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A Transmediavision Educational Resource

We offer limited educational screenings, packaged with town-hall styled discussions with the filmmakers, scientists, innovators and other people connected to the films and to climate restoration.

Can you perhaps host, co-sponsor, promote, or help plan a screening as a volunteer ambassador?  See below!

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In planning (summer)

New York City

With our friends there, we are considering a screening in New York - watch this space and let us know below if you can help with co-sponsorship, invitees, friendly journalists - friendly elected officials! Let us know if you or a community leader might be available to speak at the event. 

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In planning (winter)

Geneva, Switzerland

We're looking for the right venues for our inaugural Swiss screenings of The Climate Restorers, hosted by our dear friends at Climate Bridges.  Please keep an eye out, and let Phoebe or John know if you can assist with promotions or sponsor these events in any way - c'est une ville incroyable pour que ce message soit entendu!

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Saturday, June 27, 2026, 2:15-3:05 pm - Film 4

Oxford, United Kingdom

We're proud to be hosting a screening of Ecosystem Restoration, film 4 of The Climate Restorers series, on 27 June, 2026 at the inaugural Nature Festival in Oxford.  Watch this space! Let us know at pbarnard@uw.edu if you can help in any way with invitations, venues, advance media articles, cosponsorship or community speakers at the event.

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Saturday, Sept 27th, 1-3 pm - Film 4, Ecosystem Restoration

Petaluma, California

Join us at the wonderful Polly Klaas Community Theatre for the first California screening of our fourth and final film - Ecosystem Restoration - in The Climate Restorers series.  Director-Producer John Bowey will join organizer Carol England with a special message from narrator Peter Coyote.

Venue: Polly Klaas Community Theatre, 417 Western Avenue
Petaluma, CA 94952 

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Tuesday, August 26th, 7 pm - Film 4, Ecosystem Restoration

Mount Vernon, Washington

Join us at the wonderfully historic Lincoln Theatre for the last Washington public screening of our fourth and final film - Ecosystem Restoration - in The Climate Restorers series.  Director-Producer John Bowey and Co-Producer Phoebe Barnard join local tribal, political and nonprofit leaders. 

Venue: Lincoln Theatre, 712 South First Street, Mount Vernon, WA 98273 

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Wednesday, March 26, 2025, 5:15 pm - Film 2, Blue Carbon 

Ocean Visions Summit - Side Event

A Summit screening of Blue Carbon for participants of the Ocean Visions Summit in Vancouver, 24-27 March (only open to conference participants, unfortunately - register here)

Venue: Hyatt Regency Hotel, Room C/D, 655 Burrard St., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Friday, January 31, 2025, 5 pm - Film 2, Blue Carbon 

Friends of The Climate Restorers 

An online screening of Blue Carbon, Film 2 of The Climate Restorers for our immunocompromised champions and members of our community who couldn't attend our public or legislative screenings and Town Hall Q&As in person. 

Online event 

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Tuesday, January 28, 2025, 6:15 potluck supper and Film 2, Blue Carbon plus Town Hall-style Q&A

Transition Fidalgo, Anacortes, Washington

A terrific community gathering at Transition Fidalgo's Quarterly Meeting, screening Blue Carbon, Film 2 of The Climate Restorers. This was followed by a Town Hall-style Q&A with the director-producers and brief update on our global broadcast.

Venue: Anacortes Senior Center,1701 22nd St, Anacortes, WA

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Sunday, January 26, 2025, 6:00 pm - Film 2, Blue Carbon plus Town Hall-style Q&A

Whidbey Climate Action, Langley, Washington

A lively community gathering at The Clyde Theatre with terrific hosts Whidbey Climate Action and screening of Blue Carbon, Film 2 of The Climate Restorers, followed by a Town Hall-style Q&A with the producer-scientist and a brief update on our global broadcast.

Venue: The Clyde Theatre, 217 First Street, Langley WA

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Saturday, January 25, 2025, 6:00-8:00 pm - Film 2, The Climate Restorers: Blue Carbon plus Town Hall-style Q&A

Global Earth Repair Film Festival, Port Townsend

A community film festival screening of Blue Carbon, Film 2 of The Climate Restorers, followed by a Town Hall-style Q&A with the scientist-producer and hosts, Global Earth Repair Foundation and the inimitable Skeeter Pilarski, and exciting updates on our global broadcast. 

Venue: Fort Worden, Battery Way, Port Townsend, WA 98221.

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Monday, October 14, 2024, 2:55 pm - Film 2, Blue Carbon, followed by Film 1, Methane (Doctober 2nd screening)

Doctober Film Festival, Bellingham, Washington

Our second sold-out #DoctoberFilmFestival screening: Film 2 on blue carbon, followed by Film 1 on methane. This featured a 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

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Sunday, October 6, 2024, 3:50 pm - Film 2, 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 2 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.  

Venue: Pickford Film Center, 1318 Bay Street, Bellingham, Washington.

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Thursday, June 6, 2024, 6 pm - Film 3, 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,  emceed. 

Venue: Goldman Theater, David Brower Center 

2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704

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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 screened in Friday Harbor, 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

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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!

Venue: Veterans Memorial Theatre

203 E 14th St, Davis, CA 95616

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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 organized this screening as committed partners of climate restoration.  If you couldn't attend but could co-sponsor our work, click here to donate!

Venue: Napa County Library, 580 Coombs St, Napa, CA 94559

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Sunday, April 21, 2024, 2 pm - Film 1, methane

Climate Change Colloquy, Community of Christ

A major North American faith community, Community of Christ, hosted this online event in their Climate Change Colloquy justice series.  If you couldn't attend but could co-sponsor our work, click here to donate!  Thank you, Dean and Susi Wight for facilitating!

Online event: register here to receive an invitation and link!

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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. 

Venue: Radisson Blu Mosi-oa-Tunya, Livingstone, Zambia 

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Saturday, March 9, 2024, 10 am - Film 1, methane

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!    

Online event

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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 - Film 1, legislative screening

Olympia Capitol

We held a great closed legislative screening of Film 1, methane, 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 

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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 - Film 1, methane

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. 

Online event

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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 'The Climate Restorers screenings'.

Thanks so much!

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