Catherine Zimmerman/2016/90 min/Wildlife

Saturday, March 4, 1:30 p.m.
Prairie Crossing School
1531 Jones Point Rd., Grayslake

FILM DESCRIPTION: Hometown Habitat features renowned entomologist Dr. Douglas Tallamy, whose research, books and lectures on the use of non-native plants in landscaping, sound the alarm about habitat and species loss. Tallamy provides the narrative thread that challenges the notion that humans are here and nature is someplace else.

David Gelber, Joel Bach and more/2016/50 min/Energy

Sunday, March 5, 5 p.m.
Christ Episcopal Church
410 Grand Ave., Waukegan

FILM DESCRIPTION: America Ferrera journeys to Waukegan, Illinois, where tension has developed over an active coal tar plant between those who suffer from health effects and those who depend on it for their livelihood. Sigourney Weaver explores China’s explosive economic growth and the impact it is having on the environment, not only locally but on a massive global scale.

Craig Leeson/2016/100 min/Waste

Friday, March 10, 6:30 p.m.
College of Lake County
Building A Auditorium,
19351 W. Washington St., Grayslake

FILM DESCRIPTION: In the center of the Pacific Ocean gyre our researchers found more plastic than plankton. A Plastic Ocean documents the newest science, proving how plastics, once they enter the oceans, break up into small particulates that enter the food chain where they attract toxins like a magnet. These toxins are stored in seafood’s fatty tissues, and eventually consumed by us. 

Lee Botts and Pat Wisniewski/2016/57 min/Conservation

Saturday, March 11, 2:30 p.m.
Waukegan Public Library
Ray Bradbury Room (lower level)
28 N.County St., Waukegan

FILM DESCRIPTION: Shifting Sands tells the story of how one region, where rare plants grow in the shadows of smokestacks, sparked a movement for a national park; a movement which eventually led to game-changing environmental policies with worldwide impact and unique partnerships on the path to a more sustainable world.

Fisher Stevens/2016/93 min/Climate Change

Saturday, March 11, 6:30 p.m.
College of Lake County
19351 W. Washington St.
Building A, Auditorium, Grayslake

ENGLISH SOUNDTRACK WITH SPANISH SUBTITLES: If you could know the truth about the threat of climate change — would you want to know? Before the Flood, presented by National Geographic, features Leonardo DiCaprio on a journey as a United Nations Messenger of Peace, traveling to five continents and the Arctic to witness climate change firsthand. He goes on expeditions with scientists uncovering the reality of climate change and meets with political leaders fighting against inaction.