With support from Movies that Matter and UNDP Türkiye, Sustainable Living Film Days (SYFG), featuring 12 documentaries from the Sustainable Living Film Festival selection, will be held online at surdurulebiliryasam.net from February 4-7, 2021, organized by our university’s Center for Environmental Humanities.
SYFG, which addresses human rights by examining the relationship between ecological and social problems through a sustainability perspective, will include not only film screenings but also online panels and discussions with invited speakers. The program will feature online talks with: Prof. Dr. Nüzhet Dalfes, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Arda Borlu from Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Ceyhan Temürcü from Four Seasons Ecological Life Association, Dr. Önder Çetin from Ege University Department of English Language and Literature, Dr. Yeşim Bekyürek from Cappadocia Organic Agriculture Producers Association, Şükran Başdoğan from Women Farmers Ecological Education and Production Center, and members of the Sustainable Fashion Platform. The talks will be broadcast live on our university’s YouTube channel.
The SYFG selection consists of documentaries that holistically address many fundamental issues – from basic health services to child labor and child slavery, from responsible supply chains in food and textile sectors to conflict and war, from climate change to energy problems, from water access rights to toxic-free food access – while inspiring with creative solutions. The films reveal the relationship between ecological and social systems and also present the impactful social initiatives of solution-oriented individuals.
SYFG is open to participation not only from students and academics, but also from participants in local governments, the public and private sectors, non-governmental organizations, educational institutions, and especially residents of Cappadocia who are interested in sustainability issues.
To participate in the event, first register as a “Follower” on surdurulebiliryasam.net and then register for sessions. The required CODE for session registration: SYFG2021_KAPADOKYA
All screenings are free of charge.
PROGRAM
February 4, 2021 Thursday
19:00
- EcoPeace Middle East 5′
- Toxic-Free Tables 42′
21:00 Talk: “Organic Production and Restorative Communities”
Dr. Yeşim Bekyürek (Cappadocia Organic Agriculture Producers Association)
Şükran Başdoğan (Women Farmers Ecological Education and Production Center)
You are invited to the talk where we will discuss healthy and reliable food together with the Cappadocia Organic Agriculture Producers Association, founded in 2009 to pioneer organic farming in the Cappadocia region and increase organic production and the number of producers, and the Women Farmers Ecological Education and Production Center, established to produce products like paste, molasses, pickles and dried products under licensed conditions with surplus products brought to the organic market in Kayseri, and which fights to support women in rural areas and sustainable production of local seeds.
February 5, 2021 Friday
18:00
- Angaza 5′
- The Chocolate Case 90′
19:45 Talk: “Local and fair production solutions: The example of Güdül producer market”
Dr. Ceyhan Temürcü (Four Seasons Ecological Life Association)
With Dr. Ceyhan Temürcü from the Four Seasons Ecological Life Association, which aims to build bridges between villages and cities through foods produced with methods that consider nature and society around Ankara, we will discuss the “Agroecological Transformation with Food Communities in Güdül” project implemented in Ankara’s Güdül District with the support of the GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP), and answers to questions such as: How are local and fair production solutions possible? What is the community-supported ecological production model?
February 6, 2021 Saturday
14:00
- A Commons Sense 8′
- The True Cost 92′
15:45 Talk: “Sustainable Fashion Movement”
Bükra Kalaycı, Gizem Yücelen, Bilgesu Altunkan, Nermin Köse (Sustainable Fashion Platform)
After The True Cost, which exposes the environmental and social impact of the sector known as fast fashion, we will examine fast fashion and the concepts of slow fashion and sustainable fashion developed against it with members of the Sustainable Fashion Platform. This independent platform aims to create a textile and fashion ecosystem sensitive to the planet and society.
17:00
- Our Power 9′
- Time to Choose 100′
19:00 Talk: “Climate Change”
Prof. Dr. Nüzhet Dalfes (Retired ITU Faculty Member)
After Time to Choose, which addresses both the problems created by the climate crisis worldwide and their solutions, we will discuss the agenda of the climate crisis in Turkey and the world with Prof. Dr. Nüzhet Dalfes, who has worked in the field of climate change for about 40 years and is a former faculty member of ITU Eurasia Earth Sciences Institute, Department of Ecology and Evolution.
February 7, 2021 Sunday
14:00
- A Common Right Uganda 8′
- Bending the Arc 102′
16:00 Talk: “Right to health and global pandemics”
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Arda Borlu (Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine)
Based on what Bending the Arc tells about the struggle of doctors and activists worldwide for the idea of “health for all”, we will discuss global pandemics that are on the world’s agenda and the right to health, which has become even more critical during this process, with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Arda Borlu from the Public Health department of Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine.
17:15
- Marshland Dreams 7′
- The Congo Tribunal 100′
19:30 Talk: “War and Ecology”
Dr. Önder Çetin (Ege University)
What are the ecological impacts of war? What is the environmental dimension of wars that mean destruction and devastation not only for human communities but also for environmental balance, and therefore for the earth community in a broader sense? We will discuss war and ecology through literature with Dr. Önder Çetin, a faculty member at Ege University’s Department of English Language and Literature, who conducts war narratives and ecocriticism studies.
