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Connecting with Nature Through Stories (for children and adults)

Connecting with Nature Through Stories (for children and adults)

I love good children’s books.  Some of my most cherished moments from my children’s growing-up years were reading stories to them that inspired and nurtured me as much as them!  So when I came across this list “16 Great Children’s Books on Nature and the Environment” I knew that I had to share it.

One Earth Film Festival - 2015 Schedule

FOURTH ANNUAL

ONE EARTH FILM FESTIVAL 

March 6 - 8, 2015

Download and print our Official Schedule of Events.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

One Inspirational Weekend.

One Inspirational Weekend.

March 6-8, 2015 Film Selection, Venue and Schedule  subject to change.

FRIDAY - March 6

6:30 PM GREEN CARPET GALA, GROUND OPERATIONS - Columbia College Chicago TICKETS

SATURDAY - March 7

10 AM RETURN OF THE RIVER - Lake Theatre, Oak Park INFO & TICKETS

10 AM JUST FOR KIDS 3-6+ - Oak Park Public Library INFO & TICKETS

11 AM JUST FOR KIDS 7-12+ - Oak Park Public Library INFO & TICKETS 

11 AM ANGEL AZUL - Chicago Cultural Center INFO & TICKETS

11 AM ARISE - St. Martin's, Austin, Chicago  INFO & TICKETS

11 AM ARISE - Trinity UCC, Chicago INFO & TICKETS

11 AM COWSPIRACY - Elmhurst College INFO & TICKETS

11 AM NO LAND NO FOOD NO LIFE - Institute of Cultural Affairs INFO & TICKETS

3 PM EDIBLE CITY - Institute of Cultural Affairs, Chicago   INFO & TICKETS

3 PM EDIBLE CITY - Pleasant Home, Oak Park  INFO & TICKETS

3 PM VIRUNGA - Northwestern University, Evanston INFO & TICKETS

3 PM  NATURE IS SPEAKING & CARBON FOR WATER - Sacred Keepers Sustainability Lab INFO & TICKETS

3 PM PROJECT WILD THING - Prairie Crossing Charter School INFO & TICKETS

3 PM PORTRAIT OF AN URBAN BEE KEEPER - Notebaert Nature Museum INFO & TICKETS

3 PM TRASH DANCE - Columbia College Chicago INFO & TICKETS

7 PM FIELD BIOLOGIST - Good Earth Greenhouse, River Forest INFO & TICKETS

7PM COWSPIRACY - Northwestern University, Evanston INFO & TICKETS

7PM PROJECT WILD THING - Notebaert Nature Museum INFO & TICKETS

7 PM THIN ICE: THE INSIDE STORY OF CLIMATE SCIENCE – University of Chicago, Hyde Park INFO & TICKETS

SUNDAY, March 8

11 AM  TEEN PROGRAM - Willard School, River Forest  INFO & TICKETS 

11 AM FROM BILLIONS TO NONE - Forest Preserve Thatcher Pavilion INFO & TICKETS 

11 AM PROJECT WILD THING - Garfield Park Conservatory  INFO & TICKETS

12:30 PM VANISHING PEARLS  - Wellington UCC, Chicago  INFO & TICKETS

12:30  PM URBAN FARMING--THREE SHORT FILMS: BROOKLYN FARMER, SEEDS, PORTRAIT OF AN URBAN BEEKEEPER  - Good Shepherd, Oak Park, IL  INFO & TICKETS

12:30 PM CARBON RUSH - Ascension Church & School, Oak Park INFO & TICKETS

1:30 PM YFC AWARDS & RECEPTION - Oak Park Public Library  

3 PM A WILL FOR THE WOODS - Wellington UCC, Chicago   INFO & TICKETS

3 PM EDIBLE CITY - View & Brew @ Wire, Berwyn  INFO & TICKETS

3 PM JUST EAT IT - Oak Park Public Library INFO & TICKETS

3 PM LOST RIVERS - View & Brew @ Haymarket Pub, Chicago INFO & TICKETS 

3 PM SYMPHONY OF THE SOIL - Triton College, River Grove INFO & TICKETS 

3 PM UNACCEPTABLE LEVELS - Forest Park Public Library INFO & TICKETS

6:30 CLOSING: WISDOM TO SURVIVE - Unity Temple, Oak Park TICKETS