Friendraisers
A Transmediavision Educational Resource
We offer limited screenings, packaged with town-hall styled discussions with the filmmakers, scientists, innovators and other people connected to the films and to climate restoration
Want to host, co-sponsor, promote, or help plan a screening as a volunteer ambassador? See below!
In planning (autumn)
San Francisco Bay Area
We're considering a showing of film 3 on blue carbon ocean solutions at Stanford University with our ambassador and lovely star Dr Josheena Naggea, Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions. Watch this space and let us know if you can help identify sponsors, speakers, invitees, or friendly journalists!
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In planning (autumn)
New York City
Our ambassador Jack Stanton and we are starting to plan an event - watch this space and let us know below if you can help with co-sponsorship, invitees, or friendly journalists. Let us know if you or a community leader might be available to speak at the event.
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In planning (autumn)
Washington, D.C.
Our ambassador Jack Stanton and we are starting to plan an event - let us know below if you can help with invitations, venues, advance media articles, welcoming speakers, co-sponsorship or in any way. These are community events!
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In planning (autumn)
Boston
Our ambassadors Jack Stanton, Dyan de Napoli, Tim Barnard and we are discussing a possible event - watch this space and let us know below if you can help in any way with invitations, venues, advance media articles, cosponsorship or community speakers at the event.
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In planning (autumn)
Santa Fe, New Mexico
We're thinking about this one, after a suggestion or two. Do you have an interest in helping organize this at the eclectic indie arthouse Jean Cocteau Theatre of George RR Martin? Watch this space and let us know below if you can help! (Photo: Felicia Day, with thanks!)
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In planning (autumn)
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Our ambassador Jack Stanton is kindly helping us plan a possible multi-town event on the Cape - watch this space and let us know below if you can help! (Photo: Jeannette de Beauvoir on Unsplash)
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Tuesday, January 28, 2025, 6:15 pm - finger food supper and 6:45-7:45 Film 3, Blue Carbon plus Town Hall-style Q&A
Transition Fidalgo, Anacortes, Washington
Come join us for a community gathering at Transition Fidalgo's Quarterly Meeting, with a finger food supper and screening of Blue Carbon, Film 3 of The Climate Restorers. This will be followed by a Town Hall-style Q&A with the director-producers and brief update on our global broadcast, then optional Transition Fidalgo business meeting.
Venue: Anacortes Senior Center,1701 22nd St, Anacortes, WA
Saturday, January 25, 2025, 6:00-8:00 pm - Film 3, The Climate Restorers: Blue Carbon plus Town Hall-style Q&A
Global Earth Repair Film Festival
Join us for a community film festival screening of Blue Carbon, Film 3 of The Climate Restorers! This will be followed by a Town Hall-style Q&A with the director-producers and hosts, Global Earth Repair Foundation and the inimitable Skeeter Pilarski, and hear some exciting updates on our global broadcast. ​
Venue: Fort Worden, Battery Way, Port Townsend, WA 98221.
Monday, October 14, 2024, 2:55 pm - Film 3, Blue Carbon, followed by Film 1, Methane (Doctober 2nd screening)
Doctober Film Festival, Bellingham, Washington
The second of our sold-out #DoctoberFilmFestival screenings. We screened Film 3 on blue carbon, followed by Film 1 on methane. This was followed by Q&A with the director-producers and an update on our global broadcast. See also more info.
Venue: Pickford Film Center, 1318 Bay St, Bellingham, WA
Sunday, October 6, 2024, 3:50 pm - Film 3, blue carbon, followed by Film 1, methane (Doctober 1st screening)
Doctober Film Festival, Bellingham, Washington
The first of our sold-out #DoctoberFilmFestival screenings. We screened Film 3 on blue carbon, followed by Film 1 on methane (so that local folks who'd already seen that could choose to stay or leave). This was followed by Q&A with the director-producers and an update on our global broadcast. See also more info. See also more info. Venue: Pickford Film Center, 1318 Bay Street, Bellingham, WA 98225.
Thursday, June 6, 2024, 6 pm - Film 2, built environment
Berkeley, California
Our ambassadors David Gottfried, Jorge Silva, Alisha Graves, and Hollis McLellan held a screening event with us at the David Brower Center in Berkeley. David Gottfried, godfather of the world and US green building movements, will be emcee! Please bring friends, family or colleagues!
Venue: Goldman Theater, David Brower Center
2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
Tuesday, May 14, 2024, 6:30 for 7 pm - Film 1, methane
San Juan Islands, Washington
With the wonderful collaboration of the Madrona Institute, we're screening in Friday Harbor with co-hosts, Madrona President Ron Zee and VP Sarah Severn, in this most enchanted part of our exquisite planet. Join us to honor our continued agency over our Earth.
Venue: Brickworks Events Center, 150 Nichols Street
Friday Harbor, WA 98250
Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 6 pm - Film 1, methane
Davis, California
Senior water and environmental lawyer and climate restoration activist, Frances McChesney and her colleagues Steve Shaffer and Don Morrill are our absolutely stellar ambassadors and champions in Davis! Thank you all!
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Venue: Veterans Memorial Theatre
203 E 14th St, Davis, CA 95616
Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 6 pm - Film 1, methane
Napa Valley, California
Our ambassador Jim Wilson and student activists from Napa Schools for Climate Action, Napa Climate NOW!, and League of Women Voters of Napa County are organizing this screening as committed partners of climate restoration. If you can't attend but could co-sponsor the production, click here to donate!
Venue: Napa County Library, 580 Coombs St, Napa, CA 94559
Sunday, April 21, 2024, 2 pm (online Zoom screening)
Climate Change Colloquy, Community of Christ
A major North American faith community, Community of Christ, hosts this online event in their Climate Change Colloquy, a climate justice series. RSVP to receive their formal invitation email and link. If you can't attend but could co-sponsor the production, click here to donate! Thank you, Dean and Susi Wight for facilitating!
Online event: register here to receive an invitation and link!
Wednesday, March 13, 2024, 6 pm - Film 1, methane
Mosi-oa-Tunya, Livingstone, Zambia
We took the opportunity of the world's biggest global conference on accelerating nature-based solutions in the beautiful Mosi-oa-Tunya (Victoria Falls) to screen episode one on methane to global restoration experts. Let us know via WhatsApp if you are in Zambia at the meeting and would like another screening before Saturday, March 16th!
Venue: Radisson Blu Mosi-oa-Tunya, Livingstone, Zambia
Saturday, March 9, 2024, 10 am (online Zoom screening)
Petaluma, California
Our ambassador Carol England and we have planned an online event. RSVP to receive the formal invitation and link. Let us know via the RSVP form if you can help in any way, with advance promo or media work, or finding some friendly corporate or individual co-sponsors!
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Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 7 pm - Film 1, methane
Olympia public
Our public screening was organized by ambassadors Sherri Dysart and Charlene Andrade, with support of Alana Biggs at the Red Lion Governor's Hotel overlooking Capitol Lake. A small and lively audience gave great feedback!
Venue: Red Lion Inn & Suites Olympia, Governor Hotel
621 Capitol Way, Olympia, WA 98501 USA
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Tuesday, February 20, 2024 - closed legislative screening
Olympia Capitol
We held a great closed legislative screening on Feb 20th for Washington State legislators and their staff - hosted by climate and societal champion Senator Liz Lovelett's office.
Know a legislator who'd be interested to do the same? Email us!
Venue: John A Cherberg Building, Capitol Campus, Olympia, WA 98501 ​
Sunday, February 18, 2024, matinée - Film 1, methane
Port Townsend, Washington
We showed episode 1 to a standing-room only crowd at Fort Worden Commons with co-hosts and ambassadors Skeeter Pilarski & Rick Lukens. This formed a Valentine's Week first film festival event of the Global Earth Repair Foundation.
Venue: The Commons at Fort Worden,
Battery Way, Port Townsend, WA 98368
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Wednesday, January 10, 2024, 4 pm (online Zoom screening)
Foundation for Climate Restoration
The Foundation for Climate Restoration is a civil society activist group committed to the subject. We showed episode 1 to a large audience in their Founders Series. A number of the crew, sponsors and supporters were in attendance.
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December 20, 2023, 7:00 am - trailers 1 and 2, methane
Mount Vernon, Washington
At the COA Mexican eatery, the Mount Vernon "morning" Rotary Club hosted us for an educational breakfast with business and nonprofit leaders to view a couple of trailers and discuss climate restoration in our own community.
Venue: COA Mexican Eatery & Tequileria, 1810 Riverside Drive, Mount Vernon, WA 98273​
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December 11, 2023, 6:30 pm - Film 1, methane
Mount Vernon, Washington
At the historic retro Lincoln Theatre, we co-hosted with indigenous, political, business and nonprofit leaders a fully engaged, lively capacity crowd to view and discuss episode one on methane in a Town Hall-style event addressed by pillars of our community.
Venue: 712 South 1st Street, Mount Vernon, WA 98273
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November 15, 2023, 6 pm - Film 1, methane
Bellingham, Washington
An improv comedy venue may not be your idea of the best place for a planetary-emergencies solutions series - but it worked! The Upfront Theatre was a lively and intimate community space for our first showing, which we treated as a peer-review feedback session in this vibey university city.
Venue: 203 Prospect Street, Bellingham, WA 98225
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Want to host, fund, promote, or help plan a screening?
Talk with us! Email us with info on your city or community, and how you'd like to help. Just use the subject line 'BTOF screenings'.
Thanks so much!