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CONTINUUM [Trailer] from Planetary Collective on Vimeo.

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CONTINUUM is a feature length documentary telling the story of where we came from, who we are, and the possiblities of our future. The film features interviews with poets and astronauts, physicists and storytellers, anthropologists and Tibetan lamas, and stunning cinematography from around the world. The many voices of the film share a unified vision: we must start acting as a planetary civilization.

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CAST (more interviews coming soon)

Peter Russell – physicist and author of ‘The Global Brain’ and ‘Waking Up In Time’
David Loy – Buddhist scholar and author of ‘The World is Made of Stories’ and ‘Money, Sex, War, Karma’
Joanna Macy – environmental activist and author of ‘World as Lover, World as Self’
Wade Davis – anthropologist and author of ‘The Serpent and the Rainbow’
Paul Hawken – environmentalist and author of ‘Blessed Unrest’
H.H. 17th Gyalwa Karmapa – spiritual teacher of the Tibetan people
Janine Benyus – natural sciences writer and expert on biomimicry
Ron Garan – NASA astronaut and founder of Fragile Oasis
Sean Kelly – author of ‘Coming Home: The Birth and Transformation of the Planetary Era’
Cynthia Brown – writer and teacher of Big History
Barry Lopez – environmental writer, artist and journalist
Anam Thubten – Buddhist teacher in the Nyingma tradition
Bill McKibben – environmentalist, author and founder of 350.org
Alan Senauke – social activist and Zen Buddhist teacher
Drew Dellinger – social activist and poet
Bernie Glassman – American Zen Buddhist and co-founder of the Zen Peacemakers
Lawrence Ellis – complexity science consultant and spiritual activist
Wes Nisker – writer, comedian and editor of ‘Inquiring Mind’ journal
Sam Mickey – environmental ethics professor at the University of San Francisco

CREW
Produced by: Steve Kennedy, Guy Reid, Christoph Ferstad
Directed by: Guy Reid
Edited by: Steve Kennedy
Director of Photography: Christoph Ferstad
Original Soundtrack: The Human Suits (humansuits,com)

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Watch our short film OVERVIEW: vimeo.com/planetarycollective/overview
And check out OVERVIEW’s microsite: overviewthemovie.com/

Read more about Planetary Collective here: planetarycollective.com/

OVERVIEW from Planetary Collective on Vimeo.

Check out the trailer for our feature film CONTINUUM: vimeo.com/60234866
If you’d like more information about CONTINUUM and how you can support & even pre-order the film, check out: continuumthemovie.com.

On the 40th anniversary of the famous ‘Blue Marble’ photograph taken of Earth from space, Planetary Collective presents a short film documenting astronauts’ life-changing stories of seeing the Earth from the outside – a perspective-altering experience often described as the Overview Effect.

The Overview Effect, first described by author Frank White in 1987, is an experience that transforms astronauts’ perspective of the planet and mankind’s place upon it. Common features of the experience are a feeling of awe for the planet, a profound understanding of the interconnection of all life, and a renewed sense of responsibility for taking care of the environment.

‘Overview’ is a short film that explores this phenomenon through interviews with five astronauts who have experienced the Overview Effect. The film also features insights from commentators and thinkers on the wider implications and importance of this understanding for society, and our relationship to the environment.

CAST
• EDGAR MITCHELL – Apollo 14 astronaut and founder of the Institute of Noetic Sciences
• RON GARAN – ISS astronaut and founder of humanitarian organization Fragile Oasis
• NICOLE STOTT – Shuttle and ISS astronaut and member of Fragile Oasis
• JEFF HOFFMAN – Shuttle astronaut and senior lecturer at MIT
• SHANE KIMBROUGH – Shuttle/ISS astronaut and Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army
• FRANK WHITE – space theorist and author of the book ‘The Overview Effect’
• DAVID LOY- philosopher and author
• DAVID BEAVER – philosopher and co-founder of The Overview Institute
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CREW
Produced by: GUY REID, STEVE KENNEDY, CHRISTOPHER FERSTAD
Director: GUY REID
Editor: STEVE KENNEDY
Director of Photography: CHRISTOPHER FERSTAD
Original Score: HUMAN SUITS
Dubbing Mixer: PATCH MORRISON
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TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Filmed with Canon 5D Mk ii.
Additional footage from NASA / ESA archives
Duration: 19 minutes
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Planetary Collective: planetarycollective.com/
Overview Microsite: overviewthemovie.com/
Human Suits (original score): humansuits.com/

For more information:
The Overview Institute: overviewinstitute.org/
Fragile Oasis: fragileoasis.org/

Biophilic Design: The Architecture of Life (Trailer) from Tamarack Media on Vimeo.

Executive Producer: Stephen Kellert
Producer/Director: Bill Finnegan
Production Company: Tamarack Media
Film Length: 60 minutes

More information at biophilicdesign.net.

Biophilic Design is an innovative way of designing the places where we live, work, and learn. We need nature in a deep and fundamental fashion, but we have often designed our cities and suburbs in ways that both degrade the environment and alienate us from nature. The recent trend in green architecture has decreased the environmental impact of the built environment, but it has accomplished little in the way of reconnecting us to the natural world, the missing piece in the puzzle of sustainable development. Come on a journey from our evolutionary past and the origins of architecture to the world’s most celebrated buildings in a search for the architecture of life. Together, we will encounter buildings that connect people and nature - hospitals where patients heal faster, schools where children’s test scores are higher, offices where workers are more productive, and communities where people know more of their neighbors and families thrive. Biophilic Design points the way toward creating healthy and productive habitats for modern humans.

Producer Bios

Dr. Stephen R. Kellert is the Tweedy Ordway Professor Emeritus of Social Ecology and Senior Research Scholar at the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Bio-Logical Capital, a firm that invests in and implements sustainable land uses on large landscapes, as well as he was a founding partner of Environmental Capital Partners, a private equity company investing in the environmental sector. His work focuses on understanding the connection between nature and humanity with a particular interest in environmental conservation and sustainable design and development. His awards include: the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award, Connecticut Outdoor and Environmental Educators Association; the 2010 Distinguished Alumni Service Award, Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; the 2009 George B. Hartzog Award for Environmental Conservation; the 2008 American Publishers Professional and Scholarly Best Book of Year Award in Architecture and Urban Planning for the book Biophilic Design; the 2005 Outstanding Research Award for contributions to theory and science, from the North American Association for Environmental Education; the 1997 National Conservation Achievement Award, from the National Wildlife Federation; the 1990 Distinguished Individual Achievement Award, from the Society for Conservation Biology; the 1985 Best Publication of Year Award, from the International Foundation for Environmental Conservation; and, the 1983 Special Achievement Award, from the National Wildlife Federation. Dr. Kellert is also listed and described in “American Environmental Leaders: From Colonial Times to the Present.” He has served on committees of the National Academy of Sciences, and has been a member of the board of directors of many organizations. He has authored more than 150 publications, including the following books: Endless Spring: the Ties that Bind Nature with Humanity (Yale University Press, in preparation); Companions in Wonder: Reflections on Children and Adults Exploring Nature Together (edited with J. Dunlap, Cambridge: MIT Press, 2011); The Coming Transformation: Values to Sustain Natural and Human Communities (edited with Gus Speth, Yale FES, 2010); Biophilic Design: The Theory, Science, and Practice of Bringing Buildings to Life (co-editors, J. Heerwagen, M. Mador, John Wiley, 2008), Building for Life: Designing and Understanding the Human-Nature Connection (Island Press 2005); Kinship to Mastery: Biophilia in Human Evolution and Development (Island Press, 1997); The Value of Life: Biological Diversity and Human Society (Island Press, 1996); The Biophilia Hypothesis (edited with E.O. Wilson, Island Press, 1993); The Good in Nature and Humanity: Connecting Science, Religion, and Spirituality with the Natural World (edited with T. Farnham, Island Press, 2002); Children and Nature: Psychological, Sociocultural, and Evolutionary Foundations (edited with P. Kahn, Jr., MIT Press, 2002); and Ecology, Economics, Ethics: The Broken Circle (edited with F.H. Bormann, Yale University Press, 1991).

Bill Finnegan is a founding partner of Tamarack Media, a multimedia production company that specializes in telling stories about the relationship between people and nature and harnessing the power of new media to educate and advocate. Through Tamarack, Bill has produced award-winning films for television, film festivals, and the web, including Building Community with Greenspace (episode in the 2006 public television series Natural Heroes), Restoring America’s Serengeti (Best PSA, 2005 International Wildlife Film Festival), and Wetlands & Wonder (Merit Award for Conservation Message, 2009 International Wildlife Film Festival). Bill also served as Associate Producer and Additional Editor on The Axe in the Attic, a feature documentary on the Hurricane Katrina Diaspora that premiered at the 2007 New York Film Festival. In 2006, Bill received the Journey of a Lifetime grant from the Royal Geographical Society to produce a radio documentary on Cairo’s garbage collectors and recyclers (the Zabbaleen) that was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Bill received a 2007 New Voices award from J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism and a 2010 TogetherGreen Fellowship from National Audubon Society and Toyota. Before founding Tamarack, Bill worked at Cross Current Productions, Interlock Media, and Smash Entertainment Group, where he made programs for the History Channel. Bill teaches video production at Champlain College, serves on the Montpelier Conservation Commission, and is the President of the Board of Directors of the DREAM Program.

Biophilic Design: The Architecture of Life (Trailer) from Tamarack Media on Vimeo.

Executive Producer: Stephen Kellert
Producer/Director: Bill Finnegan
Production Company: Tamarack Media
Film Length: 60 minutes

More information at biophilicdesign.net.

Biophilic Design is an innovative way of designing the places where we live, work, and learn. We need nature in a deep and fundamental fashion, but we have often designed our cities and suburbs in ways that both degrade the environment and alienate us from nature. The recent trend in green architecture has decreased the environmental impact of the built environment, but it has accomplished little in the way of reconnecting us to the natural world, the missing piece in the puzzle of sustainable development. Come on a journey from our evolutionary past and the origins of architecture to the world’s most celebrated buildings in a search for the architecture of life. Together, we will encounter buildings that connect people and nature - hospitals where patients heal faster, schools where children’s test scores are higher, offices where workers are more productive, and communities where people know more of their neighbors and families thrive. Biophilic Design points the way toward creating healthy and productive habitats for modern humans.

Producer Bios

Dr. Stephen R. Kellert is the Tweedy Ordway Professor Emeritus of Social Ecology and Senior Research Scholar at the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Bio-Logical Capital, a firm that invests in and implements sustainable land uses on large landscapes, as well as he was a founding partner of Environmental Capital Partners, a private equity company investing in the environmental sector. His work focuses on understanding the connection between nature and humanity with a particular interest in environmental conservation and sustainable design and development. His awards include: the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award, Connecticut Outdoor and Environmental Educators Association; the 2010 Distinguished Alumni Service Award, Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; the 2009 George B. Hartzog Award for Environmental Conservation; the 2008 American Publishers Professional and Scholarly Best Book of Year Award in Architecture and Urban Planning for the book Biophilic Design; the 2005 Outstanding Research Award for contributions to theory and science, from the North American Association for Environmental Education; the 1997 National Conservation Achievement Award, from the National Wildlife Federation; the 1990 Distinguished Individual Achievement Award, from the Society for Conservation Biology; the 1985 Best Publication of Year Award, from the International Foundation for Environmental Conservation; and, the 1983 Special Achievement Award, from the National Wildlife Federation. Dr. Kellert is also listed and described in “American Environmental Leaders: From Colonial Times to the Present.” He has served on committees of the National Academy of Sciences, and has been a member of the board of directors of many organizations. He has authored more than 150 publications, including the following books: Endless Spring: the Ties that Bind Nature with Humanity (Yale University Press, in preparation); Companions in Wonder: Reflections on Children and Adults Exploring Nature Together (edited with J. Dunlap, Cambridge: MIT Press, 2011); The Coming Transformation: Values to Sustain Natural and Human Communities (edited with Gus Speth, Yale FES, 2010); Biophilic Design: The Theory, Science, and Practice of Bringing Buildings to Life (co-editors, J. Heerwagen, M. Mador, John Wiley, 2008), Building for Life: Designing and Understanding the Human-Nature Connection (Island Press 2005); Kinship to Mastery: Biophilia in Human Evolution and Development (Island Press, 1997); The Value of Life: Biological Diversity and Human Society (Island Press, 1996); The Biophilia Hypothesis (edited with E.O. Wilson, Island Press, 1993); The Good in Nature and Humanity: Connecting Science, Religion, and Spirituality with the Natural World (edited with T. Farnham, Island Press, 2002); Children and Nature: Psychological, Sociocultural, and Evolutionary Foundations (edited with P. Kahn, Jr., MIT Press, 2002); and Ecology, Economics, Ethics: The Broken Circle (edited with F.H. Bormann, Yale University Press, 1991).

Bill Finnegan is a founding partner of Tamarack Media, a multimedia production company that specializes in telling stories about the relationship between people and nature and harnessing the power of new media to educate and advocate. Through Tamarack, Bill has produced award-winning films for television, film festivals, and the web, including Building Community with Greenspace (episode in the 2006 public television series Natural Heroes), Restoring America’s Serengeti (Best PSA, 2005 International Wildlife Film Festival), and Wetlands & Wonder (Merit Award for Conservation Message, 2009 International Wildlife Film Festival). Bill also served as Associate Producer and Additional Editor on The Axe in the Attic, a feature documentary on the Hurricane Katrina Diaspora that premiered at the 2007 New York Film Festival. In 2006, Bill received the Journey of a Lifetime grant from the Royal Geographical Society to produce a radio documentary on Cairo’s garbage collectors and recyclers (the Zabbaleen) that was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Bill received a 2007 New Voices award from J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism and a 2010 TogetherGreen Fellowship from National Audubon Society and Toyota. Before founding Tamarack, Bill worked at Cross Current Productions, Interlock Media, and Smash Entertainment Group, where he made programs for the History Channel. Bill teaches video production at Champlain College, serves on the Montpelier Conservation Commission, and is the President of the Board of Directors of the DREAM Program.