Environmental Film Festival (Burnaby) - September 21-22, 2007

Salmon at Work(15 minutes)
Burnaby Mountain Secondary students tell the story of the restoration efforts of the Stoney Creek Environment Committee to enhance salmon habitat in Stoney Creek.  We learn from Jennifer Atchison, Maurice Coulter-Boisvert and Finn Donnelly how improving the environment for salmon improves the environment for all of us. 

Dude, Where’s My River?(30 minutes)
In the summer of 2004, eight teenagers and three teachers followed the Hetch Hetchy water system from its source at the Headwaters of the Tuolumne River in Yosemite to its culmination in San Francisco Bay. Through the medium of film, they are using what they learned to educate others on one of the most critical environmental issues of our time.

Yukon Circles (27 minutes)
Yukon Circles is the inspirational story of how native people in Alaska and Canada joined together to protect the Yukon River. The Yukon is the second-longest river in North America, but is threatened by pollution from military, mining, manufacturing and human settlement. Rather than blaming others, the tribes took responsibility for restoring their own lands, waters, animals and fish.

The Ecological Footprint:  Accounting for a Small Planet (30 minutes)
Humans are the most successful species on the planet, but our growing economy is placing unprecedented demand on the planet's limited ecological resources.  In the film, Dr. Mathis Wackernagel introduces the Ecological Footprint – a resource accounting tool that shows whether we are living within our ecological budget or consuming nature's resources faster than the planet can renew them.

Buyer Be Fair: The Promise of Product Certification(57 minutes)
This documentary explores how consumers and businesses can use the market to promote social justice and environmental sustainability through product labeling. See how this is working in Mexico, the Netherlands, the UK, Sweden, the USA and Canada.