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Just a few days shy of the fifth birthday of the SafeLawns Movement (Feb. 27), our cause is chugging along. We were in Maryland this past Monday putting together the pieces of what we hope will one day become the largest organic lawn research project in the nation’s history. We can’t wait to tell you more [...]
Continue reading...Guest Blog by Peter Kettenbeil: Banning the Film is ‘Unconscionable’
3. December 2010
Peter Kettenbeil of Brossard, Quebec, is Vice Chairman of the Technology Transfer Committee of the Solar Buildings Research Network and consultant to numerous environmental projects. He submitted this guest blog on the subject of the Canada Blooms flower show voting to overturn its decision to screen the film, A Chemical Reaction. As a fan of the [...]
Continue reading...Chemical Industry Convinces Toronto Flower Show to Ban Film
1. December 2010
UPDATED AS OF 3:28 p.m. Dec. 1 TORONTO — Reaction to the news that Canada Blooms has opted to ban the film A Chemical Reaction has brought instant shock and even outrage from environmental supporters across North America. “I am disappointed that your show will not allow A Chemical Reaction to be viewed,” wrote Lori Descoteaux in [...]
Continue reading...Film Showing in Connecticut Tonight
16. November 2010
The film A Chemical Reaction is screening in Old Lyme Connecticut tonight at 7 at the Lyme Senior Center on Woods Road. The Conservation Commission has requested to the Board of Selectmen that the town switch to organic treatment of the playing fields at Town Woods Park. Dr. Jerome A. Silbert, executive director of the nonprofit [...]
Continue reading...Screening of Chemical Reaction Tonight
16. August 2010
Revelstroke, British Columbia, will be the epicenter of the ongoing Canadian debate about pesticides used to kill weeds and insects when the award-winning film A Chemical Reaction airs free for the public tonight at 7. You can find all the details here: http://thestoke.ca/?p=2790. Revelstroke is just the latest municipality to take up the issue in British Columbia, [...]
Continue reading...Film Review: A Chemical Reaction
9. August 2010
This was a nice review today from an interesting looking blog site: http://bhld.wordpress.com/2010/08/09/a-thought-provoking-movie-and-a-nice-side-trip/#comment-664
Continue reading...Film Spurs Maine Towns To Consider Action on Pesticide Reduction
17. June 2010
Folks in Cumberland, Falmouth and North Yarmouth, Maine, are banning together to do something about pesticide restrictions. Due to the interest raised by the recent showings of the film A Chemical Reaction at the Falmouth Memorial Library and Cumberland Congregational Church, an organizational meeting has been planned for 2-3 pm on Thursday, June 24th at [...]
Continue reading...Reviewer: Watch This Film
15. June 2010
Annie Spiegelman, aka the Dirt Diva, has praised A Chemical Reaction before in the Huffington Post . . . and she’s at it again: http://www.pacificsun.com/news/show_story.php?id=1877.
Continue reading...Film Screening Sparks New Jersey Debate
3. June 2010
A recent screening of the film, A Chemical Reaction, sparked a community-wide debate in a New Jersey town: http://www.northjersey.com/news/95484644_Film_piques_interest_in_pesticides_.html?c=y&page=1. Congrats to the organizers for getting the media involved.
Continue reading...A Chemical Reaction: Movie Review
1. June 2010
After a screening in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, last week, a viewer of the film A Chemical Reaction posted this review: http://artofnaturalliving.com/2010/05/22/the-green-lawncare-movement-a-chemical-reaction-film/. Please consider using the film in your community as a tool to effect change. Visit http://www.safelawns.org/chemical-reaction/ for more information.
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