Attend this Meaningful Movies showing of Sonic Sea and learn about the impacts of shipping noise on whales, including those of the Salish Sea. Increasing fossil fuel shipping that underpins global warming globally also impacts cetacean and other marine live as they travel through this area. Following the film Joe Olson, President of Cetacean Research Technology, which he founded in 1994, will speak and answer questions. His company builds hydrophone systems for whale and dolphin research, as well as other underwater acoustics applications. He also restarted the Puget Sound Chapter of the American Cetacean Society (ACS) in 1999 and served as its president until 2003. Founded in 1967, ACS is the world’s oldest whale and dolphin conservation organization.
Sonic Sea (2016, Michelle Dougherty and Daniel Hinerfeld, 56 min.) Oceans are a sonic symphony. Sound is essential to the survival and prosperity of marine life. But human-made ocean noise is threatening this fragile world. Sonic Sea is about protecting life in our waters from the destructive effects of oceanic noise pollution. “This documentary, about the devastating impact of industrial and military ocean noise on whales and other marine life, begins with a mystery: the unexplained stranding and mass mortality of several species of whales in the Bahamas in March 2000. As the mystery unfolds, the film explores the critical role of sound in the sea and the sudden, dramatic changes human activity is inflicting on the ocean’s delicate acoustic habitat — changes that threaten the ability of whales and other marine animals to function, to prosper and, ultimately, to survive.
Sonic Sea features several charismatic scientists, including Ken Balcomb, the former Navy pilot and acoustics expert who proved that naval sonar is killing whales, as well as the musician and environmental activist, Sting, whose moving interview connects the sonic world of marine life with our sonic world on land. The film offers solutions (and, by extension, hope) for a quieter ocean, and underscores that the ocean’s destiny is inextricably bound with our own.” (summary from IMDB at http://www.imdb.com) Winner of numerous awards in 2016 and 2017, including 2017 Emmys for Nature Documentary, Music and Sound, Graphic Design and Art Direction.
Join us for the film’s showing. It’s FREE and open to the public! Donations to defray cost of screening rights gladly accepted. Doors open at 6:30 P.M. The film begins at 7:00 P.M with a facilitated community discussion to follow.
More information at: http://www.wedgwoodmeaningfulmovies.org/an affiliate of the Meaningful Movies Project: https://meaningfulmovies.org
Sponsored by the Wedgwood Justice and Peace Coalition, an interfaith group with members from University Unitarian Church and neighboring Presbyterian and Catholic Churches.
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