled list:

New York – Angelika Film Center – September 12, 2008 Opening

Friday, 09/12 Panel Discussion (after 7PM screening)
Irena Salina, Director of FLOW
Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch
Maude Barlow, Council For Canadians
Leah Margulies, Corporate Accountability
Emily Lloyd, NYC Department of Environmental Protection -tentative
Aaron Koch, NYC Mayor’s Policy Advisor on Air & Water Quality -tentative

Saturday, 09/13 Panel Discussion (after 7PM screening)
Irena Salina, Director of FLOW
Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch
William Marks, Author of The Holy Order Of Water

Sunday, 09/14 Matinee (after 1PM screening)
Kathy Nadeau, Environmental Advocates Of New York

Sunday, 09/14 Matinee (after 3PM screening)
Elizabeth Royte, Author of Bottlemania

Sunday, 09/14 Evening (after 7PM screening
Matt Bussman, Engineers Without Borders -tentative

Tuesday, 09/16 Evening (after 7PM screening)
Debbie Mans, NY/NJ Baykeeper

Wednesday, 09/17 Evening (after 7PM screening)
Alex Matthiessen, Hudson Riverkeeper

Los Angeles – Laemmle Sunset 5 – September 12, 2008 Opening

Friday, 09/12 Panel Discussion (after 7:30PM screening)
Steven Starr, Producer of FLOW
Renee Maas, Food & Water Watch
Susan LaSalle, Corporate Accountability
Paula Daniels, Los Angeles Commissioner of Public Works

Saturday, 09/13 Matinee (after 3PM screening)
Miguel Luna, Urban Semillas

Saturday, 09/13 Panel Discussion (after 7:30PM screening)
Steven Starr, Producer of FLOW
David Nahai, Los Angeles Department Of Water & Power
Dorothy Green, Heal The Bay
Mike Feuer, California State Assembly -tentative

Sunday, 09/14 Matinee (after 3PM screening)
Steve Fleischli, Santa Monica Waterkeeper

Sunday, 09/14 Evening (after 7:30PM screening)
Tom Ford, Santa Monica Baykeeper

Wednesday, 09/17 Evening (after 7:30PM screening)
Pearl Abarca, Engineers Without Borders
Nick Fontaine, Engineers Without Borders

Thursday, 09/18 Evening (after 7:30PM screening)
Nancy Price, Alliance For Democracy/Women’s International League Of Peace & Freedom

Washington DC – Landmark E Street – September 19, 2008 Opening

Friday, 09/19 Panel Discussion (after 7PM screening)
Jon Keesecker, Food & Water Watch
Kathy Mulvey, Corporate Accountability
Interfaith Coalition for Corporate Responsibility Representative -tentative

Saturday, 09/20 Matinee (after 3PM screening)
Lisa Wise, Center For A New American Dream

Saturday, 09/20 Panel Discussion (after 7PM screening)
Jon Keesecker, Food & Water Watch -tentative
Kathy Mulvey, Corporate Accountability -tentative
Interfaith Coalition for Corporate Responsibility Representative -tentative

Sunday, 09/21 Matinee (after 3PM screening)
Ed Merrifield, Potomac Riverkeeper

Sunday, 09/21 Evening (after 7PM screening)
Lisa McCandless, Playpumps

Monday, 09/22 Evening (after 7PM screening)
Dottie Yunger, Anacostia Riverkeeper

Tuesday, 09/23 Evening (after 7PM screening)
John Sauer, Water Advocates

Wednesday, 09/24 Evening (after 7PM screening)
Ruth Kaplan, The Sierra Club

Thursday, 09/25 Evening (after 7PM screening)
Michael Thompson, Take Back The Tap, American University

San Francisco – Landmark Lumiere – September 19, 2008 Opening

Friday, 09/19 Panel Discussion (after 7PM screening)
Adam Scow, Food & Water Watch
Kelle Louaillier, Corporate Accountability
Gavin Newsom, Mayor of San Francisco -tentative

Saturday, 09/20 Matinee (after 3PM screening)
Peter Drekmeir, Tuolumne River Trust

Saturday, 09/20 Panel Discussion (after 7PM screening)
Steven Starr, Producer of FLOW
Adam Scow, Food & Water Watch
Jared Blumenfeld, San Francisco Department of the Environment -tentative

Sunday, 09/21 Matinee (after 3PM screening)
Adam Scow, Food & Water Watch

Sunday, 09/21 Evening (after 7PM screening)
Minna Yoo, Love Bottl

Tuesday, 09/23 Evening (after 7PM screening)
Peter Coats, Engineers Without Borders -tentative

Berkeley – Landmark Shattuck Cinema – September 19, 2008 Opening

Friday, 09/19 Panel Discussion (after 7PM screening)
Noelle Ferdon, Food & Water Watch
Steven Starr, Producer of FLOW
Ashok Gadgil, UC-Berkeley
Loni Hancock, California State Assembly -tentative

Saturday, 09/20 Matinee (after 3PM screening)
Aviva Imhof, International Rivers

Saturday, 09/20 Panel Discussion (after 7PM screening)
Alan Snitow, Food & Water Watch
Kelle Louaillier, Corporate Accountability -tentative
Andy Katz, East Bay Mud Board

Sunday, 09/21 Matinee (after 3PM screening)
Aviva Imhof, International Rivers

Sunday, 09/21 Evening (after 7PM screening)
Benny Lee, Environmental Justice Coalition of Water

Tuesday, 09/23 Evening (after 7PM screening)
Kim Stokeley, Adopt-A-Watershed/Lead From Within

San Jose – Camera 12 – September 19, 2008 Opening

Friday, 09/19 Panel Discussion (after 7PM screening)
Marie Logan, Food & Water Watch
Peter Drekmeir, Tuolumne River Trust -tentative

Saturday, 09/20 Panel Discussion (after 7PM screening)
Barbara Sprenger, California State Assembl

San Diego – Landmark Ken Cinema – September 10, 2008 Opening

Friday, 09/19 Panel Discussion (after 7PM screening)
Bill & Susan Loyko, Concerned Citizens Coalition of Stockton
Corie Lopez, Food & Water Watch -will introduce

Saturday, 09/20 Matinee (after 3PM screening)
Jared Criscuolo, San Diego Surfrider Foundation

Saturday, 09/20 Panel Discussion (after 7PM screening)
Janine Hamner, Corporate Accountability
Michael Wonsidler, ZeroWaste San Diego
Corie Lopez, Food & Water Watch

Sunday, 09/21 Evening (after 7PM screening)
Serge Dedina, Wildcoast -tentative

Tuesday, 09/23 Evening (after 7PM screening)
Becca Innis, San Diego Oceans Foundation

Wednesday, 09/24 Evening (after 7PM screening)
Colleen Woods, I Love A Clean San Diego

Thursday, 09/25 Evening (after 7PM screening)
Bruce Reznik, San Diego Coastkeeper

COMPLETE SCREENING LIST:

DATE CITY THEATER
12-Sep New York Angelika Film Center
12-Sep Los Angeles Laemmle Sunset 5
19-Sep Washington, DC Landmark E-street
19-Sep San Francisco Landmark Lumiere
19-Sep Berkeley, CA Landmark Shattuck
19-Sep San Jose, CA Camera 12
19-Sep San Diego Landmark Ken
19-Sep Orange County, CA South Coast Village
19-Sep Huntington, NY Cinema Arts Center
26-Sep Palm Springs, CA Camelot
26-Sep Philadelphia Ritz at the Bourse
26-Sep Denver Starz Film Center
26-Sep Boston Landmark Kendall Square
3-Oct Columbus, OH Gateway Theater
3-Oct Atlanta Landmark Midtown
3-Oct Portland Cinema 21
3-Oct Sacramento Crest
10-Oct Madison, WI The Sundance
10-Oct Chicago Gene Siskel Film Center
16-Oct Cleveland Cleveland Cinematheque
17-Oct St. Louis Landmark Tivoli
17-Oct Sante Fe, NM CCA
7-Nov Seattle Landmark Varsity
22-Nov Rochester, NY Eastman House

Thursday, October 2, 2008 8:00 pm

San Francisco Book Release Party and Green Arcade Grand Opening Extravaganza

Join AlterNet Books and Green Arcade as we celebrate the Grand Opening of San Francisco’s only environmentally-themed bookstore

The Green Arcade
1680 Market Street
San Francisco, California

Friday, October 17, 2008 — Monday, October 19, 2008

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