The films will cover topics like organic gardening and wilderness preservation.
Wednesday, November 04, 2009 at 4:34 p.m.
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MARQUETTE -- Environmental issues are the topic at a film festival that will happen this week in Marquette.
Eight films will be shown. One is a short film about kayaking into the wilds of Papua New Guinea.
The films will cover other topics like organic gardening and wilderness preservation.
It gets started at 6:30 p.m. both Thursday and Friday in Jamrich 103 on NMU's campus. Tickets for both nights are $15 and $10 for one night.
Since nothing like this has happened in Marquette before, organizers believe a film festival is a fun, new way to look at the issues.
"It's a new perspective for people to take with environmental issues," explained Emily Whittaker of the Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve. "It can be a fun thing. It doesn't have to be a doom and gloom thing. You don't have to be an environmentalist to care what happens with the planet."
If you would like to learn more about the event or the history behind the festival, visit http://www.yellowdogwatershed.org/
