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The final film in the summer season of the Local Motion Film Series happens at 7pm this Thursday, September 16, at the Mockingbird Restaurant Roots Music Hall. The Green House, Design It. Build It. Live It., a film by Liv Violette and Jason Scadron, is a documentary about the construction of the first carbon-neutral show house on the East Coast. It also captures the unique process of … [Read more...]
With the latest dustup over unsafe food from factory farms and the Food and Drug Administration's recall of more than half a billion eggs possibly tainted with salmonella, the health and quality of our food is again in the news. It's scary that America's industrial food system continues to fail at providing families with healthy food. But it's reassuring that the watchdogs at the FDA are … [Read more...]
The Local Motion Film Series continues its Summer Season showings this Thursday with A Crude Awakening, Life After the Oil Crash. This award-winning movie tells the story of peak oil, or the phenomenon where worldwide demand for oil begins to outstrip supply. Unlike what some Pollyannas and business or politically-motivated persons would have us believe, bringing supply in line with increasing … [Read more...]
Save Our Land, Save Our Towns, the second film in the summer season of our Local Motion Film Series, plays at 7:00 p.m., Thursday, July 15, in the Mockingbird Restaurant Roots Music Hall and is co-sponsored by Staunton Green 2020 and the Valley Conservation Council (VCC). This warm-hearted yet provocative documentary examines the causes and effects of -- and then remedies for -- suburban … [Read more...]
