Event

The Carbon Rush

The Carbon Rush
Directed by: Amy Miller / Canada / English / 2012 / Documentary, Environmental / 90 minutes / California Premiere

Incinerators burning garbage in India. Hundreds of hydroelectric dams in Panama. Biogas extracted from palm oil in Honduras. Eucalyptus forests harvested for charcoal in Brazil. What do these projects have in common? They are all receiving carbon credits for o setting pollution created somewhere else. But what impact are these osets having? Are they actually reducing emissions? And how are they aecting the people who live in these countries? The Carbon Rush takes us around the world to meet the men and women on the front lines of carbon trading.

Narrated by Daryl Hannah, The Carbon Rush travels across four continents and shows the connection between these tragedies and the United Nations' Clean Development Mechanism. This groundbreaking documentary feature reveals the true cost of carbon trading and who stands to gain and who stands to lose.

Official Selection: Vancouver International Film Festival

Tickets $6.17 in advance/$10.00 at the door