EVENTS
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
White Mountains Roadless Area Outing
July 11, 2009
Warren, New Hampshire
The Center and Great Old Broads for Wilderness are co-sponsoring a hike into the South Carr Mountain Inventoried Roadless Area in the beautiful White Mountains. We'll visit the site of the Batchelder Brook project, where the Forest Service clearcut a portion of the roadless area last fall, and we’ll also take a short hike in an unlogged portion of the roadless area. The hike will be followed by an optional group overnight campout at the Wildwood Campground on the Ammonoosuc River, where we'll share a campfire discussion about roadless-area protection strategies and the future of wild forests and public lands in New England. We’ll be joined by other forest activists from the area.
We’ll meet at 11 a.m. on July 11 in Warren, New Hampshire, at the town green at the intersection of Route 25 and 25C (by the big rocket, a local landmark). We'll caravan the short distance to the trailhead from there. Wildwood Campground is about a 35-minute drive to the north. Dinner will be on your own, to be followed by our evening conversation. Breakfast and departure the next morning will be at your leisure.
Please RSVP by July 6 to Mollie Matteson at mmatteson@gmavt.net or call (802) 434-2388. (Donations to the Center are suggested.)
Learn more about our New England National Forest Roadless Areas campaign and watch our disturbing video of clearcutting in the South Carr Mountain Inventoried Roadless Area.
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FUEL: The Film
Now playing
After growing up amongst Louisiana's oil refineries and watching his own family suffer from pollution-related cancers, in 1997 activist and filmmaker Josh Tickell took off in his biodiesel-powered "Veggie Van" on an epic road trip to make the film that would win the 2008 Sundance Film Festival's Audience Award for Best Documentary. FUEL, with appearances by a huge cast of notables including Jimmy Carter, Willie Nelson, Julia Roberts, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., tracks the rise of Big Oil from Rockefeller's strategy to halt Ford's first ethanol cars to Dick Cheney's petrochemical company-sponsored legislation. But FUEL not only exposes America's debilitating addiction to oil — it also describes a gamut of intriguing solutions to "repower America," offering hope for a sustainable, oil-independent future. It received 11 standing ovations at Sundance, was shortlisted for the Oscars, and earned the Writers Guild of America's nomination for best documentary writing.
Take it from Tickell himself: "What's astounding about this movie is the way it leaves you feeling — hopeful, uplifted, and inspired." The FUEL team is building a national grassroots outreach campaign and wants you to help spread the word about the movie and what it stands for.
FUEL is now playing in various cities and will debut in New York in March. Learn more about the film, watch a trailer, and see where it's playing here.
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