2009 Green Edge NYC Events

SEPTEMBER

Thursday 10th -Solar Powered Film Series @ Solar 1
Addicted to Plastic A feature-length documentary about solutions to plastic pollution encompassing three years of filming in 12 countries on 5 continents, including two trips to the middle of the Pacific Ocean where plastic debris accumulates. The film details plastic's path over the last 100 years and provides a wealth of expert interviews on practical and cutting edge solutions to recycling, toxicity and biodegradability.
Friday 11th -Solar Powered Film Series @ Solar 1
Who Killed the Electric Car? In 1996, electric cars began to appear on roads all over California. They were quiet and fast, produced no exhaust and ran without gasoline Ten years later, these cars were destroyed. Learn more in this critically acclaimed documentary.
Saturday 12th -Solar Powered Film Series @ Solar 1
Flow:The Love of Water Experts are calling the World Water Crisis the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century. This film presents the case against the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights, and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel.

Thursday 17th -Solar Powered Film Series @ Solar 1
A Sea Change To focus public attention on ocean acidification, film maker Sven Huseby embarks on a picturesque odyssey that leads him to small fishing villages whose cash crop is at risk, native communities whose way of life is being threatened, activists working to combat the crisis, and individuals who are changing their lifestyles to make a difference at the most local level.
Friday 18th -Solar Powered Film Series @ Solar 1
The Garden follows the plight of the farmers who care for a fourteen-acre community garden at 41st and Alameda in South Central Los Angeles. Started as a form of healing after the devastating L.A. riots in 1992, the South Central Farmers have since created a miracle in one of the country’s most blighted neighborhoods but are now challenged by bulldozers are poised to level their oasis
Saturday 19th -Solar Powered Film Series @ Solar 1
Burning the Sun WORLD PREMIERE! 26-year-old Daniel Dembele decides to return to his homeland in Mali and start a local business building solar panels – the first of its kind in the sun drenched nation. Burning in the Sun tells the story of Daniel’s journey growing the shaky startup into a viable company, and of the business’ impact on Daniel’s first customers in the tiny village of Banko. Taking controversial stances on climate change, poverty, and African self-sufficiency, the film explores what it means to grow up as a man, and what it takes to prosper as a nation.

OCTOBER