Monday, July 30, 2007

Environmental Film Festival at CPUT

Environmental Film Festival Invitation
The Environmental Resource Centre at CPUT cordially invites you to join
us for an Environmental Film Festival from 30 July - 8 August 2007.

Screenings will be held at:
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Bellville Campus, Library
Symphony Way (off Modderdam Road)
Bellville
7535

Due to limited space, advanced bookings are essential.
RSVP Marion Davids.

Marion Davids
Tel: (021) 959 6926
Cell: 073 584 1204
Fax: (021) 959 6109 / 6605
Email: DavidsML@cput.ac.za ( mailto:MarionD@ctech.ac.za )

EARTHNOTES / DLIST / CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Environmental Documentaries

30 July * 8 August 2007

at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Admission: Free

BLUE EARTH

A world without water. A disturbing picture of a planet running out of the most basic of life essentials.

Farming the seas* Is aquaculture taking pressure off the oceans or creating new problems?

Under Antarctic ice* the first high-definition film of life hidden under the Antarctic ice.

Also a tour of The world’s large marine ecosystems and a look into community solutions for Water and autonomy.

GLOBAL NOTES

Crude impact. A timely story about the collision o f our appetite for oil with indigenous rights and the environment.

Source. Tracing the pipeline back to the source: is oil more of a curse than a blessing for Azerbaijan?

Baraka. A visually stunning tour of the globe showing our connection to the earth.

A convenient truth: urban solutions from Curitiba, Brazil. Inspirational ideas from a unique city in Brazil for cost-effective solutions to urban problems.

Also a passionate plea to save Temengor rain forests, and a Zapatista community showing that The land belongs to those who work it.

An Inconvenient truth offers a passionate and inspirational look at Gore’s fervent crusade to halt global warming’s deadly progress by exposing the myths and misconceptions that surrounds it.

State of the planet. David Attenborough investigates the latest scientific research to discover whether or not there is a global environmental crisis, and, if so, what solutions there are to it?

AFRICAN NOTES

A last glimpse: desert coast. A portrait of the fragile and diverse arid lands from the Orange River to the Namib Desert.

Paradiseunder pressure. A journey to Maputaland and the fascinating interplay between people and their environment.

A last glimpse: Cape of storms. A note of caution about the fragility of Cape Peninsula’s natural environment.

For more information:
DLIST: http://www.dlist.org/earthnotes
ERC: http://erc.cput.ac.za ( http://erc.cput.ac.za/ )
Email: admin@dlist-benguela.org
Tel: 021 448 3778

RSVP:
Marion Davids
CapePeninsula Universityof Technology
Environmental Resource Centre
Tel: 021 959 6926
Email: DavidsML@cput.ac.za

PROGRAMME
Monday, 30 July 2007
10: 30 Farming the seas (55 min)
Water and autonomy (14 min)
13:00 An inconvenient truth (93 min)
15:00 Crude impact (98 min)
17:00 A last glimpse: desert coast (54 min)
Vanishing waters (26 min)

Tuesday, 31 July 2007
10:30 State of the planet (147 min)
13:00 A convenient truth: urban solutions * (52 min)
Temengor: Biodiversity in the face of danger (28 min)
15:00 Source (75 min)
17:00 Baraka (104 min)

Wednesday, 1 August 2007
10:30 A world without water (75 min)
Paradise under pressure (52 min)
13:00 An inconvenient truth (93 min)
15:00 Source (75 min)
17:00 A last glimpse: Cape of storms (54 min)
A hell of fishing (23 min)

Thursday, 2 August 2007
10:30 A last glimpse: desert coast (54 min)
BCLME, Benguela current Large Marine Ecosystem (20 min)
13:00 Under Antarctic Ice (60 min)
Water and autonomy (14 min)
15:00 A convenient truth: urban solutions * (52 min)
Temengor: Biodiversity in the face of danger (28 min)
17:00 State of the planet (147 min)

Friday, 3 August 2007
10:30 Vanishing waters (26 min)
Paradiseunder pressure (52 min)
13:00 Farming the seas (55 min)
The World’s large marine ecosystem (18 min)
15:00 Source (75 Min)
17:00 Crude impact (98 min)

Saturday, 4 August 2007
10:30 Baraka (104 min)
13:00 An inconvenient truth (93 min)
15:00 A last glimpse: Cape of storms (54 min)

Monday, 6 August 2007
10: 30 Under Antarctic ice (60 min)
A world without water (75 min)
13:00 An inconvenient truth (93 min)
Water and autonomy (14 min)
15:00 Conserving with Aotearoa / New Zealand (15 min)
A hell of fishing (23 min)
Vanishing waters (26 min)
17:00 State of the planet (147 min)

Tuesday, 7 August 2007
10:30 Paradise under Pressure (52 min)
A last glimpse: Cape of storms (54 min)
13:00 The land belongs to those who work it (15 min)
A Temengor: Biodiversity in the face of danger (28 min)

A Convenient truth: urban solutions * (52 min)
15:00 Baraka (104 min)
17:00 State of the planet (147 min)

Wednesday, 8 August 2007
10: 30 Crude impact (98 min)
The land belongs to those who work it (15 min)
13:00 The World’s large marine ecosystems (18 min)
A world without water (75 min)
15:00 A hell of fishing (23 min)
BCLME, Benguela Current large marine ecosystem (20 min)

Conserving with Aotearoa / New Zealand (15 min)

17:00 Baraka (104 min)