I am a Calgary based filmmaker. One of my previous productions was the acclaimed oil sands documentary "Pay Dirt"(CBC 2006) My new project is a multi-format documentary looking at the full costs of all energy systems - called "unintended Consequences". You can find detailed information and help support this project getting made by pre-buying the programs here:
http://www.indiegogo.com/Unintended-Consequences
Sponsorship opportunities also available. Contact me for more details.
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES is a global multi-platform documentary project about the externalities of the energy systems we need to transition from a high carbon to low carbon society by examining critical and often overlooked elements in the energy debate in an exciting, informative, and balanced narrative. By investigating the full ecological, economic, social and political costs of various energy sources, in other words, by looking at “energy systems” from cradle to grave”, including oil sands, natural gas, coal, nuclear, wind, solar, bio-fuels, and geo-thermal, we can better understand how focusing on labels like “dirty oil”, “clean energy”, “sustainable” and “renewable” can be misleading, and keep us from real solutions. There are no free rides to the future because exploitation of any energy source for human consumption creates impacts, and has costs such as the infrastructure needed to produce, distribute and consume the energy. It is critical that we understand that everything in our lives like modern medicine, science, and technology, are inextricably linked to oil and petrochemicals. No matter what energy source we choose there will be positive and negative unintended consequences.
There is great need to increase society’s energy literacy in order to move past the current climate of polarization, conflict and highly charged emotions to a new era of rational optimism where energy systems are planned and delivered through integrating fossil fuels and alternative fuels in an efficient manner that respects our social, political, economic, and environmental realities. This project will directly address and help to increase overall energy literacy. The documentaries will address the issue of literacy through narratives that provides context and perspective in an entertaining and understandable way.
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES is a multi-format documentary project that will include the production of a feature length film, a six-part six-hour television series, a public website with unique real-time web documentaries and open source interactive content, an educational website for schools from elementary to university level, and a corporate e-learning website for energy industry, governments, and institutions.