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 KILOWATT OURS (55 minutes) USA Director/Producer: Jeff Barrie Description: Vice President Dick Cheney, in his well-known energy policy speech of April 30, 2001, claimed that America must build 1900 new power plants by 2020. That is one new power plant per week for the next two decades in order to meet projected electricity demands. Kilowatt Ours challenges this assertion by presenting an alternative based on conservation and renewable power. The film reveals the underreported side effects resulting from America's voracious appetite for coal-generated electricity. Kilowatt Ours follows filmmaker Jeff Barrie on his eighteen-month journey across the southeast United States, where more than six tons of coal are burned annually to generate electricity for the average home. Barrie takes viewers from our light switches at home to the sources of our energy, examining social and environmental consequences such as global warming, mountain top removal, air pollution, childhood asthma and mercury contamination. Barrie makes the case that environmental problems could be minimized by utilizing alternative technologies that are available today. The solutions are surprisingly accessible and affordable to the average American. Kilowatt Ours presents viewers with an ambitious plan for shifting America's energy paradigm towards conservation and renewable power. Biography: Jeff Barrie is a documentary filmmaker, grassroots organizer and activist. Previous productions include Generation Earth: A Look at Environmental Education (1995), a special interest documentary examining successful environmental education programs in secondary schools across America; and Arctic Quest: Our Search for Truth (1999), a documentary exploring the debate over oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, as seen through the adventures of five teenagers. Barrie, a UCLA graduate with a BA in geography/environmental studies, advocates a new way of thinking and living that minimizes harm to the natural world while improving our quality of life, the health of our environment and the well-being of our neighbors. Contact Information: Jeff Barrie Trust for the Future PO Box 60322 Nashville TN, 37206 E-mail: jeff@kilowattours.org Web site: http://www.kilowattours.org/ |
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