Special Screening of Green Fire: December 4, 2011
“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.” – Aldo Leopold
Aldo Leopold’s Sand County Almanac calls for us to expand our human communities to include as he wrote, “soils, waters, plants, and animals, or collectively: the land.” In doing so, he encouraged us to extend our code of ethics to all communities. Leopold’s influence did not fade after his death in 1948, but rather became entrenched in the environmental movement.
Green Fire, a documentary of Leopold’s life and legacy, includes wildlife biologists who are bringing back threatened and endangered species, from cranes to Mexican wolves, to the landscapes where they once thrived. Green Fire portrays how Leopold’s vision of a community that cares about both people and land—his call for a land ethic—ties all of these modern conservation stories together and offers inspiration and insight for the future.
As a preview of the Wild & Scenic Film Festival, the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) and the Nevada Theater Film Series presents a special screening of Green Fire December 4, 2011, 7 pm.
Following the film will be a panel discussion titled, “Igniting the Green Fire – Inspiration and Conservation in Nevada County”, with Pulitzer Prize winning poet Gary Snyder; UC Davis Professor of History, Louis Warren; and Deputy Forest Supervisor, Tahoe National Forest, Eli Ilano. The panel will be moderated by Steve Frisch, President of the Sierra Business Council.
Green Fire filmmakers Steve & Ann Dunsky will attend the event and introduce the film.
Green Fire was produced in partnership between the Aldo Leopold Foundation, the Center for Humans and Nature, and the US Forest Service. Leopold’s biographer, conservation biologist Dr. Curt Meine, serves as the film’s on-screen guide, and actor Peter Coyote narrates.
The evening will benefit SYRCL and Sierra College’s ECOS, a local student environmental organization. ECOS formed in 1990 and is considered to be one of the most active clubs on Sierra College’s campus, and was named “Club of the Year” the past three years. Both SYRCL and ECOS include Leopold’s land ethic in their daily work.
Tickets are $15 in advance and $18 at the door. Tickets may be purchased at the Briar Patch or at SYRCL’s office (216 Main Street in Nevada City).
