ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
This is the sixth year that Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch is hosting the Wild and Scenic Enviromental Film Festival on Tour in Calaveras County. We will kick off the festival at the Black Bart Playhouse and will host films at local wineries to continue the discussion about what is important to us in the county. We are also bringing films to Bear Valley and to Columbia College. The Festival on Tour is made possible by SYRCL and Patagonia.
SYRCL and Patagonia bring the Wild & Scenic Film Festival on Tour
Hosting the first environmental film festival in Nevada City, Cali fo rnia, in 2003, was yet another avenue for the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL, pronounced ‘circle’) to promote community-building within the Yuba Watershed, as well as a way to explore environmental issues within a larger, global scale through an exciting and influential medium. The first four festivals of the 23-year-old grassroots organization have proved wildly successful, bringing in award-winning international films, filmmakers, celebrities, activists, and filmgoers from all over the western United States. SYRCL has now partnered with Patagonia to present the Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival on Tour. Just as the festival uses film to promote and encourage grassroots environmental activism, Patagonia uses business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis. By joining forces, we can use the strength of our common goals to bring this motivating film festival to as many viewers and potential activists as possible. By showing the Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival to diverse audiences across the country, we want to inspire more individuals to take action and to help in the environmental movement.
For more information about the festival, visit: www.wildandscenicfilmfestival.org. For more information about SYRCL and the Yuba Watershed, visit www.yubariver.org. For more information about Patagonia, visit www.patagonia.com
ABOUT THE HOST
The festival is hosted by Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch. The mission of Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch is to protect, promote and restore healthy forests and watersheds while maintaining quality of life in the Sierra Nevada. We are not opposed to all logging, but do oppose logging that devastates the forests and replaces them with tree plantations. We are working to promote responsible, sustainable timber harvest practices through public education, legal action, and coordination with other conservation groups. www.forestwatchers.org www.ebbettspassforestwatch.org
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