For you and your friends, there is a great Green Screens event this Wednesday at the NFB Cinema.

November 3rd at 7 PM

FREE ADMISSION

NFB Cinema – 150 John St, Toronto, Ontario Canada

Directed by Marie-Monique Robin, 2008, 109 min

Green Screens partners films from the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) with experts and panellists selected by the Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy (CIELAP)

A panel discussion will follow the screening on the topic of biotechnology and genetically modified organisms (GMOs), with Anne Mitchell, CIELAP’s former Executive Director, who was previously a representative on the Canadian Biotechnology Advisory Committee and is a member of the Biotechnology Reference Group of the Canadian Council of Churches; and Pinayur Rajagopal, who worked at the Max Planck Institute in Munich before coming to teach at York University in Toronto.  The two are working on a pamphlet on agricultural biotechnology to be published by the Quaker Institute for the Future.

Director Marie-Monique Robin conducted a painstaking three year investigation on Monsanto in North and South America, Europe and Asia in order to make ‘The World According To Monsanto’ film.

‘The World According to Monsanto’ film depicts “Monsanto’s quest for market supremacy, to the detriment of global food security and environmental stability.”

Here is a brief bio with shocking revelations of Monsanto:

• founded in 1901 as a chemical company in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
• has 17,500 employees
• 2006 sales figure of $7.5 billion
• operations in 46 countries
• world leader in genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
• one of the most controversial corporations in industrial history
• since 1901, faced trial after trial due to the toxicity of its products
• toxic products include polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polystyrene, devastating herbicides like Agent Orange, used during the Vietnam War, and bovine growth hormones, which are unauthorized in Canada and banned in Europe
• has “reinvented itself as a “life sciences” company converted to the virtues of sustainable development”

‘The World According to Monsanto’ points out that “thanks to its genetically modified seeds engineered among other things to withstand Monsanto’s Roundup, the world’s bestselling herbicide, the company claims it wants to solve world hunger while reducing environmental damage. Where does the truth lie?”

Watch ‘The World According To Monsanto’, and then join the conversation. What you think is the truth behind the controversy? Do you think Monsanto exploits environment and nature in our world for bigger business profits? We would love to hear from you in our comments section below.

Please click here to see the trailer for ‘The World According To Monsanto’ because what matters to Monsanto matters to us from dioxin to genetically modified crops.

Toronto Mediatheque

At the NFB (National Film Board of Canada) Mediatheque in Toronto, Ontario, Canada,  the following free Green Screens  event will occur:

FREE

GREEN SCREENS presents WORST CASE SCENARIO

September 1 at 7 pm

Location:
NFB  Mediatheque
150 John Street
Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3C3
416-973-3012

Also, you can watch 5,500 NFB films, all for free, all the time on the Internet

Green Screens is a monthly program at the NFB Mediatheque which highlights a different environmental issue each month, in partnership with the  Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy (CIELAP). The NFB Mediatheque selects the NFB (National Film Board of Canada) films to screen, and the Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy  provides the panellists and experts.

If you are interested in the environment, Green Screens will entertain and inform you!

Free Green Screens Animation Workshop for Adults

REMIXING OUR WORLD
A special Green Screens animation workshop for adults

August 4 at 7 PM
NFB MEDIATHEQUE
FREE!

In Toronto, Ontario, Canada, you can create your own short animated film about the environment and bring your vision to life! Participants will arrange cut-out images from magazines to critically address environmental issues and superimpose them on an untouched landscape – remixing the portrayal of our environment and challenging how we think about it. A fun hands-on experience with stop-motion animation, whether it’s your first or fiftieth time!

Green Screens partners films from the NFB (National Film Board of Canada) with experts and panellists selected by the Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy (CIELAP). If you are interested in the environment, Green Screens will entertain and inform you.

FREE – REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For participants 18 years of age and older.

Call 416-973-3012 to register.
NFB MEDIATHEQUE | 150 John St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada | 416-973-3012 | NFB.ca/mediatheque

Local Farm Food in Green Ontario

Green Screens is a monthly program at the NFB Mediatheque which highlights a different environmental issue each month, in partnership with CIELAP – Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy - (local farm food practices being one such example). The NFB Mediatheque selects the NFB (National Film Board of Canada) films to screen, and CIELAP provides the panellists.

On Wednesday, July 7th, Green Screens presented a free film event which included the feature film, Earth to Mouth, a panel discussion about the importance of supporting local farmers in Ontario, Canada, and a reception which followed the screening.

The panel discussion of Green Screens featured Wally Seccombe, Chair, Everdale: Organic Farm & Environmental Learning Centre, and Susan Murray, Director of Communications, Greenbelt Foundation. Samples of local food were provided by Karma Cooperative.

Green Screens entertained and informed us about Green Ontario as shown in the following SweetLoveable Videos (Part 1 and Part 2).  Thank you Jennifer, Melissa and Kate for your valuable help in the production of  the following Green Screens for Green Ontario.

Part 1:

Part 2:

GREEN SCREENS presents

HOMEGROWN FILMS at the NFB Cinema
Wednesday, July 7

at 7 PM – FREE ADMISSION

A program in Toronto, Ontario, that highlights the importance of sustainable agriculture and celebrates local food practices. A panel discussion and reception follow the screening – sample local produce and discuss the importance of supporting local farmers in Ontario, Canada.

Featuring:

Earth to Mouth
Directed by Yung Chang, 2002, 41 min
Filmed at the Wing Fong Farm in Ontario, this documentary follows the tilling, planting and harvesting of Asian vegetables destined for Chinese markets and restaurants.

The panel discussion will feature Wally Seccombe, Chair, Everdale Farms; Lauren Baker, Director, Sustain Ontario; and Susan Murray, Director of Communications, Greenbelt Foundation. Samples of local food will be provided by Karma Cooperative.

Green Screens partners films from the NFB with experts and panellists selected by the Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy (CIELAP). If you are interested in the environment, Green Screens will entertain and inform you!

NFB MEDIATHEQUE | 150 John St., Toronto | 416-973-3012 | NFB.ca/mediatheque