Media & Policy Center: NAAEE Announces Film Contest Winners

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Contact information: Sue Bumpous, NAAEE Communications Manager (202) 419-0413
Brenna Gintyrapp, Public Relations Administrator, SPSA, Chesapeake (757) 420-4700

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(October 11, 2007, Washington D.C.) —   Six environmental films will receive awards and will be screened along with 13 other finalists at the North American Association for Environmental Education's annual conference on November 14-17, 2007. A first, second, and third place winner in each of two categories, Student/Amateur and General, will be awarded prizes by the primary grant sponsor of the festival, the Albert I. Pierce Foundation (www.aipfoundation.org) during a ceremony on Thursday, November 15, at 4:45 p.m.

General Category

• First Prize — Edens Lost and Found - Los Angeles: Dream a Different City, Media & Policy Center
• Second Prize — Enviro Tacklebox "Student Solutions: Using Your Personal Power," submitted by Louisiana Public Broadcasting
• Third Prize — Edens Lost and Found - Chicago: City of the Big Shoulders, Media & Policy Center

Student/Amateur Category

• First Prize — Texas Wetlands — Daniel McLemore, Texas, a student at Lamar University
• Second Prize — Kis-ka-DEE —Ryan P. Fitzgibbons, Pennsylvania
• Third Prize — All Our Oceans Need to Live — John C. Sammons, a teacher at Greenbrier Intermediate School, Chesapeake, VA

Prizes were offered for programs that tell a positive story of how individuals and communities have come together to solve environmental problems. The Film and Video Festival is one element of a larger effort by NAAEE to re-invigorate the use of arts and culture in the EE field.

The Albert I. Pierce Foundation focuses on the environment and the arts by offering opportunities for professional development, communication, and partnership.