Earth Week kicks off with a big bang
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
By Ben Cannon
Jackson Hole, Wyo.-If you’re reading this, then you probably haven’t decamped to one of those annoyingly hedonistic “off-season” destinations like Costa Rica or gone off to a secluded retreat where you decide that you really want to teach Pilates, as a hobby. Maybe you’re happy about being here right now, muddy shoes and all, and the EarthFilm Festival might just give some cost-free stimulation to look forward to.
Sponsored by the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, EarthFilm Fest kicks off international Earth Week on Sunday with films, performance art and discussion at the Center for the Arts. This is the first year the Wildlife Film Fest has marked the occasion with such ambition, said director Lisa Samford. “Our expectation is to really use Earth Day to draw attention to what’s happening to the natural environment around the world,” Samford said. “And what better place do that but Jackson Hole, which I believe is the center of the green universe.”
EarthFilm Fest begins at noon with short films that illuminate issues like the consequences of living in a society that discards billions of single-use plastic bottles. Between films, audience members will be treated to special performances by a Jackson Hole Music Experience percussion ensemble and Dancers’ Workshop.
The people behind the community’s Reduce Reuse Recycle program, an event co-sponsor, will moderate a segment at 2 p.m., following a screening of Bag It, a short film. After Friends of Pathways director Tim Young gives a presentation about cycling, “Too Tyred Tour,” a sense of natural environment drama will build with the film Generations, by Teton Gravity Research. Then be prepared to be awed by Grizzly Story, a moving film by valley residents Melinda Binks and Rebecca Huntington. Filmmaker and author David Gonzales will begin to sound the battle cry to protect Yellowstone’s white pines with TreeFight.
Around 6 p.m., Victor Mayor Scott Fitzgerald joins Mayor Mark Barron and County Commissioner Ben Ellis, a renewable energy broker, and others for a panel discussion about the Jackson Hole Energy Sustainability Project. The evening ends with a 7 p.m. reception sponsored by Jackson Whole Grocer.
EarthFilm Festival, a day of film, discussion and more, noon to 7 p.m., Sunday, at the Center for the Arts. Free. Schedule at
JHCenterForTheArts.org. 733-7016.
courtesy JH WILDLIFE FILM FESTIVALRecycled elk, made by students, on display at the Center for the Arts.PERMALINK:
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