HAMPTONS GREEN INITIATIVE
The Hamptons International Film Festival is pleased to announce our
partnership with Greener Days, a local organization devoted to providing
green solutions for homes and businesses in the East End. Be sure to check
back here for updates on green films and panels and for tips on what YOU can
do to make a difference.
DO THE GREEN THING!
The Hamptons International Film Festival Green Tent
Drop by The Green Tent, your go-to spot with a Festival Concierge onsite to help maximize your Festival experience, Wifi connections for your computing needs and Festival merchandise available. Visit us on East Hampton’s Main Street, on the lawn of the Ladies’ Village Improvement Society!
Open & free to the public daily from 10am to 4pm, Thursday, October 18 through Sunday, October 21.
Ladies Village Improvement Society Lawn
95 Main Street, East Hampton
Thursday, October 18 - Sunday, October 21
10 am 4 pm
Open to the public
The Green Tent will host speakers, panel discussions, informal gatherings, and media events centered around pressing environmental issues affecting us all.
10:30-11:30am
Morning Talks on the Environment and the Entertainment Industry
1:00-3:30pm
Presentations from representatives of the NRDC, GreenLogic, Peconic Land Trust, Long Island Farm Bureau, Suffolk County, Renewable Energy Long Island, and an Al Gore Climate Messenger
Daily Schedule of Events
ENVIRONMENT AND ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY MORNING TALKS
Thursday 10:30-11:30am
Josh Dorfman, Author and Host of Sirius Radio’s “The Lazy Environmentalist”
Friday 10:30-11:30am
Bill Warren, Producer, “The Unforeseen”
Saturday 10:30-11:30am
Lesley Chilcott, Co-Producer, “An Inconvenient Truth”
LIVE SPEAKER PRESENTATIONS
Thursday 1:00-2:30pm
China & Global Pollution
Thomas Roush, M.D., Board, Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC)
Friday 1:00-2:30pm
The Slide Show from "An Inconvenient Truth"
Sara Gordon, Climate Messenger, The Climate Project
Saturday 1:00 - 2:00pm
Panel: Environmental Policy Trends & Initiatives
Carrie Meek Gallagher, Commissioner,
Suffolk County
Dept. of Environment & Energy
Brian Halweil, Senior Researcher, Worldwatch Institute
Gordian Raacke, Executive Director, Renewable Energy Long Island
Saturday 2:30-3:30pm
Living Local: Supporting Local Economies, Environments, Food Supplies & Alternative Energies
Marc Cléjan, Founder, GreenLogic Energy
Joe Gergela, Chairman, Long Island Farm Bureau
John Halsey, President, Peconic Land Trust
Sunday 1:00 – 3:00 pm
15th Anniversary Celebration
Sponsored by VOX Magazine, Plum TV, WoozyFly.com, Liquid Ice Vodka, Peconic Land Trust, Green Logic Energy, Plain T, Greener Days (un)Limited, Recycline, Hampton Coffee Company, The Juicy Naam, Amagansett Beach & Bicycle and Tees for Change
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