A former army colonel, a Texan farmer and a geothermal energy pioneer who twice voted Bush – these 'greenocons' are the stars of a new climate change solutions film aimed at America's right
"Bin Laden hates this car" says the bumper sticker on former CIA director Jim Woolsey's plug-in hybrid. Though he's no longer in the secret service, Woolsey cares about defending America's national security, and for him that means weaning the country off its dependence on foreign oil.
The former spook turned clean-tech venture capitalist is just one of the all-American heroes who feature in Carbon Nation, an intriguing new documentary about climate change solutions aimed at the American right.
Touring the States after its premiere last night , Carbon Nation bills itself as an "optimistic, solutions-based, non-preachy, non-partisan" film. The take-home message is that what's good for the climate is also good for the economy, for national security, for health,...
"Bin Laden hates this car" says the bumper sticker on former CIA director Jim Woolsey's plug-in hybrid. Though he's no longer in the secret service, Woolsey cares about defending America's national security, and for him that means weaning the country off its dependence on foreign oil.
The former spook turned clean-tech venture capitalist is just one of the all-American heroes who feature in Carbon Nation, an intriguing new documentary about climate change solutions aimed at the American right.
Touring the States after its premiere last night , Carbon Nation bills itself as an "optimistic, solutions-based, non-preachy, non-partisan" film. The take-home message is that what's good for the climate is also good for the economy, for national security, for health,...
- 2/11/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
Hope is easy to sell, but fear is easier. Billing itself as a “climate change solutions” movie, Peter Byck’s Carbon Nation doesn’t want you to panic. If fear of the consequences of climate change has been the primary emotional content associated with the slew of climate-themed docs that have found their way to screens in the wake of An Inconvenient Truth, Carbon Nation dwells more on the possibilities that technological innovation, communitarian initiative and an end to political gridlock could have on our world. Time is short, but in Byck’s telling, the means to stymie the long-term catastrophes associated with our consumption of carbon-based energy are here and it’s only a matter of time before we put them into widespread use. Byck’s doc travels all across the United States, spotlighting individuals at the forefront of green energy technology, activists who are working to find ways...
- 2/9/2011
- by Brandon Harris
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Yes, Page 2 has returned. For a while the excess bits were not enough to build a regular Page 2 column, but I've recently been noticing items piling up that I wished that we had gotten to post on the site, but just didn't have time. I'm not sure how regular this column will be published (and we'll most likely take a break during the Sundance Film Festival). That said, enjoy the return of Page 2! What is Page 2? Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 17 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. The opening credit sequence for the new NBC superhero television series The Cape is now online. Watch it above. Disney has released a...
- 1/10/2011
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
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