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27 minutes
Grades 7-Adult
1994 With Study Guide
Produced by Bill Weaver & Shivon Robinsong/ Across Borders
Video
The jobs vs environment conflict is often presented as a black
and white problem. The theory states that to save valuable
jobs a certain amount of environmental degradation must occur.
But what happens when that degradation threatens not only the
environment but other jobs? This film shows the true
complexity of the issue.
In Canada, as in the US, uncertainty looms over the quality of
local water supplies as paper and pulp mills dump the effluent
from their bleach processing into waterways. Federal
officials in British Columbia were forced to close the beaches
around the plant at Powell River (and several other mills in
Georgia Strait) because of dioxin contamination of shellfish.
Concerned citizens protested the dumping but they are up
against the largest employer in the Powell River area. The
plant owners claim that making the necessary changes would
eliminate well-paying jobs. But the paper mills are not the
only local business. Oyster farms, a promising new, clean and
sustainable industry, are threatened. After generations of
clam digging, native peoples have seen their livelihoods, as
well as a traditional food source, cut off.
The film includes a challenge to viewers to consider the power
they have in purchasing only recycled and bleach-free paper
products. If the demand for environmentally friendly products
is high, then the mills will have to change
their practices to survive.
Awards: Silver Apple, National Educational Film & Video
Festival; North American Association for Environmental
Education Film Festival; West Virginia Film Festival; 2nd
Place, International Wildlife Film Festival
- "Perhaps the best video on the environment that I've seen in
the past decade. A must for all classrooms." The Sustainable
Futures Society
- "Emphasizes the importance of individual empowerment over
environmental issues." Video Rating Guide for Libraries
WATER POLLUTION, PAPER MILLS, FORESTS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
ENVIRONMENT
ISBN: 1-56029-562-7
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