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Environmental Justice Videos
Title: Circle of the Spirit; a Saga of Native Americans in the
Catholic Church
Catalog #: VEM 054 Production: VHS. 60 minutes. United
States Catholic Conference, 1990.
Format: Documentary Audience: General
A saga of the Coeur d'Alene tribe of Idaho and the Lummi tribe of Washington and their relationships to the Catholic Church.
Title: Eating Our Way to Oblivion: The Spiritual Crisis of Modern
Agriculture
Catalog #: VEM 068 Production: VHS. 1 Hr. 23 min. Earth
Ministry, 1996.
Format: Lecture/presentation Audience: Adults
As part of the Frontiers of Environmental Theology Lecture Series, Dr. Richard Cartwright Austin offers a lecture and workshop March 8/9, 1996.
VEM 068-1: Modern agriculture, addicted to oil and to poisons, strips the landscape of farmers, wildlife, biotic integrity, community, moral value, and spiritual vitality; all in an unsustainable effort to feed restless urban populations. To sustain the world we must rebuild rural communities, dense with complex systems of life - human and natural - and rich with culture, ethics, and spiritual significance. Urban communities and choices play an indispensable role in this rebuilding effort.
VEM 068-2: Workshop
VEM 068-3: Workshop
Title: Food, Earth, and Care of the Soul
Catalog #: VEM 075 Production: VHS. 2 tapes. Earth Ministry,
1996.
Format: Lecture/presentation Audience: Adults
Earth Ministry's Fall Gathering, October 19, 1996 , Food for Life Project:. "Food, Earth, and Care of the Soul"
"The Spirituality of Food"
Carla Berkedal, Earth Ministry's Founding Director, speaks on food as nurturer of body and soul.
"Food, Faith, and 'EarthSaving'"
Carol Sue Hunting, Chair of EarthSave Seattle, talks about the work and mission of EarthSave, as well as sharing some of her own story as it relates to her faith and food choices.
"Supporting Sustainable Agriculture"
Martha Goodlett, Coordinator of P-Patch's Cultivating Communities Project, relates her experiences as a local, organic farmer, and describes the community supported agriculture (CSA) project she coordinates in the Rainier Vista Housing Complex (a partnership project involving Earth Ministry and P-Patch).
"Food for Life"
Michael Schut, Earth Ministry's Associate Director, describes Earth Ministry's involvement in the Raineir Vista Cultivating Communities Project, its connection to social and environmental justice, and previews the then up-coming Food for Life Shopper's Guide (now entitled "Food, Faith & Sustainability.").
Title: Greening of Faith; Why the Environment is a Christian
Concern
Catalog #: VHS 462 Production: VHS. 2 tapes, 30 min.
& 27 min. Includes Study Guide. Earth Ministry / Cathedral Films, 1994.
Format: Documentary Audience: Adults
VHS 462-1 Program One: (30 min.) Theology and Spirituality
Biblical foundation for ecology
Creation spirituality in Christian tradition
Nature as sacramental
The reconnection of faith and science
VHS 462-2 Program Two: (27 min.) Ethics
Environment and justice
The extension of ethical obligation beyond the human species
The unique role the Church can play in the formation of attitudes and the enabling of change.
These two videos explore the religious dimensions of caring for the earth. Theologians and environmentalists offer helpful ecumenical perspectives on one of the most pressing - and exciting- ares of faith and ethics. Stunning nature photography and the haunting music of Peter Kater, R. Carlos Nakai and Chris White flavor this sumptuous feast of creation themes.
Title: Growing Season
Catalog #: VEM 048 Production: VHS. 25 minutes. Bullfrog
Films, Oley, Pa, 1992.
Format: Documentary Audience: General
Catherine Sneed, founder of The Greenhouse Project shares the programs in which San Francisco County Jail inmates learn to care for plants, animals and themselves. They learn a new sense of self-worth, respect for life, and connection to the community.
Title: Let's Talk about the People
Catalog #: VEM 064 Production: VHS. 28 min. 1994.
Format: Documentary Audience: General
Written and performed by the EcoSound class of 1994. (Urban Youth for the Environment). An Environmental Justice! documentary and music-video sponsored by Metropolitan King County Council member Ron Sims, Seattle, WA.
Title: Love the Earth and Be Healed
Catalog #: VEM 080 Production: VHS. 6 tapes, 24-28 min.
Format: Educational Audience: General
VEM 080-1: Facing our Dilemmas. A story of a major oil company's efforts to be environmentally responsible introduces the problem of dilemmas. Theologians and other thinkers reflect on dilemmas we all face and how we deal with them.
VEM 080-2: In This Web Together. This program looks at an organic farm and the relationship the farmer feels with the land. It moves to an exploration of how each of us is connected to the rest of creation.
VEM 080-3: How Much is Enough? The Rocky Mountain Institute's mission is to work for the efficient use of resources as a path to environmental security. Their very practical story is followed by thoughts on limits and the spiritual cost of consumerism.
VEM 080-4: Loving Nature. A congregation in Montana is working to save the Sweetgrass Hills from the devastation of modern gold mining. The love of nature that underlies their efforts is the subject of the reflections that follow, including whether we can love nature without worshiping it.
VEM 080-5: Not in Anybody's Backyard! A Wisconsin community's discovery of toxic waste in their water system is followed by reflections on environmental justice. Though the poor and powerless are most at risk, this danger confronts us all. But there is hope in the Earth's capacity to heal itself and in our recovery of spiritual bonds with the Earth.
VEM 080-6: Celebrating the Earth. A soliloquy of loving animals along with thoughts about what the church can do leads into a visit to a "green" cathedral for a joyous celebration of creation. This program provides a culmination of the series and becomes a celebration for us all.
Title: Population and People of Faith; It's About Time
Catalog #: VEM 007 Production: VHS. 27 min., with study
guide. 1991.
Format: Documentary Audience: General
Exploration of the issues of population growth, its underlying causes and steps needed to slow growth.
Title: Restoring Creation for Ecology and Justice
Catalog #: VEM 044 Production: VHS. 15 minutes. Presbyterian
Church (USA), 1990.
Format: Documentary Audience: General
Presents the diversity and beauty of nature along with equally dramatic scenes of creation's pain and the injustice suffered by human beings. Also focuses on God's work to heal and restore creation.
Title: Simplicity as Compassion - Chee Yoke Ling
Catalog #: VEM 072 Production: VHS. Earth Ministry, 1996.
Format: Lecture/presentation Audience: Adults
For use with Simplicity as Compassion Curriculum, by Michael Schut, produced by Earth Ministry.
Title: Social and Environmental Justice: A Necessary Integration
Catalog #: VEM 059 Production: VHS. 2 Hr. 4 min. Earth
Ministry, 1995.
Format: Lecture/presentation Audience: Adults
Frontiers of Environmental Theology Lecture Series. November 17, 18, 1995
VEM 059-1:Social and Environmental Justice: A Necessary Integration
November 17, 1995, Lecture by Vernice Miller
VEM 059-2:
Environmental Justice and the Local Church
A Workshop by Vernice Miller, November 18, 1995.
VEM 059-3:
Environmental Justice and the Local Church
Continuation of the Vernice Miller workshop.
Title: Together in the Garden
Catalog #: VEM 014 Production: VHS. 20 min. World Council
of Churches, 1991.
Format: Documentary Audience: General
A pre- Earth Summit look at what the church's role should be in relation to global survival. This video provides groups in your church with a challenging message concerning their responsibility for the future. Voices and experiences from around the world are shared that give direction for how Christians can make their witness in the search for healing the earth, building justice, and sustaining life for the future.
What is the role and voice of the churches? How do we see the contributions of Christians throughout the world to this challenge of global survival? Can the church offer its vision and commitment to the justice, peace, and the integrity of creation?
Title: Visions of Justice
Catalog #: VEM 081 Production: VHS. 1996.
Format: Lecture/presentation Audience: Adults
A portion of the Vision of Justice conference held November 1, 1996, at St. Mark's Cathedral, Seattle. The conference focused on peace, racism, the environment and economic justice as issues within the Episcopal Church.
This is a video of the keynote address, by Tom Athanasiou, author of Divided Planet: The Ecology of Rich and Poor.
Title: Wake Up, Dorothy! A Hunger Education Resource
Catalog #: VEM 011 Production: VHS. 17 min.
Format: Documentary Audience: Youth
Inner city youths narrate in rap-like fashion an exploration of their relationship to the urban environment, coming to a realization of the call of Christian stewardship.
Title: Wisdom of our Elders, The
Catalog #: VEM 079 Production: VHS. Earth Ministry, 1997.
Format: Lecture/presentation Audience: Adults
Earth Ministry Winter Gathering, March 15, 1997.
Hazel Wolf has lived in Seattle since 1923 and has witnessed first-hand much of the development of both its land and its local society, a history most of us only read about.
She has also had more than seventy years of active involvement in environmental and social justice issues; among them acting as secretary of the Seattle Audubon Society and founding member of the Community Coalition for Environmental Justice. She has traveled the world, speaking at conferences, representing various citizens groups at symposia, and being an articulate and whimsically humorous spokesperson for more causes than most people know exist. These life experiences have graced her with a wisdom few possess.
The Winter Gathering provided an opportunity to meet this remarkable "elder", to hear her stories of the events, movements, and people who have helped to shape this community for almost a century.
Hazel shared her thoughts on the interconnection of social and environmental justice issues, and how churches might go about enacting their valuing of God's creation.
Hazel was 99 years old when when she appeared at this Gathering.