Join the hundreds of community organizations, colleges and universities,
and faith communities that have hosted screenings of BLUE VINYL.
Together these screenings have seeded a consumer movement to
transform the PVC industry so it is no longer a source of environmental
and human harm. Working Films offers discount rental and purchase
rates to non-profit organizations, community groups, libraries,
colleges and universities, student organizations, and groups
of faith with limited resources. Contact us so we can help you
organize an intentional and focused screening of BLUE VINYL,
contact Molly Ramey at mramey@workingfilms.org or
call (910) 342-9000.
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STUDENTS
University
and college campuses are places of learning and action. Many institutions
of higher education are currently committing to green building
and sustainability programs. BLUE VINYL's quirky, funny, accessible
message of corporate malfeasance - digging
deep to uncover the truth about vinyl - resonates especially
well with students. Balancing humor and horror, BLUE VINYL seamlessly
connects the dots between corporate ethics, environmental consciousness
(or lack thereof), sustainability and the push for a "life-cycle" analysis
of the toxic materials that inform and deform our daily lives.
Special purchase and rental rates are available to schools, colleges,
universities, and student organizations. To host a screening
of BLUE VINYL at your university or college, contact Working
Films at mramey@workingfilms.org or
call (910) 342-9000.
BUILDING PROFESSIONALS
Over
14 billion pounds of PVC are currently produced every year in
North America, 75 percent of which is used in construction materials.
Piping, vinyl siding, and vinyl flooring are the largest and
most familiar uses of PVC. It's also commonly used in electrical
wire, conduit, junction boxes, wall coverings, carpet fibers
and backing, windows, door frames, shades and blinds, shower
curtains, furniture, flues, gutters, down spouts, waterstops,
weatherstrip, flashing, moldings and elsewhere.
Working Films
is able to offer discount rental and purchase rates and offer
support and information resources to architects, planners, developers,
and other building professionals that screen the film. American
Institute of Architects (AIA) chapters can offer continuing education
credits to members that view and discuss the film. To set up
a screening, contact Working Films at mramey@workingfilms.org or
call (910) 342-9000.
FAITH
Faith-based institutions
spend millions of dollars each year on building materials for
their facilities. Their mission, regardless of specific faith,
is the transmission of their values “from
one generation to the next” (in Hebrew, l'dor vador ).
Our clergy, administrators, and lay people consult scripture
to ensure that the sacred spaces they build inspire devotion
and strengthen their communities. But they rarely uncover the
hidden narratives attached to the pipes, floor tiles, roofs and
switch plates that make those spaces functional. Faith communities
often don't consider that the thresholds we step across as we
celebrate life-cycle events – the births of our children, the
welcoming of new members, and the passing of our parents – may
be made of materials like vinyl or PVC whose industrial life-cycles
pose a cumulative threat to this generation and the next. This
threat is ever present, especially as congregations undertake
new construction and renovation projects.
Imagine
if faith-based institutions linked each step of the construction
process – from fundraising to design to the choice
of building materials – to the principles and practices of sustainability
and green building? They would build just buildings,
which in both form and spirit truly serve that "next generation" by making a commitment to environmental and economic justice.
Bring
BLUE VINYL to your faith community by contacting Working Films
at mramey@workingfilms.org or
call (910) 342-9000.
