Will Young - A State of Green Short

In this short clip from the forthcoming documentary film State of Green, Will Young, a member of the "Lowell Mountaintop Occupiers" discusses his own views of Lowell mountain and the importance of mountains to Vermont's identity, as he sees it.

**The views expressed in this video do not necessarily reflect the views of the filmmakers.**

Music: "Divider" by Chris_Zabriskie

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STATE OF GREEN is a documentary film examining renewable energy and its effects on the people of Vermont and the nation. The goals of this film are to explore the human story behind renewable development and to foster an intelligent, informed discussion. Our demand for energy is confronting us in our own back yard. Change is inevitable. With change comes sacrifice. Will the green energy movement strengthen our economy or compromise Vermont's unspoiled beauty?

In an effort to transition away from fossil fuels, the Vermont state energy plan calls for 90% of the state's power needs to be met from renewable sources by the year 2050. GREEN MOUNTAIN POWER, Vermont's largest utility, is leading the way in renewable energy development and working to offer their customers affordable, sustainable power.
Vermont purchases a significant amount of renewable energy from HYDRO QUEBEC. Many Cree people were displaced by the development of Hydro Quebec's St. James Bay project. How much of their culture and landscape was lost in an effort to produce power? Is their story a window into Vermont's future?


OUR GOAL: BALANCE

There are films out there about the evils of carbon fuels and the dread of impending climate change. There are films about the hidden truths of renewable energy projects and the downsides of industrial scale development.

But where are the films that refuse to take a biased stance, and instead examine as many aspects of the issues as possible, with the intention of letting the audience make up their own mind based on what they see?

That is the goal of our film. We have gone to great lengths to maintain neutrality on all issues, working with both sides of every problem we document and examining all possible details from as many angles as we can. We believe the truth will speak for itself; our job is to present the facts and realities as they stand and to let our viewers make their own conclusions.


WHY WE NEED YOUR HELP

So far, we have managed to collect a good amount of footage covering some of the important energy-related events happening in our region. We have been doing this on on our own dime, in our spare time. When we started, things were just getting going. Vermont Yankee had not yet run into serious troubles, Kingdom Community Wind was just an idea on paper and the renewable revolution was just beginning in our state.

How quickly things change.

Now, it is impossible to go a single day without hearing a new story about renewable energy in Vermont, whether its on the radio, television, Internet or in conversation with friends and neighbors. Vermont now finds itself on the front lines of the renewable energy revolution, and the battles are being fought hard every day.

On our own, it's become impossible to keep up with this pace while still maintaining our day jobs. Funding will enable us to go further, spend more time, devote more resources and focus with greater intensity on the project. With full funding, we can travel to Quebec and speak with the displaced Cree, to learn from their experiences in connection with Hydro Quebec. We can fly over the ridgelines of Vermont to capture their beauty and show the changes happening to them. And we can put our film out there for the world to see.

We believe that this project needs to be made. It has become bigger than us and we are sitting on footage that nobody else has. There are incredibly important stories occurring every day in Vermont, and they are stories that can teach us a great deal about ourselves, our future and our lives as human beings struggling to survive.

To contribute, visit http://www.stateofgreenmovie.com/supportus/

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