Stony Brook Southampton's First Annual Green Film Series Continues

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y., February 27, 2009 – Stony Brook Southampton's Avram Theater's First Annual Green Film Series continues on Thursday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m., with screenings of “Buyer Be Fair.”

Photo from "The Monarch, A Butterfly Beyond Borders"

 

The series is free and open to the public, with films running each Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Upcoming films include: “Buyer Be Fair” (3/5), “The Monarch, A Butterfly Beyond Borders” (3/12), “Black Diamonds” (3/19), “Water First and Turtle World” (3/26), “Swim for the River” (4/2), and “Build Green” (4/16). All movies are produced by renowned environmental film company Bullfrog Films. Each event will also have a designated speaker to discuss the topic at hand. For further information, contact 632-5023.

“Buyer Be Fair” takes viewers to Mexico, the Netherlands, the UK, Sweden, the USA and Canada, with compelling stories and characters and looks at two major trade goods -- timber and coffee -- to find out how Fair Trade certification works and whether it helps the world's poor and their lands. The event will be moderated by Stony Brook Southampton professors Heather Macadam and Arlene Cassidy.

“The Monarch, A Butterfly Beyond Borders” is a beautiful documentary that looks at what we now know, but, more importantly, it reveals what we still do not know about this amazing creature. The monarch butterfly is at once the most familiar and the most mysterious butterfly in the world. It amazes us for what we know about its life and it tantalizes us for the secrets it still holds within its delicate frame – secrets that scientists and lay people in North America have been trying to unravel for decades. We know that monarchs east of the Rockies travel thousands of miles every winter to specific sites in Mexico, while those west of the Rockies migrate to sites in California. How they find their way to sites they have never seen before remains a puzzle. Today monarchs face environmental threats at both ends of their migratory route. The event will be moderated by Stony Brook Southampton professor and monarch butterfly expert Richard Orr.

In its second year, Stony Brook Southampton, a model of sustainability that was featured in The New York Times this past summer and on “NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams” and “The Today Show” this past spring, is continuing with its plans to build one of the nation's truly green campuses.

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