Underwater Neighborhoods: An Earth Month 2009 Community Kickoff

Help launch Puget Sound Earth Month 2009 by joining underwater videographer John Williams for a breathtaking journey under the Sound and a community discussion about how local arts, recreation and science are involved in celebrating the health of the Sound.

John Williams spent almost 20 years helping to map the ocean floor all over the world, from the deepest of the deep, the Mariana Trench, to the flanks of Surtsey, Iceland, some of the newest real-estate on the planet.  At the beginning of this century, he embarked on a new adventure: turning his love for SCUBA diving into a new career making educational underwater movies.   Recognizing some of the serious issues facing our oceans, yet basically optimistic that they can be addressed through public awareness and involvement, John founded a media production company called Still Hope Productions, Inc.

His video has been seen on broadcast, satellite, and cable TV, and at science conferences.  John's movie about the four seasons underwater in Puget Sound, "Return of the Plankton," is in many schools and libraries around the U.S., and it toured the country with the Kids First! film festival in 2007.  For the last three years, John has been producing the Pacific Northwest's only underwater TV series, "SEA-Inside: Pacific Northwest."  It is a non-profit project that airs on 45 community TV stations, reaching over 3 million homes.

John is a member of the 911 Media Arts Center, Bainbridge Island Broadcasting, Northwest Film Forum, the Alliance for Community Media, and he serves on the steering committee for the Puget Sound Partnership's ECO Network.

Admission:
$6, People For Puget Sound members; $8 nonmembers

RSVP and tickets: Jamie Wine, (206) 382-7007.