As we work toward final funding of our movie, A Chemical Reaction, we received the pledge of a matching grant this past weekend from an attendee who watched the Maine premiere. To help us reach our goal of raising $20,000 by Nov. 1, the donor said she will match all individual donations until we reach a total of $10,000 from other sources. Today alone we received pledges of $800. The $20,000 will be used as ...

In a move decades overdue, the Environmental Protection Agency is moving toward the unveiling of so-called "inert" ingredients in pesticides. Current laws require that manufacturers only reveal "active" ingredients on labels, such as glyphosate in Roundup or 2,4-D in selective weed killer. Often the active ingredient is only a small percentage of the overall product. For decades, manufacturers have been all ...

With long lines up the stairs and out the door, the Maine premiere of A Chemical Reaction sold out well in advance of Saturday's 3 p.m. opening at the Farnsworth Art Gallery in Rockland, Maine, today. "I hope I am the first, and I know I will NOT be the last to congratulate you and the crew for an excellent film," emailed attendee Marsha Mongell, a SafeLawns Foundation member. "Thank you for putting me on y ...

I had the privilege of appearing with Ira Flatow on NPR Science Friday. Well, I didn't appear, if you will. I was actually calling in from a conference room deep in the bowels of the Baltimore-Washington Airport just before trying to catch a flight home. Listen in here: http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/510221/113455421/npr_113455421.mp3?_kip_ipx=778676496-1254568682 Apparently this i ...

Our film, A Chemical Reaction, will premiere in Maine and New Jersey this weekend. The Maine premiere has been well covered in the local press: http://knox.villagesoup.com/AandE/story.cfm?storyID=177422 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=286612&ac=PHnws The New Jersey premiere is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 4, at 123 Scott Hall on the Rutgers campus in New Brunswick, N.J. We hope to see ...

After the Boston premiere of our movie, A Chemical Reaction, a student from the Harvard newspaper sent me this article from their paper. The college is expanding its organic management program from one acre to a more campus-wide approach. Here's the article: http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=529215 ...

With the EPA's recent review period recently ended for Roundup and other similar products, several groups are calling for a de-registration of the most commonly used non-selective herbicide. Check out the story from BeyondPesticides.org here: www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=2452 ...

This is the text of an article I originally published in People, Places & Plants magazine in 2006. The message, contained within the movie, A Chemical Reaction, is still timely today. At the time scarcely anyone in the United States noticed. In May of 1991 the small town of Hudson, Quebec, located just west of Montreal, adopted a law restricting the use of lawn pesticides on all property, privately held or ...

We were delighted to see our film, A Chemical Reaction, get a great plug on the Sundance Channel where the blogger is asking for opinions. If you've seen the film or the trailer, please let them know what you think: http://www.sundancechannel.com/sunfiltered/2009/09/a-chemical-reaction-comes-to-the-film-festival-circuit/comment-page-1/#comment-2600 ...

Our film, A Chemical Reaction, will have its premiere Wednesday at the Boston Film Festival. We hope to see you there, or at one of these other screenings soon. Boston Film Festival 09.23.09 @ 3PM (Kendall Square Theatre) Wine Country Film Festival 9/27/09, 8 p.m. Napa River Inn Camden (Maine) International Film Festival 10.03.09 @ 3PM (Farnsworth Art Gallery, Rockland) New Jersey Film Festival 10.04.09 @ 7 ...