Environmental film fest coming to MCC, ECC
The largest environmental film festival in North America is coming to McHenry and Kane counties.
Join Friends of the Fox River as they host the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival Tour at McHenry County College from 6 to 9 p.m. Jan. 31 and Elgin Community College from 2 to 5 p.m. Feb. 2. Different films will be featured at each venue; consider attending both.
The Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival Tour brings together award-winning environmental films in the spirit of inspiration and education. The films leave people feeling inspired and motivated to go out and make a difference in their communities and around the world.
Whether it is the struggle for environmental justice, information on renewable energy, or an educational tale about an endangered species, the films bring awareness to the natural world around us and our role in that delicate balance.
This will be the only stop for the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival in the Chicago area. In partnership with tour sponsor Patagonia, Friends of the Fox River will use the tour as a community outreach tool to raise awareness of both local and global issues.
This festival is a natural extension of its work to inspire people to act on behalf of the watershed. Its mission is to preserve, restore and protect the Fox River watershed's natural resources by connecting people with nature through education, research, restoration and advocacy. In 2007, it mobilized hundreds of community members to care for the watershed through the planting of water willows to stabilize stream banks, collected trash by the tons along shorelines, and adult and student citizen scientists monitored the water quality to provide data for decision makers to better protect our watershed.
On Jan. 31, doors open at 6 p.m. and the show starts at 6:10 p.m. at McHenry County College Conference Center, 8900 Route 14, Crystal Lake.
On Feb. 2, doors open at 2 p.m. with the show starting at 2:05 p.m. at the Advanced Technology Center auditorium, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin.
Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. For details, visit www.friendsofthefox.org.