Biosphere Youth Movies

These movies were conceived and filmed by high school and middle school students from the Bow Valley. For most of the students, this was the first time they have ever made movies. These movies range from 14 minutes, to just a minute in length, some involved months of filming (Deconstructing Grassi) while others were filmed in a day in a workshop format. Each movie benefited from the production assistance of Todd Currie from The Director's Cut. The opinions and the interpretations in the movies are not ours or the sponsors, but rather those of the students themselves, as they developed the concepts, wrote the scripts, and filmed their own movies.

 

Deconstructing Grassi

Lawrence Grassi Middle School students, the Biosphere Institute of the Bow Valley and the Bow Valley Waste Management Commission partnered on this project which was filmed over a period of several months.  This film chronicles the deconstruction of the old Lawrence Grassi school in Canmore.  Mme. Hood’s Grade 6 students investigate how the materials were reused and recycled, and document the history of the buildings on the Lawrence Grassi school site.  This movie is part of a project funded by Environment Canada EcoAction Community Funding Program, Alberta’s Community Initiatives Program, the Town of Canmore, and the Town of Banff.

 

Climate Change in the Bow Valley

Club Green students from Canmore Collegiate High School starred in, produced, directed, and edited this film. It is part of a project funded by Environment Canada EcoAction Community Funding Program, Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Foundation, the Town of Canmore, and the Town of Banff.

 

Climate Change

M. Vallee’s grade 8 students at Lawrence Grassi Middle School made this video, which has already been selected and shown at the Reel Fun Film Festival in Calgary.  The movie is part of a project funded by Environment Canada EcoAction Community Funding Program, Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Foundation, the Town of Canmore, and the Town of Banff.

 

Mountain Climate Change

This is a series of separate movie shorts on climate change filmed by Ms. Casanova’s grade 7 class at Exshaw School.  This movie is part of a project funded by Environment Canada EcoAction Community Funding Program, Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Foundation, the Town of Canmore, and the Town of Banff.

 

Mountain Idle Movie

Team Green and Mrs. Duggleby’s 5/6 students at Lawrence Grassi Middle School had fun creating this movie with the Biosphere Institute of the Bow Valley to help educate others about the effects of idling. The movie is part of the Biosphere Institute’s Bow Valley Mountain Air Program.  This movie has already been selected and shown at the Totally Awesome Film Festival in Ontario and at the Reel Fun Film Festival in Calgary.  The Program is a partnership between the Biosphere Institute and the Department of Natural Resources – ecoEnergy for Personal Vehicles, The Calgary Foundation, the Town of Canmore, and the Town of Banff.

Global Warming is No Laughing Matter

Pine Beetles in Our Environment


Climate Change: The Banff Story
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