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Remembering Monty and Rose + Why There is Hope

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Remembering Monty and Rose + Why There is Hope

Monty and Rose are the two beloved piping plovers that surprised the Chicago birding community by settling at busy Montrose Beach to nest and raise their young for three consecutive years. When they first arrived in 2019, the number of their endangered species had diminished to 70 nesting pairs in the Great Lakes region.

After Monty died recently after making the spring migration back to Northern Illinois, and after Rose did not return, we reached out to Bob for his thoughts and those of others in the birding community.

Engage with One Earth Facilitators

Engage with One Earth Facilitators

What is a One Earth Facilitator? Every One Earth event has a facilitator for our insightful post film discussions, but what does this person do? Let’s hear long-time One Earth Facilitator Susan Lucci explain the role. Catch Susan again during the Earth Day Mini Fest facilitating our post-film discussions for Clean Energy Revolution: 3 Short Films on Tuesday, April 19, and Mottainai Kitchen on Sunday, April 24.

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Highlights from the 11th Annual One Earth Film Fest

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Highlights from the 11th Annual One Earth Film Fest

In the two years since the pandemic forced a pivotal shift, One Earth Film Festival didn’t retract. In fact, it grew and is now reaching audiences well beyond the Chicago area. You might say the festival has become a whole-Earth event.

This year One Earth Film Festival drew viewers from Hawaii, Japan, Africa and Australia as well as California, Massachusetts, Kansas and many other states. That meant that more people could be moved to take action—to “Turn the Tide.”

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Big Idea Bagged 'Plastic Bag Store: The Film'

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Big Idea Bagged 'Plastic Bag Store: The Film'

We all know plastic waste is bad. Individual actions (refusing, reducing, reusing) are good, but limited to your own scope of influence (home, work, etc). Banding together with the broader community is the next logical step. Here’s one path that Julie Moller, waste activist, took.

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Young Filmmakers Contest Reveals Passion for Animals and Planet

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Young Filmmakers Contest Reveals Passion for Animals and Planet

From manatees to koalas to pangolins, endangered wildlife was a recurring theme among 148 submissions to the 2022 One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest. Students ages 8 to 25 revealed the impact of weather extremes and plastic pollution on people, animals, and the planet, with a new note of urgency about the climate crisis in their short films.

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Interview with Julie Winokur, Director of 'The Sacrifice Zone'

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Interview with Julie Winokur, Director of 'The Sacrifice Zone'

Q: The Sacrifice Zone. That’s a powerful title. It’s raw. Talk about it.

A: The concept is that we have chosen to sacrifice certain people for the benefit of others. They’re collateral damage. There’s an intentionality to it. Collectively, we’ve decided that it’s okay to put all this toxic industry in certain neighborhoods. And somehow we have the idea that the people who live there don’t care, because if they didn’t like it, they’d move.