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"The story is charming, The movie is accessible and thought-provoking. For those of us in urban and suburban area where living sustainably means shopping conscientiously and buying from local producers, this movie provides a new lens through which to view sustainable eating."
Screenings and Community Discussions Continue!
From the Beading and Eating group in Kake, Alaska to East Coast college campuses and public libraries, the film is in use and a part of people talking and about health, environment, local foods, sustainability and more. We've heard that Community Health Aides from all over Alaska are watching Eating Alaska as part of their nutrition training and women learning survival, huting and fishing skills in a program called "Becoming an Outdoors Women," are seeing it as part of their workshops.
Here is a recent example of a local Eating Alaska event:
The director recently returned from an artist in schools project in Nome. As part of that, she shared the film with an audience of 25 people. Great for a small community. The discussion was awesome. Viewers talked about issues of finding time to do subsistence and grow their own food in the challenging subarctic climate. A couple Inupiat women shared the challenges they face, moving for work, and learning how to gather and prepare local foods, since there is such a variation within Alaska and usually families share and pass on this knowledge. One person said he couldn't find the time to do his own food growing or gathering. That led to some heated talk about "values" and time. Another local brought up the issue of gold mines in the region and the need to keep toxic chemicals from getting into the environment and the wild foods we eat. We then talked about the economy of rural Alaska, the need for employment opportunities and the hazards that often arise with industries like mining and, as we all are so aware of with the tragedy in the Gulf, with offshore drilling.
06/03/2010: "EARLY SUMMER NEWS FOR EATING ALASKA"
Eating Alaska reviewed on the Slow Food USA's website:"The story is charming, The movie is accessible and thought-provoking. For those of us in urban and suburban area where living sustainably means shopping conscientiously and buying from local producers, this movie provides a new lens through which to view sustainable eating."
Screenings and Community Discussions Continue!
From the Beading and Eating group in Kake, Alaska to East Coast college campuses and public libraries, the film is in use and a part of people talking and about health, environment, local foods, sustainability and more. We've heard that Community Health Aides from all over Alaska are watching Eating Alaska as part of their nutrition training and women learning survival, huting and fishing skills in a program called "Becoming an Outdoors Women," are seeing it as part of their workshops.
Here is a recent example of a local Eating Alaska event:
The director recently returned from an artist in schools project in Nome. As part of that, she shared the film with an audience of 25 people. Great for a small community. The discussion was awesome. Viewers talked about issues of finding time to do subsistence and grow their own food in the challenging subarctic climate. A couple Inupiat women shared the challenges they face, moving for work, and learning how to gather and prepare local foods, since there is such a variation within Alaska and usually families share and pass on this knowledge. One person said he couldn't find the time to do his own food growing or gathering. That led to some heated talk about "values" and time. Another local brought up the issue of gold mines in the region and the need to keep toxic chemicals from getting into the environment and the wild foods we eat. We then talked about the economy of rural Alaska, the need for employment opportunities and the hazards that often arise with industries like mining and, as we all are so aware of with the tragedy in the Gulf, with offshore drilling.
Ellen Frankenstein, on 06.03.10 @ 08:47AKT
