Environmental Film Fest Starts with Party Tonight

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‘Bizarro Tulips’
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Tonight marks the launch party for the 2011 Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital; soon the lights will go down for 150 films from 40 countries that illustrate the connection between energy and the environment.

The festival runs from March 15-27 in various locations around the city, and it includes talks by 55 filmmakers and 94 special guests. Tonight’s kickoff starts at 6:30 in the Warner Building Atrium and features art, dance, and music.

Which of this year’s films are of local interest?

Gardens:

Plastic Bags:

  • With DC’s plastic bag fee, check out Bag It, about a guy who pledges to stop using plastic bags at the grocery store, which changes his life completely.

Chesapeake Bay:

West Virginia:

An area resident since 1997, Donna C. is a DC outsider. When she’s not running her writing and Web business, she’s running around the city, exploring the great outdoors, or trying to figure out how best to go green. See why she loves DC.

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  1. Shameless plug! There will be food, drinks, an art installation, previews of some movies AND Glade Dance Collective will be performing amidst the event-goers! Can’t wait!