Gallatin Valley Earth Day presents ~
THE STORY OF PLASTIC - Meet the Director, Deia Schlosberg

This program - a virtual Q&A with Deia Schlosber, director/producer of “The Story of Plastic” - was recorded on Thursday, March 25, 2021.

In addition, local sustainability heroes, Wren Kilian and Serena Rundberg talk about their efforts to reduce the use of plastic in our community.

THE STORY OF PLASTIC is a searing expose revealing the ugly truth behind plastic pollution and the false solution of plastic recycling. Different from every other plastic documentary you’ve seen, THE STORY OF PLASTIC presents a cohesive timeline of how we got to our current global plastic pollution crisis and how the oil and gas industry has successfully manipulated the narrative around it. From the extraction of fossil fuels and plastic disposal to the global resistance fighting back, THE STORY OF PLASTIC is a life-changing film depicting one of the world’s most pressing environmental issues.

DEIA SCHLOSBERG earned an MFA in Science & Natural History Filmmaking at Montana State University in Bozeman, where she directed and produced BACKYARD, which looks at the human cost of fracking. The film won two student Emmys and picked up awards at film festivals around the world. Deia made national news in October, 2016, when she was arrested and charged with 45 years' worth of felonies for filming the #ShutItDown pipeline protest in North Dakota. Deia is currently directing the docuseries BOOTSTRAPS, which follows eleven households for two and a half years while each individual receives a basic income as part of a groundbreaking UBI experiment. She was more recently named one of DOC NYC's 40 under 40 in 2019.

WREN KILIAN- Founder of The Valley of the Flowers Project. Wren is a mother, grandmother, nature lover, and photographer. Wren became an activist many years ago because of her deep concern for the legacy we are leaving future generations. In 2014, Wren founded the Valley of the Flowers Project - a Montana based organization whose motto is “Building Community through sustainability”. Wren founded the Bring Your Own Bag for Change program as a new approach to the critical challenge of reducing waste and improving sustainability.

SERENA RUNDBERG is the founder and principal owner of Inspired Madness, Inc. - a thriving food and beverage group consisting of four unique establishments in Bozeman, MT – Feed Café, Lot G Café, Daily Coffee & Eatery and Steep Mountain Teahouse (formerly Townshends).Inspired Madness has been working towards environmental sustainability for over 12 years.

Thanks to our sponsors:

Thanks to Lot G Cafe for underwriting this event.

Additional thanks to supporting sponsors: Hope Lutheran's Creation Care Team, Happy Trash Can, Bogart Farmers' Market, Treeline Coffee and Heebs Grocery.

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