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March 14, 2005
Berkley is having a Biodiesel film festival
Who would have thunk there were enough films?
But there are. Would like to get these up to Seattle!
There's a bit of a tradition of having biodiesel events in mid-march due to Rudolph Diesels' birthday being March 19th. Here's what's happening in Berkeley:
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The Berkeley Biodiesel Collective is a project of the Ecology Center
Biodiesel Film Festival
7-10 PM Thursday, March 17th. All Ages. $10 at the door. La Peña, 3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley.
Berkeley Biodiesel Collective (BBC) Presents:
Biodiesel Film Festival
7-10 PM , March 17, La Peña, 3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley
Aphrodesia
Why are a squad of lefty activists visiting fast-food restaurants from here to NYC? They're trying to persuade slackers to vote. Thirteen musicians in two Mission District rock bands, Aphrodesia and Rock Me Pony, are taking their veggie powered "Vote- Mobile'' on a cross-country tour through swing states.
Fat of the Land
>From New York to San Francisco, five women careen across the nation
stopping at greasy spoons, asking for leftover frying oil to fuel their vehicle. Through interviews and chance encounters, the video sardonically critiques the stranglehold petroleum has on our economy while investigating one fuel for the future - vegetable oil! (40 min)
Trailer: Fields of Fuel
Joshua Tickell's feature length film unveils a curtain of deception covering America's dependence on foreign oil as it explores biodiesel as one possible solution to the coming energy crisis.
The Veggie Van Voyage
Follow Joshua on a journey from Florida to San Francisco. (12min)
Introduction to: End of Suburbia
What does Oil Peak mean for North America? As energy prices skyrocket in the coming years, how will the populations of suburbia react to the collapse of their dream? Are today's suburbs destined to become the slums of tomorrow? And what can be done NOW, individually and collectively, to avoid The End of Suburbia?
French Fries to Go
This award winning film features the self-described Granola Ayatollah of Canola, Charris Ford, founder of Grassolean Solutions LLC and his passion for biodiesel. (14min)
7-10 PM Thursday, March 17th, 2005
All Ages $10 at the door - no one turned away for lack of funds La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley CA.
www.BerkeleyBiodiesel.org (510) 594-4000 ext. 777
Posted by Martin at March 14, 2005 8:02 PM
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