Deep sea mining is an immediate ecological threat, with significant consequences for the ocean and all life. Though the impetus is to supply minerals for batteries to power the “New Green Revolution,” alternative technologies already exist to produce batteries without them. The film features ocean advocate Sylvia Earle and cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
Filmmaker: Lavinia Currier
Running Time: 10 mins
Language: English with open captions
Type: Official Selection – Short
Lavinia Currier grew up on a farm in The Plains, VA. As a teenager, she was mentored in land conservation by Pat Noonan of The Conservation Fund (TCF was a partner in founding the National Conservation Training Center outside of Shepherdstown, WV). Currier’s feature films Passion in the Desert and Oka! are stories about unique human relationships with the natural world.
