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During this month of Earth Day, we wanted to share with you some of the movies, music, and books that have inspired our environmental activism.
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Mindwalk. This movie is a favorite of Ian’s. It is based on the book Turning Point by physicist Fritjof Capra. Capra is best know for his book, The Tao of Physics which removes the artificial barriers between religious understanding and scientific understanding. The book, The Turning Point, presented the movie maker’s problem of how to turn a book about the complexity of our ecological problems into a narrative. The solution was to set it in a beautiful place, Mont. St. Michael, France. And set in motion a discussion between a physicist (Liv Ullmann) and poet (John Heard), and a former presidential candidate (Sam Waterston) as they walk through Mont. St. Michael. The narrative form also provided a solution to a lesser problem. There was already a very famous ballet movie called Turning Point, so the Capra’s movie was named Mindwalk to avoid confusion and reflect the new form.
Related:
- Waves (for Fritjof Capra)
- For Earth Day, the Green Party demands focus on global warming, clean energy, and a carbon-free, nuclear-free economy
- NY Green Party to Guv: Ban Nukes & Fracking, Invest in Green Jobs & Economy
- GPSuffolk in Newsday for Earth Day 4/17/11
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Great movie. The analogy using oranges and the dimensions of the Earth to help us visualize how much empty space exists within each and every atom is one that I think of almost every day.