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Events
Join the Apalachicola Riverkeeper for Two Events this Summer!:
Apalachicola Riverkeeper’s 10th Anniversary Open House and Celebration
Come join us for FREE seafood and libations on Saturday, July 18th from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. EDT at our new office at 232-B Water Street, Apalachicola, Florida. We’ll be sharing good food and good will in thanks to our members and supporters who’ve been there for us during the past 10 years. Don’t forget to check out our website, www.apalachicolariverkeeper.org to become eligible for a drawing for a St. George Island beach house and other great prizes. We hope to see you then.
North America’s Largest Environmental Film Festival Comes to the Forgotten Coast.
Join the Apalachicola Riverkeepers when they host the Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival On Tour August 29 through September 5 in Apalachicola, Carrabelle, St. Teresa, and Wewahitchka. The South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) has presented the film festival to communities across America since 2003.
The Wild & Scenic Film Festival brings together a selection of films from the annual festival held the second week of January in Nevada City, California. “The films tell a story about our planet, highlighting issues, providing solutions and giving a call to action,” says Tour Manager, Susie Sutphin. “Their collective energy empowers communities to initiate conversations that can bring about compromise and collaborative efforts that positively impact our wild places.” The Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival was started by the watershed advocacy group, SYRCL in 2003. SYRCL is sharing their success as an environmental group with others organizations to bring the festival toover 90 communities nationwide. It is building a network of grassroots organizations connected by a common goal of using film to inspire conservation. The festival’s namesake is in celebration of achieving Wild & Scenic status for 39 miles of the South Yuba River in 1999.
The multiday festival will be held in venues such as the Tupelo Theater in Wewahitchka, the historic Dixie Theater in Apalachicola, the Carrabelle City Auditorium, and the FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory in St. Teresa. It will feature dozens of award-winning films and a children’s program. The general audience programs will have different selections of films. Each program will last one and a half hours and will offer films such as:
Water Front – 22 minutes, Liz Miller, Curtis Smith - What if you lived by the largest body of fresh water in the world but could no longer afford to use it? Residents of Highland Park, Michigan, known as the birthplace of the auto-industry, have received water bills as high as $10,000; they have had their water turned off, their homes foreclosed, and are struggling to keep water, a basic human right, from becoming privatized. The story touches on the very essence of our democratic system and is an unnerving indication of what is in store for residents around the world facing their own water struggles. Best of Fest, Hazel Wolf Environmental FF.
Once upon a Tide – 9:15 minutes, Kathleen Frith, Mark Shelley, Drew Takahashi - A spell has been cast causing people to forget about the ocean and its importance to our lives. But with a young girl, we embark on a fantastic journey, where orcas swim through corn fields, scientists talk in rhyme, and the audience, discover how the ocean touches all parts of our Earth and nurtures our existence. Best of Show, Santa Barbara Ocean FF. Animation.
Papa Tortuga – 20 minutes, Rob and Elise Wilson - Fernando shows that one person CAN make a difference. His efforts in Tecolutla, Vera Cruz, Mexico, have helped to save the endangered Lora Sea Turtles from extinction. Best of Show, SF Ocean FF.
Gorilla in the Greenhouse: Great Pacific Garbage Patch - 8 minutes, Jay Golden, Eli Noyes, Ralph Guggenheim- Follow four kids and a green gorilla as they overcome a demented plot by Dr. Morlon Hufflebot to create an island of plastic bags in the Pacific Ocean. Animation.
Renewal – 35 minutes, Marty Ostrow, Terry Kay Rockefeller - In communities across America, people are rolling up their sleeves in practical and far-reaching ways. Offering a profound message of hope, this film shows people driven by their spiritual and religious convictions, being called to re-examine what it means to be human and how we live on this planet. The full-feature film presents eight individual stories of Americans around the nation in different faith traditions, who are working to become better stewards of the environment. In this edited version for the Wild & Scenic On Tour, three parishes are featured: a Christian, a Jewish and a Buddhist congregation. Best of Fest, Hazel Wolf FF.
“Last year we hosted a one-day Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival On Tour in Tallahassee,” says Andy Smith, Executive Director of the Apalachicola Riverkeeper. “Everyone loved the films – for their inspirational, innovative, effective, and often humorous approach to stubborn problems. They make you feel good about what we can do to make our world a better place for everyone.”
The Apalachicola Riverkeeper is celebrating its 10th Anniversary. Since 1999, the group has worked with concerned citizens to protect the Apalachicola ecosystem and the livelihood of people who depend on it for a living. The group uses persistent advocacy to attack tough problems like the environmentally destructive dredging of the middle reaches of the river and ecologically unsustainable development. The Apalachicola Riverkeeper collaborates with diverse groups to design and implement river and shoreline restoration projects, put on educational programs like the Franklin County Seahawk – Art for the Sky, and an annual Franklin County coastal cleanup.
“The Apalachicola ecosystem is one of the most amazing places on the planet to live and work,” says Smith. “The Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival On Tour will provide a refreshing look at what folks in other part of our nation and world face and solve in their efforts to create sustainable ecological and economic environments. We hope you will join us.”
The Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival On Tour is supported by funding from the Franklin County Tourism Development Council and is sponsored by Clif Bar, Osprey Packs, Patagonia, Sierra Nevada Brewing, and Tom’s of Maine.
Film Festival Details:
Dates and Times:
Saturday, August 29, Carrabelle City Auditorium
1001 Grey Avenue, Carrabelle
Children’s Program at 5:00 p.m. EDT
Adults $10, Children Free
Wine and Cheese Reception at 6:30 p.m. EDT
General Audience Program I at 7:00 p.m. EDT
Adults $10, Children $5
Thursday, September 3, Tupelo Theater
136 Highway 22, Wewahitchka
Wine and Cheese Reception at 6:00 p.m. CDT
General Audience Program I at 7:00 p.m. CDT
$10 Adults, $5 Children
Friday, September 4, FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory
3618 US Highway 98, St. Teresa
Wine and Cheese Reception at 6:00 p.m. EDT
General Audience Program II at 7:00 p.m. EDT
$10 Adults, $5 Children
Saturday, September 5, Dixie Theater
21 Avenue E, Apalachicola
Children’s Program at 3:00 p.m. EDT
Tickets $10 Adults, Children Free
General Audience Program II at 5:00 p.m. EDT
Wine and Cheese Reception 6:30 p.m.
General Audience Program III at 7:00 p.m. EDT
General Audience Programs $10 Adults, $5 Children
Tickets can be purchased at Apalachicola Riverkeeper, 850-653-8936 or at the door; seating is limited so advanced purchase is recommended.
Annual Membership Meeting and Board Election
Join us on Friday, March 13, 2009, at the Apalachicola Community Center from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Van Johnson, Mayor of Apalachicola, will be our guest speaker. As always we will have great food and reports from Dan, Dave, and Andy. We'll also have elections for the Board of Directors.
The Apalachicola Community Center is located at 1 Bay Avenue - that's under the bridge and across the street from Battery Park (also known as 10-foot hole) boat ramp and the city marina.
Please contribute a dish to the pot-luck or help set up - give
Kayd Selden a call at (850) 653-8936 or email
at riverkeeper@apalachicolariverkeeper.org.
Spring Cleanup
Saturday, March 21, 2009, from 8:00 a.m. to noon. Come to one of three locations:
Meet at Millender Park, Millender Drive off Patton Road, Eastpoint.
Meet at the Waterfront Pavillion on Marine Street, Carrabelle.
Meet at Gully Branch (from downtown Carrabelle go 5.9 miles north on Franklin County Route 67 to Gully Branch Road, turn left and follow Gully Branch Road 5.8 miles to the Tate's Hell State Forest picnic pavillion), Tate's Hell State Forest.
Join the Apalachicola Riverkeeper, Carrabelle Waterfronts Partnership, Church of Christ in Eastpoint, Franklin County Department of Parks and Recreation, Philaco Women's Club, and Tate's Hell State Forest for a satisfying way to spend a spring morning. Wear sturdy shoes or water shoes, long pants, long sleeves, gloves, and hats. Bring water and bug spray.
We'll have trash bags, gloves, snacks, and treats.
Riverkeeper Roundup and Oyster Roast
Saturday, April 4, 2009, 4 - 8 p.m. Dinner 6 - 7 p.m.
Birdsong Nature Center, 2106 Meridian Road, Grady County, Georgia, www.birdsongnaturecenter.org, (800) 953-2473, (229) 377-4408.
Admission $25 - includes dinner, a drink, and a chance at a great door prize.
Raffle and Drink tickets sold seperately at the Roundup or at the Riverkeeper office, 850-653-8936.
If you never been to Birdsong you're in for a treat. Birdsong has the most beautiful bird window and sweetest walking trails in the Red Hills! As always, we'll have great food including gourmet oysters by the Green Team Grilling Machine. We'll have unique auction and raffle items, including original artwork, prints, and Richard Bickel's book Apalachicola River: An American Treasure - faces along the river. We'll have some nice music and time to watch the sunset and hear the frogs at Listening Place.
We hope you'll join us and help support our work to protect the amazing Apalachicola!
Wild and Scenic Film Festival on Tour!
August 29 - September 5, 2009.
Once again the Apalachicola Riverkeeper will host the Wild and Scenic Film Festival On Tour. This year we are working with the Apalachicola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, Gulf County Tourist Development Council (Port St. Joe), Tupelo Theater (Wewahitchka), FSU Coastal & Marine Laboratory (Turkey Point) to bring the festival to venues across the Forgotten Coast and up the Apalachicola.
We will post the schedule, venues, and films in the coming months.
If you would like to sponsor a venue or volunteer to plan and
put it together, give us a call at (850) 653-8936
or email at riverkeeper@apalachicolariverkeeper.org!
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