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CASE STUDY: Cultivating Resilience
Clients/Partners: Climate Listening Project, Natural Resources Defense Council, Cultivating Resilience
The Climate Listening Project explores the connections between climate change, food, faith, environment, business, and community; and weaves together the latest climate science and resilience thinking with inspiring stories from across America and around the globe.
We produced the “Cultivating Resilience” series featuring interviews with renowned soil scientist Laura Legnick and resilient agriculture farmers in the Southeastern U.S. We used these videos as a tool to talk about changes in weather and how soil quality, biodiversity and high-value markets enhance the climate resilience of their farms.
Main objectives:
Engage broad audiences with authentic stories by providing firsthand accounts from farmers impacted by climate change
Combine real world stories of resilience with leading edge climate science and resilience thinking to raise awareness and increase understanding of climate change
Share solutions for community resilience among the general public, community leaders, higher education, and government
We filmed on-location at several farms throughout the Southeastern US. Each of these farmers were featured in Laura Legnick’s book Resilient Agricutlure and were eager to share their story on camera. The vignettes were shot as mini-documentaries as the farmers took us on tour of their land along with hosts Dayna Reggero and Laura Legnick.
Director: Dayna Reggero
Director of Photography: Andrea Desky
Camera 2: David Allen, Paul Lewis Anderson
Editor: Andrea Desky
Media:
- TreeHugger, How can we adapt to climate change? Ask a farmer (and a pastor, and a business person, and…)
- Union of Concerned Scientists, Climate Change, Resilience, and the Future of Food
- Huffington Post, Climate Listening Project Film Premieres with Praise During Climate Week
- Yale Climate Connections, Farmers Adapt to Too Much, Not Enough Water
- Regeneration International, Climate Listening Project
- Post Carbon Institute, Resilience Roundup
- Medium: Storied Global, Doing Good? 5 Ways to Tell Your Impact Story
- MyEarth360, Stories of Climate Impacts and Resilience
- New Society Publishers, Resilient Agriculture: Planning for Climate Change
- Green Mom, Learning to Adapt to Climate Change
Public Screenings:
- COP21, Regeneration International Event, Cool the Planet, Feed the World (Paris)
- National Cultivating Resilience Tour (GA, NC, SC, MT)
- Climate Interactive, Video Partnership (Asheville, Paris)
- Wake Forest University, Speaking of Climate Change: Cultivating Resilience (NC)
- University of Montana, Guest Lecture and Public Presentation (MT)
- Montana State University, Screening and Discussion (MT)
- Warren Wilson College, Class Discussion (NC)
- AERO Conference, Resilience Presentation (MT)
- Oberlin College, Public Lecture, Oberlin Food Justice (OH)
- Unity College, Public Presentation (ME)
- Society of Environmental Journalists Annual Meeting, Screening and Discussion (OK)
- University of Maine, College of Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture, Invited Seminar (MN)
- Ecofarm Annual Meeting, Resilient Agriculture for a Changing Climate Workshop (CA)
- Lenoir-Rhyne University, Screening and Discussion (NC)
- University of North Carolina, Screening and Discussion (NC)
- Warren Wilson College, Accelerating Appalachia, Presentation (NC)
- Elon University, Guest Lecture (NC)
- Interfaith Power and Light Event, Screening (NC)
- Americorps Project Conserve, Screening and Workshop (NC)
- The Collider, Video Partnership (NC)
- Bioneers, Screening, Asheville (NC)
- Sustainable Agriculture Conference, Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, Big Ideas Presentation (NC)
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