Don’t throw your snow shovel away just yet, but every winter there seems to be less and less snow as displayed by the 53-minute “Saving Snow” documentary filmed by Diogo Freire. To learn more, come and view the movie that will be shown for free at three North Shore locations listed below.
The blizzard this week turned out hundreds of dog mushers, skiers, snowmobilers, ice fishing enthusiasts, snowshoers… but snows like this are not as usual as they once were. “Saving Snow” is a 53-minute documentary on the heartbreaking story of our winters on life support.
“With all of my films, the goal is to make climate change concrete,” says filmmaker Diogo Freire of Adaptation Now. “I try to find specific examples of communities that are being affected— and also show how they’re responding.”
A disappearing snow season is more than just frustration for winter sports enthusiasts. It means lost income for the many towns and small businesses that depend on winter tourism and recreation to stay afloat.
“Saving Snow” focuses on people coming to terms with these changes. But it also presents solutions. The film highlights individuals and organizations who are working to reduce their communities’ impacts on the environment and raise awareness of the need for action.
Birkie executive director Ben Popp, who features prominently in the film, says “‘Saving Snow’ brings to life the realities we face if we don’t start to take climate change seriously at the policy level. I love snow, and I love what it enables, I hope it is here like it should be for my grandkids!”
Jessie Diggins, USA Olympic Ski Team gold medal winner, says in an interview with the New York Times, “You can look at different solutions for the economy, but you only get one earth to live on, and you have to breathe the air that is on this earth. We have to do it in a way that doesn’t hurt families economically, which is why I’m supporting the carbon fee and dividend solution because it puts a fee on carbon and returns the revenue to households.”
The movie showings are free. Moviegoers will be treated with breathtaking winter scenery and personal stories from winter industries across the U.S. For more information contacts: Rebecca Wiinanen grandmarais@citizensclimatelobby.org or, Staci Drouillard localenergy@boreal.org.
Screenings on the North Shore
. FEBRUARY 27 | 7 P.M. | North House Green Building
. MARCH 10 | NOON | Tettegouche State Park
bring a brown bag lunch
. MARCH 22 | 6:30 P.M. | Two Harbors Public Library
. MARCH 24 | 7 P.M. | Voyageur Brewery
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