John H. Baldwin Film & Lecture Series (North Bldg., EWEB Training Center; Board Room)

John H. Baldwin was the founding director of the Environmental Studies Program and the Institute for a Sustainable Environment at the University of Oregon. During his 25 years as a professor of public policy and planning at the UO, John worked at the local, regional, national and international level to make our planet a better place. He taught, presented, provoked, advocated, collaborated, coached, mentored and befriended environmental students and leaders all over the world. It is in this spirit that the Earth Day Steering Committee has dedicated this film and lecture series to John H. Baldwin, Ph.D.

Lecture Series Schedule - EWEB Training Room

11:00 a.m. - The Future of Energy in Oregon (Aaron Derwingson)
• Michael Grainey – Director, Oregon Department of Energy
• David Rafkind – Director, Business Alliance for Sustainable Energy, 3E Strategies
• Mike McKenzie Bahr - Lane County Community & Economic Development Coordinator

This panel will focus on the future of energy in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest by addressing the question of what Oregon’s energy portfolio may look like 10, 50, and 100 years from now. We will explore what role fossil fuel, hydro, nuclear, and renewable energy will play in the coming years as well as how we might transition to this new energy future. Panel participants represent a broad range of interests and experience allowing us to examine the issue from the perspective of government, business, and technology in addition to social and community welfare.

12:15 p.m. - Are Land Use Codes Hindering Sustainability? (Briana Orr / Samantha Chirillo)
• Ravi Logan - Associate Director, PROUT Institute
• Robert Bolman - Founding Director, Maitreya EcoVillage
• Erin Lamb - K-12 Coordinator of the Institute for Sustainability Education and Ecology, Nearby Nature Alton Baker Park Host, and River Road School-Community Garden Coordinator
• Felicity Fahy - Sustainability Manager, City of Eugene • Stuart Ramsing - Building Official, City of Eugene

The pressures of climate change and resource depletion present both challenges and opportunities for sustainability advocates and City of Eugene officials alike. Neither public awareness nor the City, with its tight budget, are keeping pace with these pressures. A few excellent real-life examples have emerged of living spaces which are much more sustainable and community-oriented than the average. However, sometimes such monuments to human ingenuity and vision of a bright future for all of Eugene collide with the City's desire to satisfy the public at large on a daily basis and responsibility to ensure individual safety via land use and building code enforcement. Some citizens look to EWEB, with its innovative incentive and educational programs, as a model for how the City might begin to foster more sustainable, community-centered, and affordable living spaces and arrangements in Eugene. Through dialogues such as this, hopefully proactive citizens and city officials will find ways to work together to achieve food security, balance with nature, and social equity.

1:30 p.m. - Bicycling: Building the Culture for an Irresistible Transport Option sponsored by Live/Move Student Group
• Ted White – former staff member and bicycle educator at the Center for Appropriate Transport

Ted White is a geographer and an award-winning filmmaker. His two widely shown documentaries Return of the Scorcher and We aren’t blocking traffic, We ARE Traffic! celebrate the history and future of the bicycle as a joyous, useful, and energy efficient form of transportation. He was the founding director of the Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition in Northern California, a former staff member and bicycle educator at the Center for Appropriate Transport in Eugene, OR and currently lives in Amherst , MA where he is co-president of an urban community land trust and CSA farm project. White’s other interests include exploring diverse economies and alternatives to capitalism. White's presentation Bicycling: Building the Culture for An Irresistible Transport Option traces the roots of bicycling's social history and considers the current opportunities and challenges in growing the ranks of bicyclists in the U.S. This presentation uses the backdrop of bicycling's past to provide fascinating insight into evolving technologies, changing roles of women and offers an inspiring discourse on creating sustainable cities in the 21st century. For more info see www.tedwhitegreenlight.com

3:00 p.m. - Simple Steps to Take Around Your Home to Fight Climate Change
• Mark Tuffo - EWEB, Energy Analyst
• Alice Warner - Climate Master

Industry, power generation and transportation contribute much of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. But individuals are buying the products and using the power to heat and light our homes. Most of us drive and consume food and other goods that are transported from many miles away. Community members, therefore, are ground zero for responding to climate change. Panelists will offer simple and creative ways on how you can reduce greenhouse gas emissions in your home, yard, food and transportation choices.

4:00 p.m. - Sustainability and the Eugene ’08 Olympic Track and Field Trials
• Alex Cuyler - Chair of Sustainability Committee City of Eugene Recycling Program

The road to Olympic gold in track and field will run through Eugene in June and July, 2008 when Hayward Field will welcome athletes from around the country to compete for a spot on the US Olympic Team. Organizers of the event are striving to put on the best Olympic Trials ever held and cement Eugene’s reputation as Track Town, USA. Included within the organizational and planning structure is a group of people addressing issues related to sustainability. Chairing the Sustainability Planning Committee is Alex Cuyler, a solid waste and recycling analyst with the City of Eugene. Mr. Cuyler has a presentation which will help people understand the Olympic team selection process, the decision making process within Eugene ’08, the context of sustainability within the Olympic movement, and the specific action items his Committee has planned for making this event one of the greenest special events in the region.

Alex Cuyler has been employed in the recycling industry for twenty years. He’s the immediate past Chair of the Association of Oregon Recyclers and has been involved in a number of recycling related initiatives within our region that have expanded community members’ opportunities for recycling, composting, and waste reduction. He is a certified Toastmaster and enjoys public presentations and is looking forward to a lively discussion about the interplay between sport and the environment.

John H. Baldwin Film Series Schedule
EWEB Board Room

HOPES 14 Conference "Drawing on Difference" April 17-18, 2008
10th Annual Earth Day Festival: April 19, 2008
hopes.uoregon.edu

The John H. Baldwin Memorial Film and Lecture Series enters its third year as one of the more popular activities at the Earth Day Celebration. For the first time, the University of Oregon student organization Environmental Policymakers and Planners (EPP) is organizing this educational event. In reaching a wider audience, EPP collaborated with organizers of the HOPES Conference, Live/Move student group, Sustainability Coalition and community organizations to create a community event that will be enjoyed by many.

John H. Baldwin was the founding director of the Environmental Studies Program and the Institute for a Sustainable Environment at the University of Oregon. During his 25 years as a professor of public policy and planning at the UO, John worked at the local, regional, national and international level to make our planet a better place. He taught, presented, provoked, advocated, collaborated, coached, mentored and befriended environmental students and leaders all over the world. It is in this spirit that this film and lecture series is dedicated to John H. Baldwin, Ph.D.

Thursday, April 17 (5pm-7pm in Lawrence 115)
Film: The Real Dirt on Farmer John  introduction by Lynne Fessenden, Executive Director of the Farm and Food Coalition www.farmerjohnmovie.com
The epic tale of a maverick Midwestern farmer, the movie documents the dramatic failure of Farmer John's conventional farming operation and its resurrection into a thriving, organic Community Supported Agriculture farm. Through highly personal interviews and 50 years of beautifully textured footage, filmmaker Taggart Siegel shares Farmer John's haunting and humorous odyssey, and thru Farmer John's connection to the earth, audiences will discover an appreciation for where our food comes from and the vital link to the community.
               
Friday, April 18 (7pm-9pm in Lawrence 115)
Film: Source to Sea: Swim for Clean Water sponsored by Live/Move Student Group
www.swimforcleanwater.org
Description: On July 1, 2003 Christopher Swain became the first person to swim the entire 1,243 mile length of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest.  His swim brought stories about the river's disrupted ecosystems and dislocated peoples to over twenty-thousand North American schoolchildren, and to a worldwide media audience of over one billion people. The film includes stunning pre-inundation footage of Celilo and Kettle Falls, as well as a broad spectrum of interviews with tribal members, agency representatives, fishers, authors, nonprofit leaders, and citizens who trace the natural history and present-day challenges of the Columbia River in their own words.

Earth Day Films, April 19

11:00 a.m. - The Next Industrial Revolution
Using the stories of five projects that represent a revolutionary change in the direction of the human economy, this movie inspires people to: reconsider their current efforts for the environment, reinvent their businesses and institutions to work with nature, redefine themselves as consumers, producers, and citizens to promote a new sustainable relationship with the Earth.

12:05 p.m. - Shikahogh
The Armenian government announced a plan in 2005 to build a highway to Iran right through the middle of the old growth Mtnadzor forest, which occupies about half of the Shikahogh Reserve in the Syunik region. The film tells the story of a coalition of local and international NGOs, educational and scientific organizations, and individuals who worked with the Armenian Diaspora to urge the government to consider alternatives to the proposed route that would do less environmental damage.

Brett Holt, a returned Peace Corps volunteer who served in Armenia, will speak about his experience as an environmental education volunteer.

12:50 p.m. - Return of the Scorcher sponsored by Live/Move Student Group
This half-hour documentary looks at bike culture and bike lifestyles around the world with beautiful and inspiring scenes of bike use filmed in China, The Netherlands, Denmark, and the U.S.

1:30 p.m. - Radically Simple
We join engineer and author Jim Merkel as he presents his views on sustainable living in public presentations and workshops at his home. These meetings, which revolve around discussions on global economics and resource consumption, show Merkel leading by example. He demonstrates that a radically simple lifestyle - while at times intimidating - is not only possible but extremely satisfying.

2:10 p.m. Garbage: The Revolution Starts at Home
Concerned for the future of his new baby boy Sebastian, writer director Andrew Nisker takes an average urban family, the McDonalds, and asks them to keep every scrap of garbage that they create for three months. Everyday life under a microscope has never been so revealing. By the end of this trashy odyssey, you are truly inspired to revolutionize your lifestyle for the sake of future generations. Aaron Derwingson, a University of Oregon graduate student, will speak from personal experience about his efforts to produce zero trash during the 2008 season of Lent.

3:40 p.m. - Live Earth Short Film Series
Live Earth commissioned award-winning filmmakers to create nearly 60 short films to engage the global Live Earth audience and demonstrate solutions to the climate crisis as part of the ongoing messaging campaign. The talent garnered includes renowned music artists, feature directors, animation directors, documentary filmmakers and music video directors.

• Africa: Speaking with Earth and Sky - Africa is predicted to be the continent most severely affected by global warming and climate change. The indigenous people of the continent live in harmony with nature and thus feel the changes profoundly. They are intimately aware of the fragile balance that is life, yet their voices are seldom heard. This film will give them a voice.
• H2 Uh Oh - Follows one man's journey from a world that is flooded to a world that has no water.
• Dave - Documentary about bio fuel.
• The Village Green - A documentary about an English Village that has decided to become the first carbon neutral village.
• The Aral Sea - A moving piece on the dissipation of the Aral Sea and the local people's actions to try and repair the damage.
• Don’t Let It All Unravel - A simple and striking film depicting the world as knitting which slowly unravels over 90 seconds to nothing.
• Sad Fish - Using children as subjects for an investigation of contemporary environmental issues.
• The Wind - Montage of motion controlled time-lapse photography of the earth and weather.
• Switch On. Switch Off - A rhythmically graphic exploration of what switching off and on a simple everyday switch means in global terms.
• Mermaid - A visually arresting film about the effects of climate change on a coral reef in Australia.

EPP is a dynamic student-powered organization with the mission to "promote awareness, opportunities, and educational experiences concerning environmental policy and planning." The group hopes to capitalize on the significant interests and support of the student body and Planning, Public Policy, and Management Department to continue bringing valuable learning opportunities to the community.

PDF version of Film Schedule

Learn more about EPP by visiting www.uoregon.edu/~envpp/EPP.htm
Learn more about Live/Move by visiting www.uoregon.edu/~livemove