This video competed in
2018 Wild And Green Shorts Film Festival
“Curaçao’s Coral Challenge – Reviving the Rain Forests of the Sea,” is the fifth film in an award-winning series of Pace University student documentaries on environmental themes, each featured on The . . . New York Times’ Dot Earth blog: http://j.mp/pacedocs. As with all of the previous films, this documentary centers on a society seeking to enhance its economy without diminishing its environmental assets. In Curaçao’s case, the challenge is finding ways to move beyond an economy based for nearly 100 years on refining Venezuelan oil to a more diverse one including substantial tourism — but doing so without harming the still-vibrant reefs ringing parts of its coast. In interviews, experts say plenty that can be done to boost prospects that Curaçao, with extraordinarily rich reefs on its east end (the area known as Oostpunt) and north shore can maintain this resource far into the future. The course, created by Pace Professor Maria Trimarco Luskay some 15 years ago, has made films about efforts to conserve natural resources since 2011, when she was joined by the veteran New York Times journalist Andrew Revkin, the Pace University Senior Fellow for Environmental Understanding show more
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Tamika9 years ago - Edited
"Case in point, if you see a man acting out in a way that he shouldn't be, call him on it!" I've always taught my 'SON' that. More male voices are needed as a rallying cry for grass roots change and universal accountability.
Lynn-Wood9 years ago - Edited
Important and relevant film!
Whitney9 years ago - Edited
This is important!
Tom9 years ago - Edited
This needs to be heard!
Sonia9 years ago - Edited
Solid work. Needs to be told. Great job!
Cody9 years ago - Edited
Thank you everyone for the kind words! Quiet Culture is being used as educational material at Sac State University in the sociology department. Also, looking into sharing this film with a youth boys group in Sacramento and the Rape Crisis Center for Kansas City. Your comments inspires me and motivates me to push this film further into the universe.
Anne9 years ago - Edited
Awesome work guys!
Laurie9 years ago - Edited
Truth.
Cody9 years ago - Edited
Thank you everyone!
Sandra9 years ago - Edited
Such personal stories informing such an important topic. Well done!