Green Your Video | Mini-Course 2006


"Green Your School"
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GREEN YOUR VIDEO
- by Brad Lakritz

Here’s your chance to have fun, make a difference in the world, and learn all at the same time. We will partner with the people at Next Generation, the North Bay’s leading progressive youth activist organization, to create a documentary as part of their “Green Your School” initiative. Students will document the exciting projects other students are initiating to make their schools more sustainable, including solar power, organic food, fair trade clothing, eco-friendly transportation and green building projects. The film will be used nationwide to encourage other groups to “green their school.”

Our week will start with a brief look at documentary techniques and learning about how to tell a story and conduct an
interview. We will quickly move into production mode by visiting other schools in our area to document their green
school efforts. We will go into post production in MA’s Multimedia lab by Tuesday. Working in teams we will use Apple’s Final Cut Pro and other image, sound, and video editing applications to create the final video documentary. By Friday we will publish our own DVD and screen it for the community at the end of the day.

There are other media related opportunities during the week (time permitting) including web site production. Students can receive a semester project service learning credit for this Mini-Course and anyone interested in doing a year long Service Learning project with Next Generation should contact Heather Hamilton.


Note: This is an on campus Minicourse however we will make trips on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday to visit and film at a few different school sites.


PROJECT RESOURCES:

 




 

 

Did You Know?

Environmentalists Protest Apple iWaste - Associated Press Article

Going Green - Article on an Environmentally Friendly Chicago Public School

Generation Yes - Article on Next Generation by The Pacific Sun

Next Generation - Green Schools Video Project Ideas

Severn Suzuki - Schools For a Sustainable Future

 

ONLINE RESOURCES
people to contact, information to explore . . .

Alliance to Save Energy - Green Schools Program

California Energy Commission Consumer Energy Center

California Energy Commission Consumer Education in Renewable Energy Resrouces

California Public Utilities Commission Solar Incentive Program

Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy

Generation Green - Environmental Education by Lynda Deschambault

GreenerBuildings.com - Resource Center for Environmentally Responsible Building

Green School Project - Recycle Empty Printer, Fax, and Copier Cartridges

Green Schools Initiative -

National Renewable Energy Laboratory Solar Photovoltaics picture library.

Next Generation - Empowering young people to work for peace and the environment

New Jersey Town Looks to Build Energy-Efficient Housing (NPR - Morning Edition)

Northeast Sustainable Energy Association - Green Schools Resource List

SEEDS Foundation - Promotes Green Schools education.

StopWaste.Org Bay-Friendly Landscaping and Gardening

US Department of Energy's Million Solar Roofs Program

US Green Building Council Resources


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