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Subject: FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEOS: Ecology/Pesticides/Radiation/Glbl Warming/Hemp
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FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEOS: Ecology/Pesticides/Radiation/Glbl Warming/Hemp

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Note 3        Love, Women, and Flowers Video
[e-mail]                                             4:06 pm  Apr  1, 1991
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LOVE, WOMEN, FLOWERS -- AND PESTICIDES

To produce cosmetically perfect blooms for export, Colombia's flower
industry uses heavy doses of toxic pesticides. Amor, Mujeres y Flores
(Love, Women and Flowers), an award-winning documentary from
Colombia, provides an eloquent, disturbing account of pesticide use
and working conditions in the nation's third-largest export industry.

Colombia's 80,000 flower industry workers, mostly women, perform
long hours of physically grueling and hazardous labor. They are
routinely exposed to highly toxic pesticides, including captan,
parathion, endosulfan, and methyl bromide. As one worker in the
film says, "Flowers are very beautiful, but they're a health hazard.
Behind every flower there is death." While many workers realize their
work is harming them, they have few other employment options.

PAN NA RC organized two showings of Amor, Mujeres y Flores in
the San Francisco Bay Area in October, followed by discussions with
a panel of Latin American activists. Panelists agreed that pressure
from U.S. consumers could convince Colombian flower producers to
change their practices. These showings attracted the attention of a
national cable news network, which produced a segment featuring
interviews with Amparo Cardenas, a Colombian activist, and Monica
Moore, PAN NA RC's Executive Director.

Along with PAN Latin America's Regional Coordinator (who served
as a technical advisor to the filmmakers), PAN NA RC will continue
to draw attention to conditions in the flower industry and press for
changes.
+ What you can do: Organize a showing of Amor, Mujeres y Flores
(distributed by Women Make Movies, 225 Lafayette St., New York,
NY 10012; [phone].)

Write to Colombian flower growers and tell them you're concerned
about working conditions in the industry and will not buy Colombian
flowers until they improve. Encourage florists to write letters and
educate their suppliers.

Send letters to: German Torres, AGRODEX, Calle 90 #11A-40, Bogota
D.E., Colombia. Ana Mercedes Londo$o, ASOCOLFLORES, Carrera
9A #90-57; Bogota D.E., Colombia.

Send a copy of your letter to Amparo Cardenas (address below). She
can also deliver solidarity letters to flower workers.

Contacts: Amparo Cardenas, Carrera 55 No. 5-18, Bogota DE,
Colombia;
PAN North America Regional Center.
______________________________________________________

This article was excerpted from the PANNA Outlook, a bimonthly
bulletin covering pesticide and related issues published by the
Pesticide Action Network North America Regional Center (PAN NA
RC).

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Note 24       DIET FOR A NEW AMERICA VIDEO
[e-mail]                                          12:51 pm  Jun 13, 1991

     "DIET FOR A NEW AMERICA" Video Tape Now Available.

     A powerful, one-hour, PBS produced expose on the realities
of our meat-centered diet and it's effect upon our health, the
animals and the planet, especially the waters and the forests. An
extremely well done production, with numerous physicians and
other experts substantiating the evidence in John Robbins'
landmark book. An excellent teaching tool to educate the public
and the media on these vital issues. For further information
and to order tapes, call Ms. Paulette Eisen, [phone].

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Note 35       Extinctions & Global Change Video
[e-mail]                                            6:19 pm  Mar  3, 1992


NEW VIDEO ON "EXTINCTIONS"

Scientists from the GSC's Institute of Sedimentary and Petroleum
Geology (ISPG) in Calgary, in cooperation with Rogers Cable TV,
Calgary, have produced a video entitled "Life in the Balance: the
Study of Extinction" (29 min). It highlights the research of two
ISPG geologists concerned with mass extinctions in the geological
record, and draws parallels between ancient extinctions and
modern environmental crises. It originated because of concern
about global change and the importance of bringing local
scientific work to the public. It was completed over two years
with a budget of only $1500, and is suitable for Junior High
through undergraduate education levels.

Rogers will provide a copy, at cost, for non-profit educational
purposes to anyone interested. In particular, it is hoped that
"The Study of Extinction" can be aired as a public service by
Cable TV stations across Canada. Earth scientists and other
researchers concerned with the global environment are encouraged
to consider this approach in furthering the message of
environmental protection and promoting the public awareness of
science.

For more information contact Rogers Community 10 Cable TV, 3003
Macleod Trail, S.W., Calgary, Alberta T2G 2P8; [phone],
fax [phone].


This article is reprinted from Delta, Vol.2, #2, Winter 1991

Delta is the Newsletter of the Canadian Global Change Program
(CGCP), and is available free (combined English/French language)
from the CGCP, c/o the Royal Society of Canada, PO Box 9734,
Ottawa, Ontario, K1G 5J4.  Tel. [phone], fax
[phone].

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Note 89       Logging film/video library
[e-mail]                                           11:43 am  Jul 18, 1991

From: <econet>
Subject: Logging film/video library

From prichards Thu Jul 18 08:23:20 1991
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To: envexchange
Subject: film resources
Cc: econet
Status: RO

I would like to let the ecology movement know about the existance
of a film archive with materials of interest to people concerned
about deforestation and forestry practices in the United States.
Estuary Press has archived and made available to the film and video

viewing and making community the photography of Harvey Richards.
Richards, now retired, has made four documentaries that deserve
your notice: 1) WASTED WOODS (1964), 2) VANISHING REDWOODS (1975),
3) TIMBER TIGERS (1971) and 4) WARNING! WARNING! (1970).  The last
one is about the condition of the San Francisco Bay.  In addition,
the archive contains extensive amounts of unedited film of logging
and the logging industry on the west coast and nationally shot
during the 1970s.  The film is color, 16 mm.  Anyone interested can
contact prichards via peacenet email, or Estuary Press, 408 13th
Street, Suite 279, Oakland, CA 94612.  Richards still photography
has been collected in a book entitle CRITICAL FOCUS, also available
through Estuary Press..


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Note 50       UNDP TO PREMIERE VIDEO ON ENVIRONME
[e-mail]                                  5:12 am  Jun 25, 1989

Forwarded by mgraham


Fido-From : James Waldron Of 107/501
Fido-To   : ALL

UNDP TO PREMIERE VIDEO ON ENVIRONMENT

     NEW YORK, 19 June (UNDP) -- The premiere showing of "Borrowed
from Our Future", a new 17-minute video on world environmental
problems and potentials for their solutions, will take place at 6 p.m.
on Thursday, 22 June, in the Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium.  A reception
will follow the screening.

     The video is sponsored by the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) to call attention to the world's growing
environmental crisis and to suggest actions which can be taken by
Governments, international agencies, community groups and individuals
to protect resources and achieve sustainable development.  Its
premiere coincides with the presentation of "Environment: trends and
perspectives", a report on UNDP's environmental activities (document
DP/89/63), to the organization's 48-nation Governing Council, meeting
in New York this month.

     Among those attending the reception will be UNDP Administrator
William H.  Draper III, the Deputy Assistant Administrator and
Director of the Bureau of Programme Policy and Evaluation, Michael
Gucovsky; the UNDP Principal Technical Adviser, Charles Lankester.

     "Borrowed from Our Future" was inspired by Our common future, a
report prepared by the World Commission on Environment and
Development, headed by Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland.
Like the report, the video examines the links between poverty and
environmental degradation in several fields, providing an overview of
the key environmental issues critical to sustainable development.
Topics covered are population, food security, biodiversity, renewable
energy, changing climate, urban challenge and industrial development.

     Positive actions already under way in the developing world to
prevent further deterioration and reverse negative trends are shown.
Sequences from Ethiopia, Bolivia and India illustrate several examples
of UNDP-assisted activities to prevent erosion, cut down on air
pollution, develop renewable sources of energy and provide a healthier
living environment for city dwellers

     The UNDP Administrator Draper confirms UNDP's commitment to work
with Governments and people at the grassroots level on environmental
concerns.  The success of these efforts "will determine our common
future", he says.

     The world's largest multilateral organization for grant technical
assistance, UNDP works with the Governments of 152 developing
countries and territories through its network of 112 field offices.
Over 400 projects, valued at $300 million, are directly targeted to
environmental concerns.

     The video was produced for UNDP by Iversen Associates, New York.
It is to be distributed worldwide for viewing by government personnel,
non-governmental, educational, and community groups, and television
audiences.  For further information contact UNDP Division of
Information, 1 UN Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10017; Telephone (212)
906-5302.

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Note 228      Our Vanishing Forests - Video
[e-mail]                                           11:51 pm  Apr 28, 1992

To: [e-mail]

ARE NATIONAL FORESTS IMPERILED BY
US FORESTS SERVICE (MIS)-MANAGEMENT?

Massive clearcutting destroys native National Forests, ancient
forests and unique forest ecosystems.  20 years after a clearcut, only
stumps remain.  The agency assigned to protect our forests may be
their worst enemy.

Pulitzer Prize winning author N. Scott Momaday hosts OUR VANISHING
FORESTS, a one hour documentary which examines Forest Service
practices.  Momaday's Kiowa Indian heritage teaches respect for the
 and appreciation for the land.  In his book, An American Land Ethic,
 Momaday continues in the tradition of Americans like John Muir,
 and Gifford Pinochet.  Momaday warns,"We Americans must come again to
 a moral comprehension of the Earth and air.  We must live according
 to the principle of a land ethic.  The alternative is not to live
 at all."

"The public believes the Forest Service and Smokey the Bear protect our
national heritage," says Program Director Arlen Slobodow.  "In fact
we taxpayers subsidize the damage and destruction of our forests even
as the government looses money on the timber sales."

Using rare historical footage, OUR VANISHING FORESTS examines
100 years of Forest Service practice to see where the Forest Service
went astray from the conservationist principles of its founder, Gifford
Pinochet.

OUR VANSIHING FORESTS is available from Public INterest Video
Network (PIVN), which produces public affairs programs for PBS
and cable networks.

OUR VANISHING FORESTS is available from PIVN for $29.95 for citzens and
grassroots activists.  To order call or write: Public Interest
Video Network 4704 Overbrook Rd., Bethesda, MD  20816, ph
301-656-7244 fax [phone].  Preview copies are available.
[this message was placed on SEACnet at the request of Arlen
Slobodow, Project Director for PIVN]

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Note 90       Penan Blockade Video Footage Avail
[e-mail]                                            5:13 pm  Aug  5, 1991

    VIDEO FOOTAGE, AUDIO TAPED INTERVIEWS, AND STILL PHOTOS
             OF RECENT PENAN BLOCKADES IN SARAWAK
                         NOW AVAILABLE


VIDEO FOOTAGE:      Broadcast quality Super VHS
                    5 hours shot on Aust. PAL system
                    Can be dubbed onto any format
                    Visuals and ambient sound of blockades,
                    logging company official village, village
                    life, children, logging road, interviews
                    at blockade, travel upriver, general
                    rainforest shots, aerial shots of logging
                    roads, interviews in Penan and broken
                    English, interview with Anja Light.

AUDIO TAPE:         Recorded on Sony Pro Walkman, Sennheiser
                    shotgun and lapel mics, high quality tape
                    Over 3 hours recorded material
                    Penan dialogue:  interpretations in
                    English; interviews in broken English;
                    interviews in Malay; good rainforest sound
                    effects; interviews with penan headman,
                    women and children.

STILL PHOTOS:       Colour slides and prints of Penan, forest
                    shots and blockade from different
                    perspectives.


Price for reproduction of available materials is negotiable.

Material will also be suitable to use with upcoming media
releases concerning this subject matter.  A press kit is in
preparation and will be available upon request.



CONTACT:  John Geoffrey [phone] or
          Kim Armstrong [phone].

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Note 56       WAKE UP CALIFORNIA, a video on rad
[e-mail]                                              11:20 pm  Jan 27, 1992


                       RWake Up California:
            The Hazards of Radioactive Waste Dumping R
                 To be released February, 1992

THE ISSUE: Currently there is strong political pressure to license
a radioactive waste dump in California. We are at a very critical
point, and the decisions made now will influence 100,000 genera-
tions to come. If the proposed dump is implemented, hundreds of
tons of radioactive waste from all over the country will be trans-
ported to California and buried in unlined trenches in the desert.
Some of this waste will be lethal for more than a million years.
The only hope to avoid this ecological disaster is an informed
citizenry that demands and insures the safest possible handling
and isolation of this waste from the environment. Out of sight,
out of mind shallow land burial is irresponsible and extremely
dangerous.

A small amount of financial support is now urgently needed for the
final completion and distribution of a short, informative video-
tape on the hazards of irresponsible radioactive waste dumping.
There is a critical need for a video documentary on this subject
that gives the public the true facts and insights into the serious
threat that radiation poses to the continuation of all life on our
planet. Now this need is being met by RWAKE UP CALIFORNIA,Swhich
is very near completion. Through this program viewers will learn
about the major issues associated with radioactive waste dumping,
including the fact that so-called "low-level" radioactive waste is
a misnomer, and does not mean low risk. The public will be made
aware that there are safer and saner approaches to radioactive
waste management than the dump plan which is about to be licensed.

This videotape will be used by television, schools, conferences,
churches, peace and environmental groups, and other service orga-
nizations. Even before seeing it, KQED, San FranciscoUs PBS sta-
tion, has expressed interest in airing it. WAKE UP CALIFORNIA will
help to alert, empower and activate the critical number of people
necessary to demand proper protection of present and future gener-
ations from accidental poisoning by radioactive waste.

SUMMARY OF THE VIDEOTAPE: The context of the video is the pre-
ciousness of our interconnected and interdependent world.
Spokespersons include Joanna Macy, PhD, author and systems theo-
rist, who provides insight into the fragility of our genetic code,
which can so easily be damaged. John Gofman, MD and foremost nu-
clear chemist, whose pioneering research led to the discovery of
plutonium in the 1940s, speaks on cancer and mutagenic damage. Dr.
Jan Kirsch, oncologist, explains the deception and dangers of mix-
ing short lived medical wastes with long lived wastes from the nu-
clear industry, as the current plan will do. Diane DUArrigo, ex-
pert on dump issues, reveals the manipulation and deception inher-
ent in the mislabeling of Rlow levelS waste. Dr. Marvin Resnikoff,
expert on radioactive waste management, provides information on
safer approaches, including CanadaUs model facility that puts
waste in above ground, monitored storage. Gray Davis, California
State Controller, discusses the financial implications of leaking
dumps and the enormous burden they put on taxpayers. News footage
shot by WIXT-TV describes the disasterous situation in Sheffield,
Illinois,where a dump leaked radiation. Viewers are urged to take
action now to prevent a similar disaster in California.

WHAT IS NEEDED NOW: Because decisions on the handling of radioac-
tive waste will be made very soon in California and elsewhere, the
need to get this videotape out now is very, very critical. In or-
der to do this we need $10,500 immediately, to pay the production
and post-production debt, and to cover the duplication and distri-
bution costs, so that it can be used immediately to mobilize
Californians to oppose this dump.

This project is sponsored by the Film Arts Foundation, a non-
profit 501(C)(3) public foundation. Please make TAX DEDUCTIBLE DO-
NATION checks payable to Film Arts Foundation/Wake Up California
Project, and mail them to Karil Daniels, Director/Co-Producer,
2477 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA 94110  For more information or
to order copies ($20.00 + $5.00 postage/handling) call Karil
Daniels at [phone], fax [phone], igc!hsd. Thank you
very much for your contribution to this effort!

ORGANIZATIONS WORKING ON THIS ISSUE

--  Greenpeace, 8599 Venice Blvd., Suite A,
Los Angeles, CA 90034, [phone].
--  DonUt Waste California, PO Box 8781,
Orange, CA 92664, [phone].
--  Bay Area Nuclear Waste Coalition (BAN), 2960 16th St., #310,
San Francisco, CA 94110, [phone].
--  Nuclear Information & Resource Service (NIRS),
1424 16th St. NW, #601, Washington, DC, [phone]

VOICE YOUR OPINION BY WRITING TO ELECTED POLITICIANS:

--  Governor Pete Wilson, State Capitol, Sacramento, CA 95814,
[phone]
--  California State Controller Gray Davis, 300 Capitol Mall, 18th
floor, Sacramento, CA 95814
--  Lt. Governor Leo McCarthy 711 Van Ness Ave., #305, San
Francisco, CA 94102


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Note 102      --Warming Video Features Wind
[e-mail]                                             2:43 pm  Jul 14, 1989

Subject: --Warming Video Features Wind

/* Written  4:57 pm  Jul 15, 1989 by tgray in cdp:awea.windnews */
/* ---------- "--Warming Video Features Wind" ---------- */

WIND HIGHLIGHTED IN UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS VIDEO --

Spinning wind electric turbines are pictured several times in an
11-minute videotape on global warming recently released by the Union
of Concerned Scientists (UCS), a national energy policy organization.

The video, entitled Greenhouse Crisis: The American Response, is an
excellent, cogent and entertaining summary of the problem of global
warming and possible solutions, focusing on energy efficiency and
renewable energy technologies, including wind.

We strongly recommend it as a means of acquainting public audiences,
such as clubs, school classes, etc., with the greenhouse effect.
Copies are available for $20 (postage and handling included) from the
Union of Concerned Scientists, 26 Church Street, Cambridge, MA 02238,
USA, phone [phone].  Quantity discounts are also available.

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(From Wind Energy Weekly #361, 7/15/89.  Published by the American Wind
Energy Association on EcoNet, the global electronic network for the
environmental community.  For more information on the Association,
contact AWEA, 1730 North Lynn #610, Arlington, VA 22209, USA, phone
703-276-8334, fax [phone], telex 6503304640 MCI UW.  For more
information on EcoNet, contact Institute for Global Communications, 3228
Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA 94115, phone [phone].)

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Note 191      NEW VIDEOS ABOUT HEMP
[e-mail]                                          4:30 pm  Apr 14, 1992

The Institute for Hemp

PO Box 65130  St Paul, MN  55165

612-222-2628


ATTENTION ATTENTION


The Institute for Hemps' continuing educational program
has developed


TWO NEW TOOLS FOR THE CANNABIS REFORM MOVEMENT TO
EDUCATE THE PUBLIC about the Cannabis Plant !


    The Institute for Hemp has completed TWO NEW VIDEOS about
Cannabis Sativa, Hemp, or Marijuana.  After the exceptional reception
of our first Video documentary on Cannabis called RThe Return of the
New Billion Dollar CropS, it was clearly necessary to go into depth
about the use and history of the Cannabis plant.

    With that we have developed RThe Return ofS series of videos.

    The first video _The Return of the New Billion Dollar Crop_
looks at the broad scope of Cannabis.  Covering the History,
Commercial, and some medicinal use of the plant, this video covers it
all in 30 mins.  If you know little about cannabis and want to learn
more then this is the perfect source of information.

    The Second Video _The Return of the History of Cannabis Sativa
Hemp_.  After many requests to expand on the History of Cannabis we
developed this film to fill that need.  Covering in detail the history
of cannabis.  From the Dawn of recorded history to present day the
complete history of hemp is given in this thirtry min film.

    The Third Video RThe Return of the Commercial Cannabis Crop.
After many requests to go into detail the commercial use of cannabis
we developed this film.  Covering in detail several of the Thousands
of commercial applications.  The film also explores their impact on
the Economy, Environment, and Farm Community.  If your are interested
in the commercial impact of hemp cultivation youUll love this film.
If you know nothing of the commercial applications you can quickly see
the need to add cannabis to the farm crop.

Hemp for Victory,

John Birrenbach

President/Founder

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