Sonoma Environmental Film Festival

1PM - 3PM
Admission: $10 general / $8 student and senior
Following the films there will be a conference style discussion with guests speakers and audience participation.

Films
The Krill is Gone (4 mins) by Jeffrey Bost
Voiced by the incomparable Tom Kenny (Sponge Bob) with Jill Talley, this film brings comic awareness to the looming danger of man-made global warming on the fragile ecosystems deep within our oceans.

Once Upon a Tide (9mins) A storyteller, played by Academy Award winner Linda Hunt, speaks to us of a spell that has been cast that has caused everyone to forget about the importance of the ocean. One little girl, however, is determined to find a way to break the spell. She embarks on a journey to the sea with a magical shell that shows her how our health and well-being depend on the marine environment, and explains how the ocean is under threat. Arriving at her destination, the girl helps us realize how we can all break the spell and save the ocean, and ourselves.

ACID TEST: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification
(12 mins) Produced by Natural Resources Defense Council, narrated by Sigourney Weaver, directed by Tristan Bayer and Daniel Hinerfeld www.acidtestmovie.com

A Wave of Change: California's Marine Protected Areas (11 mins) with filmmaker Kip Evans in person
This film is designed to ignite passion for the newly established marine protected areas along the central California coast. Marine scientist John Pearse and the Ocean Conservancy's Kaitliin Gaffney, help highlight the need for MPA's and why they are vital to Californian's future. Written and narrated by Dr. Tierney Thys.

Moderator: Chris Bauer
Local Bay Area filmmaker, Chris has over 20 years experience working in broadcast television; producing sports, history, technology, science, environment and adventure related programming. He is a two-time winner of the international Society of Environmental Journalists Award for Outstanding Television Story and has received multiple Northern California Emmy Awards.

Panelists:
Kerry Coughlin, Regional Director, Marine Stewardship Council Americas. Kerry's background includes seamanship and merchant marine training; two years at sea as a navigator and watch officer on vessels of various sizes; and a stint in the Alaska fishing industry. She holds a B.A. degree in political science and history and has completed graduate coursework in ocean resource management, international law and economics and journalism. As regional director, Kerry has responsibility for managing the operation, growth and success of the MSC program in North and Latin America, as well as the Russian Far East.

Kip Evans is a professional photographer and underwater explorer. During the past 10 years he has worked on a number of National Geographic Society projects including the Sustainable Seas Expeditions, where he served as the chief photographer for noted marine biologist and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Dr. Sylvia Earle. He will talk about why marine protected areas are important.

Dr. Jonathan Stillman – Associate Professor of Biology. Dr. Stillman is on the faculty at San Francisco State University, the University of California Berkeley, and his research laboratory is based at the Romberg Tiburon Center on the Tiburon peninsula. He has over 20 years experience conducting scientific research on how marine organisms respond to environmental variation and change. Current research projects in his laboratory include the effects of climate change and ocean acidification of calcifying phytoplankton and the impacts of warming and acidification on coastal crustaceans.