BurlingtonGreen is pleased to present an exciting line-up of award winning films for the 2010 Eco-film festival!

The festival will begin on Thursday, March 11 with the screening of "Blue Gold: World Water Wars" which is an extremely engaging film about water as a basic human right & the various powers that are trying to take control of the public's water for profit and control.

We believe this film to be the perfect "fit" for Bottled Water Free Day and at this event we will be discussing how this issue affects us locally and will share updates on Burlington's latest efforts to address the bottled water issue.



The event will take place at 7:00 pm sharp (doors open at 6:30) at Central Library, 2331 New Street.

Admission is $5/person or festival pass $20 (5 films - save $5) at the door

Complimentary refreshments will be provided and free eco-prizes will add some fun to the night!

Please help us to host a GREEN event by bringing along your own mug and by trying to carpool or take public transit if you can.

CHECK OUT OUR 2010 FILM FESTIVAL LISTING & GET READY TO WATCH, LEARN & TAKE ACTION !

BurlingtonGreen is pleased to announce that we have been selected by the producer of an annual Earth Day Fundraiser to host a very special event in Burlington on Sunday evening, April 18, 2010.

This inspirational event will feature performers and musicians honouring Margaret Atwood’s “Payback” - a written parody of the famous Dicken’s “A Christmas Carol” but with an environmental twist. In the final chapter of her book, she presents a modern –day Scrooge encountering the spirits of Earth Day Past, Present & Future.  The focus of the piece is on the environmental issues that are facing our planet today, presented in a humourous but pointed manner.

The two hour gathering will include entertaining readings from Payback by CBC’s Paul Kennedy, nine time Gemini and Genie nominated actress Janet-Laine Green and Andrew Welch, professional actor and creator of the production. The music of Jory Nash , Laura Bird and Katherine Wheatley will be sprinkled throughout the evening and copies of Margaret Atwood’s book will be on hand for purchase.

This unique event was first held in Caledon for Earth Day 2009 and was a terrific success and we are thrilled to have the opportunity to offer it here in Burlington to celebrate Earth Day’s 40^th Anniversary.

 "....It was great to hear such an action-packed environmental message delivered in this unique way.  The event appealed to a really broad market and was highly entertaining.  It`s sure to go viral!"
(Nicola Ross, Executive Editor, Alternatives Journal, Canada`s national environmental magazine.)

This year’s event will take place at Port Nelson Church at 7:30 pm (doors open at 7:00 pm) Advance tickets  at $15 are available from Event Producer Andrew Welch on-line here on-line purchase here or $18 at the door. All event proceeds will support the important environmental work of both BurlingtonGreen and the David Suzuki Foundation.

We are very excited that Margaret Atwood herself supports this opportunity and that everyone involved will be volunteering their time and talent recognizing the value of community action to help our shared planet.  

We hope you will choose to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day with us at this special event. If you would like to join our supporters with funding or and in-kind donation, we would love to recognize your generosity. Please check out our various sponsorship opportunities here.

• Garbage: the Revolution Starts at Home - documentary presentation, green cart presentation & audience discussion on how to reduce waste to landfill; To learn more click here.

• The Story of Stuff - an animated presentation of consumerist society, presentation by Oakvillegreen President & group discussion activity to review barriers and opportunities for Burlington to move toward reduced consumption practices; To view the film, click here.

• Al Gore update on Global Warming - our first Annual General Meeting featured an Al Gore update from TED (Ideas Worth Spreading), a special funding announcement from MPP Savoline and The Ontario Trillium Foundation of a 2 year grant of $132,100 to BurlingtonGreen and HEN (Halton Environmental Network), to support the acquisition of IT and media equipment, a new eco-conference for Youth and the hiring of part-time staff to support the planning and implementation of new outreach programs, resources and events for the people of Burlington. To view this compelling update, click here.

• Ban Bottled Water - on March 12, 2009, we hosted an awareness event about the issue of bottled water and the associated environmental implications.  The international award winning documentary "Flow" was featured along with a follow-up audience discussion about advocating for a ban of bottled water in Burlington's buildings and schools.  For more information on the issue, visit our Advocacy page.

• Go Green with BurlingtonGreen workshops -held at the Royal Botanical Gardens for the Earth Day Hamilton/Burlington Earth week event, our youth volunteers led inspired workshops for hundreds of grade 4-6 students on how they can take "greener" actions at home, school and in their communties. The kids and the high-school youth leaders had a terrific time sharing ideas, playing games and pledging positive actions to support the environment! We continue the workshops today with our most recent programs offered during the fall, 2009 at Discovery Landing on the Waterfront.
• Imprints: Make Your Mark;Leave No Trace (Burlington's First Environmental Youth Conference) -held at Robert Bateman H.S. on October 22, 2009, BurlingtonGreen was pleased to support this major event through funding dollars courtesy of the Ontario Trillium Foundation and as a lead planning parner.  Special guest keynote, Robert Bateman started off the day of interactive learning with an inspired presentation and over 400 youth participated in various workshops with an eco-focus. BurlingtonGreen also worked with the youth planning team to make sure the event was GREEN with clean, green energy supplid by Bullfrog Power, a lunch using local foods and no disposable containers, a near zero paper free event and more. BurlingtonGreen will also be supporting the 2010 Youth Conference - venue to be determined. To find out more This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it us.
• Eco-Awards Celebration - On November 26, 2009,  BurlingtonGreen introduced this city's first eco-award celebration. An important opportunity to recognize and celebrate local environmetal efforts of citizens, businesses, community groups, youth and schools. Over 100 people attended this event with 14 worthy recipients recognized for their greening efforts.  A highlight of the evening included a keynote presentation and  song by juno award winning Sarah Harmer. As a co-founder of PERL(Protecting Escarpment Rural Lands), Sarah serves as a perfect example of a Burlington native committed to local environmental protection.  To find out more about the important work of PERL, visit their website.

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