What are some alternative sources of energy we should be exploring, and is that enough?
Those are some of the issues presented at the first annual Environmental Film Festival. Theres another way to organize society where we are living within ecological limits, where we are respecting workers and community, and where we are having more fun, says Annie Leonard, creator of the film The Story of Stuff. Joe Browns National Sacrifice Zone takes a hard look at the impact of turning to local sources for petroleum and natural gas. Colorado is currently undergoing an unprecedented natural gas boom while production is declining in most other places, Brown says. There are now more drill rigs in areas that were pristine or where people are living. Companies drilling for natural gas use various chemical mixtures to dissolve the ground so they can extract the gas. Many of these chemicals have been implicated with disrupting endocrine function. I want to get people to see what is potentially happening in Western Colorado with the pollution and onslaught of development and to think more a
