GR425: Festival Catalog

official festival guide

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WELCOME TO THE WILD

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FESTIVAL DETAILS

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PROTECTING OUR PLANET

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FUNDRAISING INFORMATION

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WELCOME TO THE WILD

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ALL ABOUT ATTENBOROUGH BIOGRAPHY David Attenborough (1926 – ) is one of the most widely respected TV broadcasters and has become known as the face and voice of natural history documentaries. His career in broadcasting has stretched over more than a half a century from 1952. David is the younger brother of actor, Richard Attenborough. David was brought up in Leicester and went to Clare College, Cambridge to study Natural Sciences; after graduating in 1947, he was called up for two years national service in the Navy.

On leaving the navy, he briefly worked as an editor for a children’s book for a publishing company. However, in 1950 he applied to the BBC for a job. Initially, he was rejected, but his CV remained on file and shortly afterwards was given a three months training schedule to work as a BBC broadcaster. He proved to be a good worker and quickly progressed through the ranks of fledgeling BBC TV service. He became in charge of all non-fiction broadcasts and was soon associated with various natural history programmes such as The Pattern of Animals and Zoo Quest.

From 1965 to 1969 Attenborough was the controller of BBC2. He initiated a wide range of programmes including live Snooker, Match of the Day, the Likely Lads and Mastermind. David later said he felt BBC2 should maintain a good range of diversity.

However, David Attenborough is remembered primarily for his natural history series that he wrote and produced. These used ground breaking filming techniques and his ease of presentation made the material very accessible and of interest to a new generation of viewers.

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The key to David’s appeal is his ability to share his genuine enthusiasm and love for wildlife. His distinctive and calming voice has become synonymous with wildlife broadcasting. Interestingly a reader’s survey of Readers’ Digest found that David Attenborough was the most trusted of British celebrities.

In recent years David has become increasingly outspoken on issues such as environmental damage, global warming and extinction of particular species. He has stated that human overpopulation and global warming (caused by human activity) are the root cause of much of the world’s growing environmental problems.

He has lent his voice to organisations such as WWF in their fight to protect certain species and campaign for wildlife. In the last episode of “State of the Planet”, he summed up his feelings with this statement.

“The future of life on earth depends on our ability to take action. Many individuals are doing what they can, but real success can only come if there’s a change in our societies and our economics and in our politics. I’ve been lucky in my lifetime to see some of the greatest spectacles that the natural world has to offer. Surely we have a responsibility to leave for future generations a planet that is healthy, inhabitable by all species.”

In the BBC series Blue Planet II, he narrated the case of 700 plastic ducks lost at sea in 1992, and which continue to float around the world.

This played a major role in highlighting the influence of plastic pollution in the world and his raising of issue, played a role in galvanising a global change in attitudes to plastic.

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FILMOGRAPHY DOCUMENTARY SERIES 1954-1963

1997-2005

2000-2003 2013-2017

2015-2017 2016-

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2018-2020

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DOCUMENTARY FILMS CONT.

Zoo Quest

2008

Life in Cold Blood

Life of Mammals

2009

Nature’s Great Events

Great Barrier Reef

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First Life

2011

Madagascar

Wildlife on One

Natural Curiousities Planet Earth 2 Blue Planet 2 Dynasties

Climate Change: Facts Our Planet

DOCUMENTARY FILMS. 1979

2006

2013

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The Penguin King

60 Years in the Wild Galapagos 3D

Africa

2015

Conquest of Skies

The State of the Planet

2016

Life That Glows

2019

Seven Worlds One Planet

2021

Extinction: The Facts

2000

2005

2012

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Frozen Planet

Kingdom of Plants

The Private Life of Plants

1995

2001

2012

Alive

The Trials of Life

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2011

Flying Monsters

2014

1990

1996

2010

Life

Bjork + Attenborough

The First Eden

1993

2009

The Tree of Life

2013

1987

1989

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Life on Earth

2009

Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives Life in the Freezer

Attenborough in Paradise

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2014

2015

The Blue Planet

2019

Life in the Undergrowth

2020

Deep Blue

Planet Earth

Rise of Animals Life Story The Hunt

Wild Karnataka

A Life On Our Planet

COMING IN 2021

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FESTIVAL MAP GOLDEN GATE PARK 9TH ST. ENTRANCE SAN FRANCISCO, CA

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FESTIVAL SCHEDULE OPERATIONAL HOURS May 6-8 2021 from 12 PM - 10:30 PM

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ANIMAL ARENA zoo quest

david in paradise

life on earth the blue planet

state of the planet

plant kingdom deep blue

wildlife on one

planet earth vanished life

flying monsters

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life on earth state of the planet frozen planets

plant kingdom

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planet earth extinction : the facts the penguin king

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FEATURED PROJECTS

ZOO QUEST

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PLAYING FRIDAY 7:30 PM ANIMAL ARENA SCREEN

Witness David Attenborough’s first feature film dedicated to Climate Change; as he confronts the brutal answer to some of our burning questions...

State of the Planet is a three-part environmental documentary series, made by the BBC Natural History Unit, transmitted in November 2000. It is written and presented by David Attenborough, and produced by Rupert Barrington. It includes interviews with many leading scientists, such as Edward O. Wilson and Jared Diamond. Each of the programmes attempts to find answers to the potential ecological crisis that threatens the Earth.

Together with leading experts, David Attenborough examines the latest scientific evidence in order to discover if the planet’s ecosystems are really in crisis. If so, he asks how it could have come about, and what is so different now that prevents certain species from adapting to survive, as they did in the past? Attenborough presents some stark facts. He states that humans are now triggering a mass extinction on a similar scale to that which wiped out the dinosaurs — but at an unprecedented rate. He investigates the five main activities of mankind that are the most likely contributory factors: Habitat loss, Introduced species, Pollution, Over-harvesting, Islandisation, As Homo sapiens relentlessly encroaches on the natural world and its inhabitants, the viewer is presented with a choice: leave behind a flourishing planet or a dying one.

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STATE OF THE PLANET PLAYING FRIDAY 7:30 PM ANIMAL ARENA SCREEN

Witness David Attenborough’s first feature film dedicated to Climate Change; as he confronts the brutal answer to some of our burning questions...

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State of the Planet is a three-part environmental documentary series, made by the BBC Natural History Unit, transmitted in November 2000. It is written and presented by David Attenborough, and produced by Rupert Barrington. It includes interviews with many leading scientists, such as Edward O. Wilson and Jared Diamond. Each of the programmes attempts to find answers to the potential ecological crisis that threatens the Earth.

Together with leading experts, David Attenborough examines the latest scientific evidence in order to discover if the planet’s ecosystems are really in crisis. If so, he asks how it could have come about, and what is so different now that prevents certain species from adapting to survive, as they did in the past? Attenborough presents some stark facts. He states that humans are now triggering a mass extinction on a similar scale to that which wiped out the dinosaurs — but at an unprecedented rate. He investigates the five main activities of mankind that are the most likely contributory factors: Habitat loss, Introduced species, Pollution, Over-harvesting, Islandisation, As Homo sapiens relentlessly encroaches on the natural world and its inhabitants, the viewer is presented with a choice: leave behind a flourishing planet or a dying one.

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LIFE ON OUR PLANET

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PLAYING FRIDAY 7:30 PM ANIMAL ARENA SCREEN

David Attenborough recounts how theearth has changed over the past 90 years. A Life On Our Planet serves as Attenborough’s Official Testimony in the Case Against Climate Change.

From Pripyat, an area deserted after a nuclear disaster, Attenborough gives an overview of his life. Interspersed with footage of his career and of a wide variety of ecosystems, he narrates key moments in his career and indicators of how the planet has changed over his lifetime.

One man has seen more of the natural world than any other.

This unique feature documentary is his witness statement. In his 93 years, David Attenborough has visited every continent on the globe, exploring the wild places of our planet and documenting the living world in all its variety and wonder. Now, for the first time he reflects upon both the defining moments of his lifetime as a naturalist and the devastating changes he has seen. Honest, revealing and urgent, DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: A LIFE ON OUR PLANET is a powerful first-hand account of humanity’s impact on nature and a message of hope for future generations.

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1937 WORLD POPULATION: 2.3 BILLION CARBON IN ATMOSPHERE: 280 PPM REMAINING WILDERNESS: 66%

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2020 WORLD POPULATION: 7.8 BILLION CARBON IN ATMOSPHERE: 415 PPM REMAINING WILDERNESS: 35%

Nature is our biggest ally and our greatest inspiration.

We just have to do what nature has always done.

It worked out the secret of life long ago.

In this world, a species can only thrive… when everything else around it thrives, too.

We can solve the problems we now face by embracing this reality.

If we take care of nature, nature will take care of us

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THE PROBLEM Climate Change is the result of intentional Environmental Destruction.

THE FACTS Every year, we extract an estimated 55 billion tons of fossil energy, minerals, metals and bio mass from the Earth.

At the current rate of deforestation, 5-10% of tropical forest species will become extinct every decade.

27% of our coral reefs have been destroyed. If the rate continues, remaining 60% will be gone in 30 years.

We are using up 50% more natural resources than the Earth can provide.

At our current population, we need 1.5 Earths, which we do not have.

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Attenborough maps out how humanity’s wanton destruction of nature will render the planet totally degraded and barren, uninhabitable for millions of people and bringing biodiversity populations crashing. Since the 1950s, animal populations have more than halved, while domestic birds’ populations have skyrocketed; 70% of the mass of the birds on the planet are domestic birds- mostly chickens. Humans account for over one-third of the weight of mammals on Earth. A further 60% of animals are those that are raised for us to eat. The rest- “from mice to whales”- make up just 4%.

Domestic animals require vast swathes of land and half of the fertile land on the planet is now farmland.

Humans cut down up to 15 billion trees per year; this is just one facet of the planet’s degradation thanks to humans, which has resulted in 30% of fish stocks being fished to critical levels and freshwater populations declining by over 80%. The Arctic, one of the coldest and remote places on Earth, has experienced summer sea ice reducing by 40% in 40 years.

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DAVID’S DATA PREDICTS...

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With continued deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, it will degrade to a point where it can no longer produce enough moisture, transforming into a dry savanna. Not only will this decimate the biodiversity in the rainforest, but it will also alter the global water cycle. Additionally, the Arctic will start experiencing ice-free summers. Without the white ice caps, less of the sun’s energy will be reflected back into space. This will accelerate global warming.

2040 In the North, frozen permafrost soils will thaw, releasing methane into the atmosphere, a far more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.

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2050 As oceans continue to heat and become more acidic, coral reefs around the world will bleach and die. This will cause fish populations to crash, which will affect millions of people who rely on theocean for their livelihoods, like fishing and tourism.

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The planet will be four degrees Celsius warmer, rendering large parts of the Earth uninhabitable and leaving millions of people homeless. Scientists predict that the sixth mass extinction will be well underway at this point, causing irreversible damage to the planet. The security and stability of the Holocene era- our “Garden of Eden,” as Attenborough calls it, will be lost.

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SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS The first step to saving our planet is transitioning to a sustainable lifestyle.

ATTENBOROUGH’S PERSPECTIVE All hope is not lost however, David Attenborough asserts. We still have time to halt and even reverse the damage we have caused to the planet.

The film lays out several fairly simply and feasible solutions, including: We need to slow the rate at which the global population is growing; by 2100, the population is expected to reach 11 billion people. To slow the population growth rate, we need to raise people out of poverty, improve access to healthcare globally and enable children, especially girls, to stay in school for as long as possible.

We need to shift to renewable energy, a process which is already happening at a rapid- albeit not rapid enough- pace. David Attenborough calls for divestment from fossil fuels, and points out the irony of banks and investment firms investing pension funds in fossil fuels when it’s these dirty fuels preventing the future that we are saving for.

We need to restore-or “rewild”- biodiversity on the planet. When ecosystems are more diverse, they are better able to perform essential ecosystem services, like carbon sequestration.

An example of this is the oceans. when fishing stocks were rapidly depleting, the government restricted fishing practices and banned fishing entirely in some areas. The protected fish populations soon became so healthy that they spilled into areas where fishing was allowed. These no-fish zones resulted in increased catches for fishermen and recovered coral reefs. Globally, if no-fish zones were implemented over a third of the world’s oceans, we would have all the fish we would need.

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Additionally, we need to reduce the space we use for farmland to instead make space for returning wilderness. The easiest way to do this is to change our diets. If we all had a largely plant-based diet, David Attenborough says, we would need half the land we use now.

In nature, large carnivores are fairly rare; for every predator on the Serengeti, there are more than 100 prey animals. Through creative and innovative changes to farming practices, in two generations, the nation has raised yields tenfold while using less water, fewer pesticides and fertilisers and emitting less carbon. Today, the Netherlands is the world’s second largest exporter of food.

Finally, we need to halt deforestation as forests are the planet’s biggest ally in locking away carbon. Further, forests must be more biodiverse as this will make them more effective at absorbing carbon. Crops like oil palm and soya should only be grown on land that was deforested long ago. The example of Costa Rica is used. A century ago, more than three-quarters of the nation was covered with forest. By the 1980s, thanks to rampant deforestation, this was reduced to one quarter. The government intervened, giving grants to landowners to replant native trees.

Thanks to this initiative, forests now cover half of Costa Rica once more.

The problem is immense, but we already have the knowledge and skills to halt and reverse it. We need to reexamine our relationship with nature, working with it instead of against it, to restore our planet to its former glory.

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"NE VER BEFORE SU CH A N AWA R E WE A R E D O I N G T NE VER BEFORE T H E P OWER TO D A B O U T T H AT. T H U M A N I T Y–I N D ON EARTH, NOW D 36

E H AV E W E H A D EN E S S O F WH AT TO T H E P L A N E T, E H AV E W E H A D D O S OME T H IN G HE FUTURE OF DEED, ALL LIFE DEPENDS ON US.” DAVID ATTENBOROUGH

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Because of our generous sponors, we are proud to donate 100% of every dollar spent at Earth Through The Eyes of Attenborough amongst these phenomenal environmental organizations.

We proudly support these organization and their diverse range of environmental advocacy programs. Every dollar you spend, will directlygo towards conservationism, wild life relief, re-forestation projects, and ocean protection.

DAVID ATTENBOROUGH & THE EARTH FEST TEAM

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ORGANIZATION HIGHLIGHT WORLD WILDLIFE FOUNDATION WWF’s work has evolved from saving species and landscapes to addressing the larger global threats and forces that impact them. Recognizing that the problems facing our planet are increasingly more complex and urgent, we have refined the way in which we work around an ambitious new strategy. Our new strategy puts people at the center and organizes our work around six key areas: forests, marine, freshwater, wildlife, food and climate. By linking these six areas in an integrated approach, we can better leverage our unique assets and direct all our resources to protecting vulnerable places, species and communities worldwide.

People are at the center of our work because together we can change the trajectory of the threats to nature, and help ensure nature’s ability to provide—for the sake of every living thing, including ourselves.

We work globally, with every sector, at every level To accomplish our ambitious goals, we work to educate and influence people into making sustainable choices and decisions, including those who work in business and make decisions around the use of natural resources, and those who work in government and set policy that impacts nature.

We work globally at every level—in the field and in the local community, from the halls of government to the global marketplace. One of WWF’s strengths is our ability to engage stakeholders—in business, civil society, and academia—in partnerships to devise innovative solutions to the issues that challenge us.

Working together with 1.1 million supporters , WWF’s partners, projects and experts are making a difference in creating a healthy future for our planet.

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WHAT WWF DOES Organize Environmental Campaigns & Protests Environmental Community Cleanups Protects Natural WildLife & Their Ecosystems Advocates for Sustainable Practices in Global Business Lobby for Envrionmental causes in Government Provides Natural Relief & Rehabilation Legally Defend Sacred Envrionments & Habitats Food & Water Protection Programs Initates A Global Fight Against Climate Change

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“to me, the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty, the greatest source of intellectual interest.

It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.”

DAVID ATTENBOROUGH

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