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SUMMARY:Poisoning Paradise\, an Award-Winning Documentary Film and Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a screening of Poisoning Paradise.  Following the film there will be an audience discussion along with a panel of  environmentalists and area leaders including Mackenzie Feldman\, Kendra Klein and Alika Atay. \nFilm Synopsis  Journey to the seemingly idyllic world of Native Hawaiians\, where communities are surrounded by experimental test sites and pesticides sprayed upwind of their neighborhoods. Poisoning Paradise details the ongoing struggle to advance bold new legislation governing the fate of their island home.  In an attempt to diversify an economy that was overly reliant on tourism\, policymakers in both Hawaii and Washington\, D.C. encouraged the world’s largest biotech companies to utilize Kauai’s favorable climate and fertile soil to test genetically engineered seeds and crops. Corporations including Syngenta\, Pioneer DuPont\, BASF\, and Dow Agrosciences have since applied hundreds of tons of Restricted Use (RU) pesticides on thousands of acres across the Garden Island’s West Side\, the traditional homeland of an indigenous and disenfranchised population.  Interviews with local residents\, scientists\, and healthcare professionals reveal the hardships and ecological dangers of intensive and continuous pesticide applications and the environmental injustice thrust upon people living in one of the most sacred\, biologically unique and diverse locations on earth. Award-winning investigative journalist Paul Kolberstein describes Kauai as “one of the most toxic agricultural environments in all of American agriculture.”  As champions of a grassroots movement to make Kauai County Bill 2491 law\, local activists battle political corruption\, corporate bullying\, and systematic concealment by the agri-chemical industry.  Although Kauai’s plight might seem like a local issue\, this debate is in fact raging around the world as country after country is becoming concerned about pesticides\, the future of food\, and sustainable farming practices. \n\n\nMackenzie Feldman graduated from UC Berkeley in Spring 2018 with a degree in Society and Environment and a minor in Food Systems\, She was the UC Global Food Initiative Student Ambassador for UC Berkeley\, and the co-founder of the Herbicide-Free Cal campaign. Mackenzie has now expanded the campaign into Herbicide-Free Campus\, with the mission of eliminating the use of herbicides from every school. Her campaign recently resulted in the entire University of California system going glyphosate-free\, and Mackenzie worked with a coalition to get herbicides banned from every public school in Hawaii. \n\n\n\nKendra Klein\, PhD is Senior Staff Scientist at Friends of the Earth where she leads work on food and farming solutions. She is a writer\, researcher\, and advocate with over seventeen years of experience in environmental sustainability\, food\, agriculture\, and environmental health. Prior to joining FOE\, she coordinated farm-to-institution work at the California Healthy Food in Health Care campaign and worked at Breast Cancer Action on chemical policy reform and corporate accountability related to pink ribbon fundraising. Kendra has apprenticed on organic farms in California and Hawaii.  She is a 2011 Switzer Environmental Fellow and has written for The Nation\, The Guardian\, Gastronomica\, Civil Eats\, and EcoWatch. She holds a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies from Miami University of Ohio and a PhD in Environmental Science\, Policy & Management from UC Berkeley. \n\nDonations at the door gratefully accepted..   \n\n\n“I have just finished watching Poisoning Paradise and I am so grateful to the Brosnans for making this beautifully shot film. I have been speaking out about Monsanto\, Dow\, Syngenta and the rest for a long time\, and this film brings absolute proof of the evil forces that are poisoning the environment and harming animals and people in Hawaii. I hope that this film is shown around the world\, that it wins every prize out there\, that it wakes people up and generates anger. We need millions of citizens from around the world to take to the streets in a massive protest against the use of lethal chemicals on our fields and the shocking expose of corruption at high levels. Watch it. Become angry. Take action.” \nJane Goodall\, PhD\, DBE – Founder – the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace \n\n\n\nGet Involved\n\nDivest from Agro-chemical companies that facilitate GMOS\nInvest in companies such as those who promote sustainability and organic agriculture\, post links to articles about socially responsible investing\nSave the bees by choosing pollinator-friendly plants for your garden to provide bees with ample foraging opportunities. Get our guide on what’s best to plant during different seasons to help the bees!\nStart saving seed! If you’re new to saving seeds\, we’ve got a resource to help you get started! Download 6 tips for saving seeds.\nWrite the Governor and Hawaii Board of Tourism and ask if your proposed accommodations are near a GE test site\n\n\nRegister To Vote\n\nYour voice and your vote matter.\nGo to www.vote.gov and find out how to register to vote in your State.\nHold your legislators accountable\n\n\nVoice Your Concerns\n\nCall Your Legislators (U.S. Senators\, Congressmen\, and the President)\nHawaii Tourism Authority (http://www.hawaiitourismauthority.org/contact-us/)\nHawaii Visitors & Convention Bureau (http://www.hvcb.org/membership/depts.htm#website)\n\n\nBuy Organic\, Boycott GMOs\, Grow Your Own If Possible\n\nDivest from Agro-chemical companies that facilitate GMOS\nInvest in companies such as those who promote sustainability and organic agriculture\, post links to articles about socially responsible investing\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\nInformational Websites\n\n\nBeyond Pesticides\n\nhttps://www.beyondpesticides.org/\n\n\n\nCenter for Biological Diversity\n\nhttp://biologicaldiversity.org/\n\n\n\nCenter For Food Safety\n\nhttp://www.centerforfoodsafety.org\n\n\n\nConsumers Union\n\nhttp://consumersunion.org/\n\n\n\nEarthjustice\n\nhttp://earthjustice.org/\n\n\n\nFood And Water Watch\n\nhttp://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/\n\n\n\nGreenpeace\n\nhttp://www.greenpeace.org/\n\n\n\nHawai’i Alliance For Progressive Action\n\nhttp://www.hapahi.org/\n\n\n\nHawaii Seed\n\nhttp://www.hawaiiseed.org/\n\n\n\nNative Hawaiian Legal Corporation\n\nhttp://nhlchi.org/\n\n\n\nNon GMO Project\n\nhttp://www.nongmoproject.org/\n\n\n\nNRDC\n\nhttps://www.nrdc.org/\n\n\n\nPesticide Action Network\n\nhttp://www.panna.org/\n\n\n\nPesticide Stewardship\n\nhttp://pesticidestewardship.org/\n\n\n\nSeed Alliance\n\nhttp://seedalliance.org/\n\n\n\nSHAKA Movement\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/theshakamovement.org\n\n\n\nTrue Food Now\n\nhttp://www.truefoodnow.org/\n\n\n\nTruth In Labeling Coalition\n\nhttp://truthinlabelingcoalition.org/\n\n\n\nUnion Of Concerned Scientists\n\nhttp://www.ucsusa.org/\n\n\n\nWhats On My Food\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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