February 2012
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SCFFI Youth Film Contest Launches - Submit Now!
Youth Film Contest Launches - Submit Now!
Drop by Drop: Water Stories
The Social Change Film Festival & Institute announces the launch of “Drop by Drop: Water Stories,” a 60-second video contest for young filmmakers, ages 18 years old or younger, from across the globe. The contest seeks videos communicating the concerns and insights of youth on WATER, focusing specifically on...
January 2012
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Letter to a Young Activist During Troubled Times
by. Clarissa Pinkola Estes, author, poet, post-trauma specialist and Jungian psychoanalyst. Do not lose heart. We were made for these times. I have heard from so many recently who are deeply and properly bewildered. They are concerned about the state of affairs in our world right now. Ours is a time of almost daily astonishment and often righteous rage over the latest degradations of what...
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Cynthia Phillips, SCFFI DIrector, and Michael...
Let’s keep the #socialchange movement rolling! Support indpnt #film & #media with a tax-deduct donation to SCFFI http://t.co/JAj4CLhB
December 2011
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Submission extended for the Intern’l Water & Film Events! 5 Categories Including ones for Youth! http://t.co/ENhDMita #water #film #contest
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Social Change Filmmakers: Submit Now!
These are some of our awesome partners! This is the third edition of the film and water events, so be sure to submit your water-themed social change film!
REGISTRATION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL WATER AND FILM EVENTS
EXTENDED TO 31 DECEMBER 2011
The deadline for registering for the International Water and Film Events (IWFE) organised by the International Secretariat for Water in the context of the...
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If it's broke...FIX IT!
The incredible work of WaterAid was recognized in a NYTimes opinion piece yesterday, part of the rad NYTimes Fixes series, which explores creative solutions to the world’s social problems. Yay, solutions!
According to research cited in the article, there are pumps and wells in many poor communities around the world, including India and Africa, but the pumps have fallen into disrepair and...
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Hear first-hand from Water.org's Gary White!
Hear first-hand from Water.org CEO and Co-FounderGary White as he discusses the launch of our New Ventures Initiative and Fund — an effort designed to pilot, scale, and disseminate the next generation of solutions that will catalyze change. Water.org’s vision is universal access to safe water and the dignity of a toilet — in our lifetime. Gary will discuss what’s needed...
The cream of the cream- Forbes Top 30 Social Entrepreneurs http://t.co/Nx4O3znx #socent #biz #socialchange
November 2011
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“Anyone who can solve the problems of water will be worthy of two Nobel prizes - one for peace and one for science.”
John F. Kennedy
Vote for Midwife Activist Robin Lim for CNN Hero! - Those of you that were with us for our first festival in… http://t.co/Lbjm4sJs
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Watering the Seeds of Change: The Social Change...
Article by Rebecca Koppenhaver
Photos by Thomas Walker
It’s a rare and special occasion, when creative people with innovative ideas about how to better the world get a chance to converge, share ideas, and inspire each other in a grand beautiful setting. And that is just what took place a few weeks ago at the Social Change Film Festival & Institute’s Water Symposium, in the Silicon Valley...
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Vote for Midwife Activist Robin Lim for CNN Hero! →
Those of you that were with us for our first festival in Ubud, Bali remember Robin Lim & Bemi Sehat. Lim is world-renowned midwife and women’s health activist, whose work was the subject of “Touching the Mother,” a fascinating short film about child birth and the sacred moment when a newborn first touches Mother Earth. The film was created in four days by the SCFFI...
RT @odemagazine: Healthy lands and waters support a healthy economy http://t.co/SXttUSNa
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11 Key Takeaways from the Global Water Crisis...
Great article by Neetal Parekh, J.D. of Innov8Social who attended our Global Water Crisis Symposium on November 5, 2011. The rest of Parekh’s blog is pretty rad too.
11 Key Takeaways from the Global Water Crisis Symposium
by. Innova8Social
On a rainy Saturday afternoon in early November 2011, an eclectic group of individuals and institutions committed to supporting and exploring...
Great guide to event greening http://t.co/wZh5MMwq
Looking for a new electronic device? Check out the Green Guide by @Greenpeace! http://t.co/uCpGCBjp
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Congrats to Michael Nash SCFFI 2011 Activist...
Congratulations to Michael Nash, Director of the award-winning film Climate Refugees, for being awarded the SCFFI Activist Filmmaker of the Year Award!
Nash has dedicated the last few year of his life to raising awareness about the humanitarian dimensions of climate change, traveling the globe without rest to spread the word and inspire action.
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“In my heart clean water is a god given right, not something we should struggle...”
– Bob Falkenberg, The Samburu Project
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Lessons on Water from Indigenous People
Neva Adamson from First Peoples Worldwide sharing the long, respectful relationship indigenous communities have with water.
She said, “To indigenous people, water is sacred. Today, when we talk about the water crisis and lack of drinking water, these are issues indigenous people have been talking about since the beginning of time.”
The world has a lot to learn from indigenous...
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“If our oceans die, we die. It’s not just about drinking water.”
– Charles Hambleton Assoc. Producer of The Cove
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“If we don’t instill these (environmental) values in our kids, nothing else...”
– Erik Bozzi STAR Education
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Children & Nature Network as Panelist!
This Nov 5th at The Global Water Crisis Symposium, Avery Clearly from the Children & Nature Network is joining a panel on youth engagement & environmentalism.
Don’t miss this chance to learn and create new ways to inspire our youngest and most important environmentalists!
We will also be featuring a youth filmmaking workshop that will run parallel to the symposium.
The...
October 2011
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Making Connections: Food Waste & Freshwater
Did you know that 25% of our freshwater use goes to producing wasted food? Dana Frasz, social visionary & food waste activist, does! Support Dana & her passion to reduce food waste by voting for her in EcoverUS’s 30 Under 30 Contest! You can vote once a day until Nov. 11th!
Eco’s 30 Under 30 Contest: Vote NOW!
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The World Population to hit 7 Billion by... →
Feel helpless in the face of the challenges posed by the landmark increase in the world’s population?
Join the Social Change Film Festival & Institute and our partners as we explore solutions to the global water crisis! Change is possible, but we need your help!
RSVP for The Global Water Crisis: Symposium & Reception in the Bay Area on Nov. 5th.
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Historic Stonebrook Court Renovated! →
The historic Stonebrook Court Estate- All the more reason to join us for The Global Water Crisis: Symposium & Reception on November 5th!
Hello, library!
The Global Water Crisis: Lesson Plans for Teachers - Teaching children about the water crisis is critical… http://t.co/a1rmuhg9
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“Water is the most critical resource issue of our lifetime and our...”
– Luna Leopold
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The Global Water Crisis: Lesson Plans for Teachers
Teaching children about the water crisis is critical to the future of our planet.
To help educate future water activists, Water.org has lessons plans for K-12 that can be used as stand alone lessons or entire curricula units.
Please check out and send to any teachers you know! What a great resource!
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Only ten more days to submit to the @SFGreenFilmFest! Late Deadline Oct 15 http://t.co/9zEDfNPa
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The Global Water Crisis: Symposium & Fundraiser →
The Social Change Film Festival & Institute is getting ready for The Global Water Crisis: Symposium & Fundraiser hosted in partnership with the World Bank, Woodside Capital Partners, San Francisco Green Film Festival, and Blue Planet Run (to name of few).
The event will be held at the gorgeous Stonebrook Court Estate in Los Altos Hills, CA. As if coming together to develop sustainable...
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September 2011
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August 2011
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International House New Orleans Selected for...
We are excited to announce that International House New Orleans will be the official accommodations for the 2012 Social Change Film Festival!!!
The International House is THE premiere boutique hotel in New Orleans located only two blocks from the famed French Quarter. We selected The International House because of their dedication to New Orleans’s architecture, culture, art, food, and...
Climate Refugees director Michael Nash interviewed... →
Online advocacy guide CHECK! http://onlineadvocacy.tacticaltech.org/index.html
July 2011
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is art a crime? these women say no! #riseup http://bit.ly/ojbJE4
Think ur the next JKRowling? Enter the children’s storytelling competition part of the new The Help movie!!! http://bit.ly/qZ7WyB #thehelp
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WatchJohn Hardy is touring around touting the benefits of the Green School in Bali. For those of you lucky enough to take the tour during GSCFFI 2011, you know how innovative, environmentally revolutionary, and, well, mind-blowing the school & its program are!
The spiraling Heart of School, which Hardy says is possibly the world’s largest freestanding bamboo building, is simply incredible....