review of the wild scenic film festival

Hey!
I ran into a couple of yall at the Wild and Scenic Film Festival which was awesome; all in all, it was a pretty good turnout. The films were short and sweet and drove home some of the issues that we've been discussing in class. The first film, "A Sheltered Sea", dealt with conservation efforts on California's coast. Much like how National Parks set aside large portions of forests, rivers, mountains, etc., they speak of the action being made to establish marine refuges right off of the coast. If anyone took Environmental Policy, this was an excellent example of the plethora of stakeholders that go into making this happen. It really explored the need for community forums in which all who have a stake in the designated area have a chance to express their opinion. This resonated well with a lot of the efforts being made in Charleston to promote sustainable seafood - the Sustainable Seafood Initiative is trying to do similar things, like designate refuges, particular areas that are set aside, so as to allow certain populations of fish to maybe increase their population numbers after being fished unsustainably.
There were some other shorts on reducing paper and plastic consumption and another on the power of 'Fun' - apparently something as simple as 'fun', is the easiest way to change people's behavior...who would have thought.

The last film, a longer version of the Greenhorns film about young farmers, was well documented but poorly edited. (Maybe we got a rough draft) But, as we saw in class, it documents the revolution of young farmers that are popping up across the county - on rooftops, in industrial dead zones, in beautiful country sides. The longer version included a new segment on the super efficient rooftop garden that is in Berkley, CA. It is an urban intensive garden located on top of an abandoned warehouse and they have food being taken out of the garden and into restaurants, csa boxes, and farmer's markets about every other day. It is impressive and something that the Bogarden should aspire to.

All in all, there was a good turnout and I think the films and the tabling that took place outside were beneficial for local community members to get an idea of how they can support local food.