Environmental Film Festival in Carrboro

This weekend begins a 4-part free environmental film festival at Carrboro's Century Center (100 N. Greensboro Street).

Sunday, January 15, 2012, 5:00 p.m.: Carbon Nation

Carbon Nation is a documentary about climate change solutions. The film is an optimistic discovery of what people are already doing, what we as a nation could be doing, and what the world needs to do to prevent (or slow down) the impending climate crisis. We already have the technology to combat most of the worst-case scenarios of climate change, and it is very good business as well. We meet a host of entertaining and endearing characters along the way, all making a difference and working toward solving climate change.    Length: 1 hr 22 min.

Saturday, February 4, 2012, 4:00 p.m.: Plan B: Mobilizing To Save Civilization 

This film, from the Earth Policy Institute and based on the book World On The Edge by Lester Brown, details the vice closing around us:  a quadruple squeeze of global warming and shortages in food, water, and energy. Then it explains the path out—and how little time we have left to take that path.  Length: 1 hr 23 min.

Sunday, March 4, 2012, 4:30 p.m.: Dirt!

Dirt! The Movie is an insightful film that tells the story of the glorious and unappreciated material beneath our feet. Inspired by William Bryant Logan’s acclaimed book Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth, this film takes a look into the history and current state of the living organic matter that we come from and will later return to. Narrated by Jamie Lee Curtis, it brings to life the environmental, economic, social, and political impact of soil. Dirt! The Movie will make you want to get dirty!  Length: 1 hr 20 min.

Sunday, April 15, 2012, 5:00 pm: Film TBA