The Great Lakes Environmental Festival is bigger and better than ever this year. Not only Films, but presentations, demonstrations, exhibits, fun for children, and more. So set aside April 21, 22, and 23.
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,Tentative Schedule
--Speakers from many venues will present at the West Shore Community College (WSCC) Address: 400 River St, Manistee, MI 49660.
- Current confirmed speakers include:
- Julia Chambers Environmental Activism Friday 1pm
Marc Miller Sustainable Tourism Friday 2pm
Frank Beaver LRBOI Wild Rice Restoration Project Friday 3pm
Lara Treemore Spears Microplastics in the Great Lakes Friday 4pm
Elana Warsen Composting Tips Friday 5pm
Ellen Vial MI Environ Council Saturday 1pm
Allen O'Shea Renewable Energy Saturday 2pm
Jim MacInnes A Sustainable/Reliable Energy Grid Saturday 3pm
Denise Keele MI Climate Action Network Saturday 4pm
David Milarch Archangel Ancient Tree Project Saturday 5pm
- --The Film: A to Zig: Drought and Deluge, circa 2023, Great Lakes E Films (36 minutes) will be shown on Friday April 21, 2023 at 12:00 noon at the West Shore Community College (WSCC) Address: 400 River St, Manistee, MI 49660
- The Film: Great Lakes: One Water for Life, circa 2022, Great Lakes E Films (60 minutes) will be shown on Saturday April 22, 2023 at 12:00 noon at the West Shore Community College (WSCC) Address: 400 River St, Manistee, MI 49660
--Films created by students will be shown Friday April 21 and Saturday April 22, 2023 at the West Shore Community College (WSCC) Address: 400 River St, Manistee, MI 49660.
Friday noon showing of Keep the Medians Wild (10:58), 12:15pm showing of Healing Nature (7:33).
Additional short films shown between presentations:
Kenny PSA (0:30), Dafne and Gabriel's PSA (0:24), Environman (2:12), Green Revolution (1:55), Goby Rap (1:14),
Claymation (:35), Fatal Plastic (1:10), Waste to Energy (1:00), Pollution Solution (1:20), Electricity…What a Waste (:25),
An Evening with Aaron and Asian Carp (2:33), The Future (1:01), Bio-Beer (1:00), Bio-Plastics (1:00), Fuel from Vegetables (1:00)
--Coast Guard - Water Rescue Demonstration will occur on the Manistee River (Maple Street Bridge area) 11:30 AM Saturday.
- --Environmental Expo at the Wagoner Center Saturday April 22, 2023 located at 260 Saint Mary's Pkwy Manistee, MI 49660 o 10am-3pm. An Electric Car Rally will be outside the Wagoner Center starting at 10 AM Saturday.
- --Educational Activities about the environment for children, Saturday April 22, 2023 at 1:00 PM at the West Shore Community College (WSCC) Address: 400 River St, Manistee, MI 49660
- Children are able to collect environmental beads (Friday and Saturday) from local venues in downtown Manistee and make a craft.
- --Environment and health poster displays at the West Shore Community College (WSCC) Address: 400 River St, Manistee, MI 49660
- Student art work displayed at the West Shore Community College (WSCC) Address: 400 River St, Manistee, MI 49660
Other events are possible but not yet scheduled. More information available at https://www.glef.us/
The Great Lakes Environmental Festival is asking community support. Contributions can be made to Great Lakes Environmental Festival a 501(c)3 https://www.glef.us/ by providing funds through pledging. All funds raised will assist in promoting more presentations, more films, materials, shuttle bus services, and access to other educational information.
Bonus Activity: The Vogue Theatre is holding a free film screening for Earth Week - Tuesday, April 25, 2023 (7PM). The screening of "2040" is free and open to the public. All attendees will receive a tree seedling, supplied by Manistee Conservation District! Here is the trailer.
More about the film: Motivated by his 4-year-old daughter and concern for the planet she will inherit, Damon Gameau, Australian award-winning director embarks on a global journey to meet innovators and changemakers to discover what the future could look like by the year 2040 if we embraced the best solutions already available to us and shifted them rapidly into the mainstream. The film is rated PG.
The screening will be followed by discussion with local experts: Jamie Vaughan (Trout Unlimited), Nick Sanchez (Old-Growth Forest Network), Maddy Baroli (Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science), Bernie Ware (retired farmer), and Gene Lagerquist (Spirit of the Woods).
More about the film: Motivated by his 4-year-old daughter and concern for the planet she will inherit, Damon Gameau, Australian award-winning director embarks on a global journey to meet innovators and changemakers to discover what the future could look like by the year 2040 if we embraced the best solutions already available to us and shifted them rapidly into the mainstream. The film is rated PG.
The screening will be followed by discussion with local experts: Jamie Vaughan (Trout Unlimited), Nick Sanchez (Old-Growth Forest Network), Maddy Baroli (Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science), Bernie Ware (retired farmer), and Gene Lagerquist (Spirit of the Woods).
