Environmental Health Film Series |
Film Series: Health and the Environment
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Sponsored by the Seattle Biotech Legacy Foundation (SBLF) and organized by ICEH and the Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Network, the Environmental Health Film Series will be held at the Seattle Public Library Downtown Central Library/Microsoft Auditorium, 1000 Fourth Avenue (please note: the November 22nd film will be shown at Antioch University). Following each screening, a local expert will lead a discussion
about the concerns and possible solutions related to the topic covered.These film showings are fragrance-free events. |
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2005 Films
All films are shown free of charge.
The Next Industrial Revolution
October 16, 2005, 2:00 p.m.
at the Seattle Public Library Downtown Central Library/Microsoft Auditorum, 1000 Fourth Avenue
An inspiring look at ways to transform the relationship between commerce and nature. Architect William McDonough and Chemist Michael Braungart take us through their work in bringing industry into the ecological age.
Blue Vinyl
November 13, 2005, 2:00 p.m.
at the Seattle Public Library Downtown Central Library/Microsoft Auditorum, 1000 Fourth Avenue
A humorous yet sobering look at the world’s second largest selling plastic, polyvinyl chloride or PVC, and its toxic side effects.
Rachel’s Daughters: Searching for the Causes of Breast Cancer
November 22, 2005, 6:30 p.m.
at Antioch University, Sixth and Battery, Room 201
This film depicts an engaging detective story and analysis of the science and politics of the breast cancer epidemic, with a focus on links to environmental factors. Local expert and breast-cancer survivor Pam Tazioli with the Breast Cancer Fund will facilitate a discussion after the screening.
Related Resources
Websites
Books
- Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment by Sandra Steingraber, PhD (Addison Wesley, 1997)
- A Small Dose of Toxicology: The Health Effects of Common Chemicals by Steven G. Gilbert
(CRC Press, 2004)
- Having Faith An Ecologist’s Journey to Motherhood by Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D
(Berkley Books, 2001)
- Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
(Houghton-Mifflin, 1962; Mariner Books reprint edition, 1994)
- Better Basics for the Home: Simple Solutions for Less Toxic Living (Random House, 1999)
Biomimicry: Learning from Nature
December 11, 2005, 2:00 p.m.
at the Seattle Public Library Downtown Central Library/Microsoft Auditorum, 1000 Fourth Avenue
An overview of a provocative new science that studies nature’s best ideas and then imitates these designs and processes to solve human problems.
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