A film on activism
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The documentary film, “Elemental,” written and directed by Gayatri Roshan, should be seen by every cognizant hu man being on the planet, not only for its impact on one’s perception of climate change, but also for the realization that one person can make a difference. It fo cuses on three individuals in disparate parts of the world—India, Canada, and Australia—who are passionate about doing what it takes to save a dying earth.
Eriel Tchekweie Deranger, mother of a pre-teen, is an Athabasca Chipewyan First Nations (ACFN) member. She be 8 SOCIALIST ACTION JUNE 2013 came aware of how the extraction of oil from tar sands in Alberta was impacting the land on which she and her family had lived for hundreds of years. A daughter of a 1970s activist, she began organizing protests locally, then worked as an activ ist throughout Canada and the U.S.
Rajendra Singh, a one-time government official in India, saw that the Ganges Riv er had become so polluted as to cause disease and death, and that the river it self is dying. People toss dead bodies and refuse in the river daily, yet they bathe, worship, and wash everything in it. He started speaking out.
Jay Harman is an inventor and natural ist who got away from crowds and cities by escaping to the woods or the sea. He takes cues from the designs formed by shells and plants to engineer quieter, more effective fans. He has invented a de vice modeled on how nature cleans the atmosphere, which will do the same on a much larger scale, thus eliminating the
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