Genre: Documentary. 2011.  English. 95 minutes. Director: Bill Haney

The fight for the last great mountain in America’s Appalachian heartland pits the mining giant that wants to explode it to extract the coal within, against the community fighting to preserve the mountain and build a wind farm on its ridges instead. With Bobby Kennedy Jr. enlisted as a passionate force for preserving Coal River Mountain and the economic power of the fossil fuel industry twisting democracy to its advantage The Last Mountain highlights a battle for the future of energy that affects us all.

Marc Vella pianist, composer, writer, and poet has decided to travel around the world with his piano. In this journey he goes with his Loving Caravan to Mauritania, Marocco, Senegal and he plays his piano at the streets and in important stages, always connecting with the local people and musicians sharing his love for life and for an optimistic world. A really inspiring documentary that touch the heart of all.

Watch a video of him and his son from his Loving Caravan in 2008:

Join us after the film, as Marc Vella will personally explain his Loving Caravan and the possibility of having the next project in India!

Genre: Documentary. 2010. English. 52 minutes. PBS Nature

Cuba may have been restricted politically and economically for the past 50 years, but its borders have remained open to wildlife for which Cuba’s undeveloped islands are an irresistible draw. While many islands in the Caribbean have poisoned or paved over their ecological riches on land and in the sea in pursuit of a growing tourist industry, Cuba’s wild landscapes have remained virtually untouched, creating a safe haven for rare and intriguing indigenous animals, as well as for hundreds of species of migrating birds and marine creatures. Coral reefs have benefited, too. Independent research has shown that Cuba’s corals are doing much better than others both in the Caribbean and around the world.

We are now offering a FREE Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course, with hands on experience over two months in the summer of 2012 in Anse- Pitres, Haiti. This will give participants the chance to apply their knowledge and help the local Haitian community.

Sadhana Forest Haiti is an international volunteer community that aims to reintroduce an indigenous food forest to Haiti. We share with volunteers and our local community our desire to live sustainably, from organic food growth to alternative energy sources, to composting. We utilize Permaculture techniques and design philosophy to achieve our goals.

As part of the course we will travel to rural communities in Haiti, plant trees and help design and implement little food gardens! 

If you have ever dreamed of getting hands on experience and helping supply food security for Haitian communities…

Here is your chance!

We urgently need enthusiastic volunteers to help us restore the environment and improve the quality of life of thoudsands of people.

You will receive training in permaculture design free of charge, while also learning intercultural communication in Haiti from JUNE 11 – AUGUST 10, 2012.  Each student will have a chance to apply the permaculture techniques to a specific site in Haiti that will immediatily benfit local Hatiain families.

So if you…

• Are intrested in regenerative agriculture
• Are willing to contribute $4 a day for three vegan meals, made with locally purchased ingredients
• Want to make a significant impact on people’s livelihood and the environment
• Can offer 2 months or more of your time

Genere: Documentary. 2010. English. 93 minutes. Director: Sturla Gunnarsson

Scientist Dr. David Suzuki, a leading environmentalist in Canada, tells many reasons why he and we should care about the environment. With the human population growing exponentially and humans having increasingly longer life expectancies, we as a species are having a larger footprint on the environment. Much of what is man made in the world, such as the economy, democracy and the dependence on fossil fuels, are treated as unchangeable forces of nature, when in reality they can and should be viewed critically, especially in their long term consequences on life on the planet. He also tells of the interconnectedness we are as a species without most really realizing it, and that we should have a stronger connection to place and what that means.

Genre: Family, Drama. 1966. English. 95 minutes.

Watch the first part of the movie here:

Born Free is the heart warming true story of a British couple who teach their pet lioness how to survive in the wilds of the African jungles. Joy and George Adamson (portrayed by real-life married couple Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers) involuntarily domesticate several lions while living in Kenya. They keep one, named Elsa, until she is fully grown, and rather than turn her over to a zoo, they decide to train her to live like a wild animal so that they can release her into her natural habitat.

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All the children went home with a mask and a smile…

So the celebration was a great success!

The most popular activity was Face painting! By the afternoon the children’s faces were full of color!

Another activity was natural playdoh! They first draw on paper and then fill the formes with the playdoh. The children created many beautiful colors!

Tasting and Guessing - This game is a blindfolded discovery of taste and smell. The children were given different foods to guess what they were!

The speciality of the day -  Vegan muffins, rosella leaves and seeds, tapioca chips, cinnamon, star anise, citrus leaves, turmeric, and chili powder, and banana…   They loved it!!!

There where also many performances during the birthday!

There was a puppet show, capoeira (Brazilian dance), clown and magic perfomance, body percussion and more