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The Cove WINS
 Posted 3/8/2010 4:00:00 PM
How many of you watched the 82nd Academy Awards
or as they are more commonly called the Oscars yesterday?
As usual, the Awards provided plenty of comedy,
entertainment and surprises. Neil Patrick Harris entertained the audience with
an opening musical number, and Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin provided great
comedy. The awards also honored first time winners such as Sandra Bullock for
Best Actress and Kathryn Bigelow winning for Best Director for The Hurt Locker.
Though there was a wonderful coincidence, we posted a blog about environmental documentaries last week from the Sundance Film Festival and
mentioned The Cove. Well it turns out that this documentary won the 2010 Oscar for best
documentary, way to go!
Now I definitely want to see this documentary! How many of
you have seen it and what did you think?
Sundance Festival's Green Films
Posted 3/4/2010 1:00:00 PM
While the Sundance Film Festival has been over with for awhile in Park City, Utah there are still a lot of great movies to take a look at. A few of these films happen to be “green films” or environmental documentaries. Some past environmental documentaries shown at the festival which later made it to the theater include: An Inconvenient Truth, The Cove, and Who Killed the Electric Car?
I’m sure most of you have at least heard of the movie An Inconvenient Truth. I actually watched it as an undergrad for extra credit for one of my classes. I enjoyed the movie and it really made me think about my own carbon footprint.
Some of the environmental documentaries from this year’s festival range from documentaries about natural gas extraction in Pennsylvania, the problems with humans being displaced by climate change will have on global security, and arsenic poisoning in Cambodia. ...
Planet Green Launches a New iPhone App
Posted 3/3/2010 11:46:00 AM
To help save even more trees, Discovery's Planet Green initiative launched a TreeHugger app for the iPhone offering access to news, opinions, environmentally friendly product information and videos from TreeHugger.com. The free app enables you to listen to live TreeHugger podcasts and post comments directly to the site. The app is free.
The new TreeHugger app is available from the iTunes app store. And if you don't have an iPhone, don't fret - you can catch it on any smart phone via their mobile site.
Greenzys
Posted 2/26/2010 2:35:00 PM
Greenzys, a new kid-targeted eco-friendly brand will launch exclusively online at FAO.com on April 5th, just in time for the 40th anniversary of Earth Day which is April 22.
This eco-friendly line carries books and toys that promote green living and teach sustainable practices to children.
GREENZYS founders, Lisa Keyser and Mark Lieber, have found a way to connect a child’s love for animals with a deep concern for the environment. For example, “Peat the Penguin” encourages kids to recycle, reuse, and reduce waste, while “Violet the Giraffe” teaches children to protect the environment by reducing their carbon “paw” print.
“The GREENZYS are a fun and engaging way of involving young children in the daily activities of green living,” said GREENZYS co-founder Mark Lieber in a statement. “We use the animal characters and their stories to reinforce the importance of green living practices such as conservation of natural resources, recycling, ...
AIR - WATER - EARTH - FIRE
Posted 2/19/2010 11:42:00 AM
The environment can't live without three of these key components and a new movie puts it all in jeopardy.
Check out the trailer for Director M. Night Shyamalan's fantasy epic "The Last Airbender."
Kids and families should enjoy this science fiction fantasy flick as four nations are tied by destiny when suddenly the Fire Nation launches a brutal war against the others.
Caught between combat and courage, a young man, Aang, discovers he is the lone Avatar with the power to manipulate all four elements.
Aang teams with Katara, a Waterbender, and her brother Sokka to restore balance to their war-torn world
It opens worldwide July 2nd, 2010.
ANIMAL PLANET’S “WHALE WARS” LEAVES PORT TO FILM NEW SEASON OF ANTI-WHALING CAMPAIGN
Posted 2/15/2010 7:00:00 AM
The Jolly Roger flies high again as Captain Paul Watson and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society return to the high seas in their fight to save whales from Japanese vessels in the icy waters of the Antarctic Ocean.
Their next Whale Defense Campaign, Operation Waltzing Matilda, is named after Australia's unofficial national anthem. The three month journey and will take place in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. Animal Planet and its crew are embedded with them to capture it all for the third season of the hit series, WHALE WARS, which is scheduled to premiere on the network in June.
"The issues surrounding whaling in the southern ocean are important and complex," says Marjorie Kaplan, president and general manager of Animal Planet. "The majesty of these beautiful creatures and the lengths to which the Sea Shepherds will go in order to prevent whaling has made WHALE WARS intense and vital ...
OSCAR CONTENDER "THE COVE" COMES TO ANIMAL PLANET
Posted 2/12/2010 7:00:00 AM
This summer, the acclaimed, Oscar contender documentary THE COVE will make its world free television debut on Animal Planet.
The film - which makes an undercover, stealth investigation into the culling and slaughter of thousands of dolphins in remote Taiji, Japan - uses an 'Oceans Eleven'-style approach, bringing to light the dark reality of dolphin massacre.
In his directorial debut, Louis Psihoyos follows former Flipper trainer Ric O'Barry's earnest fight for redemption. O'Barry - who was an active member of the dolphin entertainment industry in the 1960s - came to realize that his role as Flipper's trainer had contributed to grave problems facing dolphins for the past several decades. Now, O'Barry fights to undo the damage that he played a part in by revealing the monstrous massacre that's taking place in various pockets of the world's waters.
The picturesque town of Taiji is the world's largest supplier of dolphins to ...
“OCEANS” HITS THEATERS ON EARTH DAY 2010
Posted 2/11/2010 7:00:00 AM
Disneynature’s next big-screen environmental film to celebrate Earth Day is called “OCEANS.” The film comes out on Earth Day. This year Disney teamed up with The Nature Conservancy and a portion of each ticket sold for the film’s opening week April 22-28 will help establish new marine protected areas in The Bahamas.
Proceeds generated from the film’s opening week. “See OCEANS, Save Oceans” is an initiative developed with The Nature Conservancy where a portion of each ticket sold for the film’s opening week April 22-28 will help establish new marine protected areas in The Bahamas.
"From coral reefs and their abundance of life to the solitary swimmers that lurk in the depths, this film demonstrates that oceans are home to some of the planet’s most amazing creatures,” said Mark Tercek, president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy. "Oceans and coasts are in great jeopardy from growing demands. Our hope is that ...
ANIMAL PLANET REELS IN THE “FISH WHISPERER” MARCH 2ND
Posted 2/10/2010 1:22:00 PM
Debuting Tuesday, March 2, 2010, at 9 pm (CT), Animal Plant christens MADMAN OF THE SEA, a no-holds-barred fishing expedition led by Matt Watson and his band of friends/crew on their most outrageous expeditions. Matt is dubbed the "fish whisperer" by his peers for his ability to lure the biggest, fastest, baddest sea creatures that lurk beneath the surface. He feeds off adrenaline and travels the uncharted seas looking for that next great catch, and he's willing to do anything to find it.
What appeals to us at EcoLifeSTL.com though is that the show contains an underlying message of conservation fueled by Matt's deeply held belief that the sea is one of the greatest gifts we can pass to future generations.
He practices techniques in catch-and-release fishing, emphasizing tagging the fish that he catches so that researchers may better track these species' behavior and migration patterns. These studies are paramount ...
Calling All Young Ladies Interested in Science and the Environment
Posted 2/3/2010 2:51:00 PM
The name isn't that orginial but SciGirls, a new tween girl-aimed educational series, is set to premiere on PBS stations nationwide on February 13 (check local listings).
It's designed to encourage and inspire tween girls in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math (also known as S.T.E.M.).
Each 30-minute episode of SciGirls follows a different group of real middle school girls putting these sciences to work answering real questions with the help of mentors and two animated characters Izzie and Jake. The series also integrates a corresponding SciGirls social network website (pbskidsgo.org/SciGirls), which is featured at the top of each episode as Izzie is confronted with an issue and takes to the website to find a group of SciGirls to help her solve her issue and from there launches the video and their story.
The site also invites girls to create their own page, avatars, and designs and ...
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