Volunteer Millers to Host Showing of “Green Fire” Film

The Volunteer Millers at de Immigrant Windmill in Fulton, IL, will host their November program on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. A free screening of the Emmy Award winning film “Green Fire,” the first full-length, high definition documentary made about legendary conservationist Aldo Leopold. The film explores Leopold’s life in the early part of the twentieth century and the many ways his land ethic ideas continue to be applied today. The event will be held at the Windmill Cultural Center, 111 Tenth Avenue in Fulton. The Cultural Center is located across the street from the city’s authentic Dutch Windmill. “Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time,” is a production of the Aldo Leopold Foundation, the US Forest Service, and the Center for Humans and Nature. The film shares highlights from Leopold’s life and extraordinary career, explaining how he shaped conservation in the twentieth century and still inspires people today. Although probably best known as the author of the conservation classic “A Sand County Almanac,” Leopold is also renowned for his work as an educator, philosopher, forester, ecologist, and wilderness advocate. “Green Fire” illustrates Leopold’s continuing influence by exploring current projects that connect people and land at the local level. Viewers will meet urban children in Chicago, learning about local foods and ecological restoration. They’ll learn about ranchers in Arizona and New Mexico who maintain healthy landscapes by working on their own properties and with their neighbors, in cooperative community conservation efforts. They’ll meet wildlife biologists who are bringing back threatened and endangered species, from cranes to Mexican wolves, to the landscapes where they once thrived. The Green Fire film portrays how Leopold’s vision of a community that cares about both people and land, his call for a land ethic, and how it ties all of these modern conservation stories together and offers inspiration and insight for the future. Refreshments will be served following the presentation. The facility is accessible to persons with disabilities. The program is free and open to the public. The 2014 programs are supported by a grant from the D. S. Flikkema Foundation. For more information, contact Heidi Kolk at 815- 589-3160.