By Staff August 4, 2014 BURLINGTON, ON. In 2012, BurlingtonGreen brought Dr. Jane Goodall to Burlington for two sold out audiences with multiple standing ovations at each event. The “greens” are bringing Rob Stewart to Burlington in October when he will screen his latest film Revolution!
Sharkwater won numerous awards.
Stewart was born in 1979, in Toronto, where he was raised. He began doing underwater photography as a teenager, and became a scuba-diving trainer when he was eighteen years old. He attended the prestigious Crescent School as a youth. For four years, Stewart worked as chief photographer for the Canadian Wildlife Federation’s magazines, and also worked as a freelance journalist. He won awards for his journalism. Stewart holds a Bachelor’s degree in biology from The University of Western Ontario. Stewart got the idea to make the movie Sharkwater at age twenty-two, when he found out there was illegal long-lining in the marine reserve, while he was photographing sharks in the Galapagos Islands. The public did not respond when he tried to put out a message that lining was killing the sharks and many other species were going extinct.He traveled through fifteen countries for the next four years, studying and filming sharks.
It was while filming Sharkwater that Stewart began to see the much bigger picture – the earth’s environment was really at risk.
During the filming of Sharkwater, Stewart realized that the problem with the environment went far beyond sharks – the world’s environment was at risk.
Rob Stewart, award winning film maker will be at the Performing Arts Centre in Otcober.
In October Stewart will present “Experience A Revolution” and screen his latest film “Revolution”. In addition to viewing the Revolution documentary, audiences will have the opportunity to participate in an interactive Q & A with keynote Rob Stewart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxcophNGLdg This ground-breaking documentary has received both critical and audience acclaim and has won a number of awards at film festivals around the world. David Suzuki says: “If you go to one movie this year it must be Revolution”. “A Stunning Adventure” according to Sir Richard Branson. The dual component event will be held at the Burlington Performing Arts Centre and will include the Imprints Youth Environmental Summit, inviting Halton youth from grades 7 through 12. The Eco Awards Celebration will be held at the same time. A large part of the BurlingtonGreen mandate is to educate; both events are part of a program to empower audiences to take action individually and collectively to help the planet locally. Tickets will go on sale at the BPAC in mid-August: $25/per person with proceeds to support the important work of BurlingtonGreen. Don’t miss Rob Stewart at the BPAC on October 21st!
Thank you Burlington Gazette for posting and sharing this exciting news! More event details will be added in coming months at http://www.burlingtongreen.org
Sounds fabulous and is so on target for what is most important for the survival of the earth. Would love to attend.