DC Environmental Film Festival, March 18th - March 30th

The DC Environmental Film Festival starts tomorrow and runs til March 30th.  There are a couple hundred films, showing throughout the city at a variety of venues.  I am impressed that one set of short films will be making the rounds of various DC Library branches.

Some films stand out for me.

•  Gringo Trails, Wednesday March 19th, on the impact of the tourism industry on the environment ("Gringo Trails: Is tourism destroying the world?," CNN).
• Human Scale, Wednesday March 19th, on high-quality urbanism, featuring Jan Gehl.
• Sand Wars, Thursday March 20th, the use of sand as a building material, beach mining, etc.
• Rebalancing, Friday March 21st, on bike sharing in DC.
• My Brooklyn, Friday March 21st, gentrification and neighborhood change.
• Fishing the Anacostia, Friday March 21st.
• Tiny: A Story About Living Small, Friday March 21st.  Small house living.
• Spat: Bringing Oysters Back to the Chesapeake Bay, Saturday March 22nd.
• Shored Up,  Saturday March 22nd.  Superstorm Sandy, storm impact on NJ and North Carolina.
• Ocean Frontiers II,  Saturday March 22nd.  Planning for multiple uses of the sea in New England.
• Slums: Cities of Tomorrow,  Saturday March 22nd.
• Berlin: Symphony of a Great City, Saturday March 22nd.  Berlin in the 1920s.
• Power to the Pedals, Sunday March 23rd.  Cargo bike use.
• Extreme Realities, Sunday March 23rd.  Extreme weather.
• Helsinki Music Centre: Prelude, Tuesday March 25th.  Constructing the facility and the controversies involving the project.
• Tokyo's Belly, Tuesday March 25th.  Feeding and servicing the city.
• Venice Syndrome,  Tuesday March 25th.  Impact of Tourism on the City.
• Ecotopia: Eco Cities, Wednesday March 26th.  Hamburg and Shanghai.
• The Legacy of Jane Jacobs, Wednesday March 26th.
• Growing Cities, Wednesday March 26th.  Urban agriculture.
• Food Savers, Wednesday March 26th.  Reducing food waste.
• The City, Thursday March 27th.  1939, Lewis Mumford, suburbanized cities.
• Lithium Revolution, Thursday March 27th.  Lithium batteries as the necessary element of electric-based mobility.
• Naturopolis: New York City, the Green Revolution, Saturday March 29th.  Integrating nature and wildlife in the city.
• Edward Hopper and the Blank Canvas, Saturday March 29th.  Hopper did a lot of city-focused painting...
• Brooklyn Farmer, Sunday March 30th.  Urban agriculture.
• Reviving the Freedom Mill, Sunday March 30th.  Bringing a grist mill back to life.
• Calle Lopez, Sunday March 30th.  A street in Mexico City.