Plastic Problem PSA portrays a singular message towards global plastic pollution communicated through a comedic lens to open the conversation about this dire topic in a palatable manner. The hope is that Plastic Problem PSA will span across boarders inciting change in human behavior towards our use and disposal of plastic while pursuing more environmentally sustainable solutions.

Plastic Problem PSA

A press conference is disrupted by a plastic bag.

In a not-too-distant future, the once-picturesque city of Lucerne (Switzerland) has become uninhabitable due to the climate crisis. Beginning in an abandoned kitchen, the scope of the change is revealed on an ever-increasing scale until finally, the dried-up Lake Lucerne can be seen.3.5% is a hybrid of computer animation and live action. The audio features excerpts from interviews with climate activist Greta Thunberg.

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What will Europe look like if we continue to ignore the climate crisis?

On August 16, 2020, a rare, dry lightning storm that produced over 11,000 bolts of lightning, ignited hundreds of fires across California. Some of these initially separate, scattered fires, began to merge and grow after a rapid change in wind conditions, and these mounting fires became known as the CZU Lightning Complex Fire.Of the areas touched by these devastating wildfires, was Big Basin Redwoods State Park, a place dearly loved by so many across the world for its lush beauty and impressive old growth forest. Inspired by the accounts of friends, neighbors, coworkers, and the natural and cultural resources that called the park home, Big Basin Speaks lends a feeling of hope to all those who have despaired at the hands of these fires by giving an artistic glimpse into the mind and heart of Big Basin itself.To learn more about how State Parks and its partners are Reimagining Big Basin, visit <a href="http://www.ReimaginingBigBasin.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.ReimaginingBigBasin.org</a>.

Big Basin Speaks

A forest speaks after experiencing a devastating wildfire.

In the summer of 1988 dry lightning sparked a fire in the parched and drought ridden landscape of Yellowstone Park igniting a blaze that would scorch over 1.5 million perimeter acres. Song of Fire, the narrative poem that guides the animation, tells the story of this conflagration that raged unabated for months until a snow of such intense severity extinguished the flames. That winter surviving Fauna, exhausted from fire and weakened by hunger, die in greater numbers than those claimed by the fire. The cosmos turns from one season to another and another and life in the park begins anew.

Yellowstone 88 - Song of Fire

Dry lightning sparks a fire in drought ridden Yellowstone igniting a conflagration that destroys 36% of the park. How do the animals survive?

Abby Barrows (micro-plastic scientist/researcher) and Mike Libecki (Nat Geo explorer) embark on a journey to research climate and micro-plastics in Antarctica. Their team integrates cutting-edge technology in hopes to learn more about urgent and devastating problems with micro-plastics polluting and corrupting our planet. Abby gathered more than 60 samples of water types to look for micro-plastics in one of the most remote areas of our planet. Will the results show micro-plastic pollution in such a pristine part of our planet?

Antarctica: The Intersection of Technology and Climate Action

Are there micro-plastics polluting our last pristine continent? Could their be micro-plastic pollution in remote and pristine Antarctica?

A journey of discovery that builds toward the ultimate conclusion of what is the driving force behind habitat loss and all environmental destruction. I travel to Kenya to see for myself how my own consumption could potentially harm animals and cause habitat loss worldwide. I want to take you on this journey.

Space to Live

As the plastic pollution crisis has become an international scandal, the biggest consumer goods brands on earth have declared they have a solution: recycling. But our plastic packaging is still more likely to end up being burned or dumped than recycled. We show how the oil, packaging and consumer goods industries spin the recycling fairytale to allow them to continue polluting without consequence. As we all pick up the bill for a world drowning in plastic, the film asks: who is getting rich?

The Recycling Myth

What really happens to our plastic waste once we put it in the recycling bin?

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