Environmental and Reproductive Health Film and Webinar Series 2023
The Center for Biological Diversity hosted an environmental and reproductive health film and webinar series from Oct. 5 to Nov. 2, 2023. The series was a follow-up to our important 2022 report, The Influence of Environmental Toxicity, Inequity and Capitalism on Reproductive Health. If you missed any of the panel discussions about these fantastic films, you can watch them on our YouTube channel.
Film, webinars and resources:
- A Silent Transformation — The modern economy increasingly denies people basic amenities to give them a decent life. This documentary shows how the cooperative model is as critical as ever.
- Panelists included:
- Adoma Addo, Center for Biological Diversity
- Emily Kawano, U.S. Solidarity Economy Network
- Alison Dreith, Midwest Access Coalition
- Resources shared:
- Children of the Vine — This film is an unsettling investigation into the controversial herbicide Roundup and how it harms public health.
- Panelists included:
- Dr. Tyrone Hayes, University of California Berkeley
- Brian Lilla, director of Children of the Vine
- Nsedu Obot Witherspoon, Children’s Environmental Health Network
- Resources shared:
- Learn more about the Children’s Environmental Health Network and review their voter’s guide.
- Take action: Tell the EPA you support a strong, effective plan to protect the rarest plants and animals from chemical herbicides and advocate for Protect America’s Children from Toxic Pesticides Act.
- Check out these resources shared during the webinar:
- We the Guinea Pigs — As plastic has become increasingly common throughout our lives, this film finds there’s also an inexplicable increase in the number of diseases and disorders in people, from breast cancer to low sperm quality.
- Panelists included:
- Yvette Arellano, Fenceline Watch
- Swati Rayasam, University of California San Francisco, Reproductive Health and Environment Program
- Thalia Segal, MD, Collab Fertility
- Resources shared:
- University of CA San Francisco, Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment, Chemical Industry Documents Library - and their testimony at the US House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce, October 18, 2023.
- United Nations Environment Program, Potential options for elements towards an international legally binding instrument, based on a comprehensive approach that addresses the full life cycle of plastics as called for by UN Environment Assembly resolution 5/14.
- Useful organizations for updates:
- Break Free From Plastic - @brkfreeplastic
- Center for International Environmental Law - @ciel_tweets
- International Pollutants Elimination Network - @ToxicsFree
- The Climate Baby Dilemma — This invite-only, preview screening of The Climate Baby Dilemma presented by the Center explores the growing number of Gen-Z and millennials who are refusing to bring a child into an increasingly unstable world due to climate change or struggling with the question of whether they should.
- Panelists included:
- Adelita Cantu, University of Texas and Association of Nurses for a Healthy Environment
- Sarain Fox, artist, activist and Indigenous ambassador
- Vicki Lean, director of Climate Baby Dilemma
- Payton Mitchell, activist and participant in film
- Resources shared:
