Monday, July 27, 2015

Chasing Ice Screening




The St. Marys EarthKeepers and co-hosts, The Amelia Island EarthKeepers, cordially invite you to attend a screening of the Emmy Award winning, Oscar-nominated documentary Chasing Ice.  

The film made its TV debut on the National Geographic Channel on April 19, 2013 and has since been screened around the world in 172 countries, 70 universities, over 75 film festivals, in the White House, and before the United Nations.

In the spring of 2005, acclaimed environmental photographer James Balog headed to the Arctic on a tricky assignment for National Geographic: to capture images to help tell the story of the Earth’s changing climate. Even with a scientific upbringing, Balog had been a skeptic about climate change. But that first trip north opened his eyes to the biggest story in human history and sparked a challenge within him that would put his career and his very well-being at risk.

Chasing Ice is the story of one man’s mission to change the tide of history by gathering undeniable evidence of our changing planet. Within months of that first trip to Iceland, the photographer conceived the boldest expedition of his life: The Extreme Ice Survey. With a band of young adventurers in tow, Balog began deploying revolutionary time-lapse cameras across the brutal Arctic to capture a multi-year record of the world’s changing glaciers.

As the debate polarizes America and the intensity of natural disasters ramps up globally, Balog finds himself at the end of his tether. Battling untested technology in subzero conditions, he comes face to face with his own mortality. It takes years for Balog to see the fruits of his labor. His hauntingly beautiful videos compress years into seconds and capture ancient mountains of ice in motion as they disappear at a breathtaking rate. Chasing Ice depicts a photographer trying to deliver evidence and hope to our carbon-powered planet.” https://chasingice.com/

Date: Thursday, August 13, 2015
Time: 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Location: St. Marys Theatre By The Trax, 1000 Osborne St., St. Marys GA
Admission: Free of charge (seating is limited, 160)

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Welcome, Amelia Island EarthKeepers


Tonight’s inaugural meeting of the Amelia Island EarthKeepers was a great success. Over 75 citizens (St. Marys and Fernandina) attended, along with three St. Marys Councilmembers.

Fernandina Vice-Mayor Johnny Miller spoke eloquently about the many common causes that unite our two communities: concerns regarding fugitive dust from the proposed Kinder Morgan ship-to-pier coal transfer operations at the Port of Fernandina; seismic airgun testing/oil exploration along our coast; Cumberland Island; the ongoing issue of litter in our rivers and ocean; and the pressing need to protect the integrity of our shared environment.

In the coming days, a website will be created and information disseminated – including a petition to oppose coal operations in Fernandina. Until then, I invite you to join the Amelia Island EarthKeepers on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/107134962965522/ .

Many thanks to all who attended, and to Sandy Bottoms, Fernandina, for so graciously allowing us the use of their facility.


Port of Fernandina Coal Transfers: http://www.thebrunswicknews.com/news/local_news/fernandina-port-plans-create-environmental-concerns-in-st-marys/article_30dff5c3-37c5-56f4-9af0-633496bd9c07.html

Recent articles: 
http://fernandinaobserver.com/2015/07/17/amelia-island-and-st-marys-earthkeepers-join-hands-across-the-river-to-protect-and-preserve-coastal-areas/#more-56471 

http://www.thebrunswicknews.com/news/local_news/sister-earthkeepers-created-in-fernandina/article_a774810b-0091-5bac-8511-cba440427e45.html