An eco-friendly ‘Tomorrow’

“Tomorrow,” an environmental film that offers solutions and hope, not the standard doom and gloom, will screen Thursday, June 15 at Sonoma’s Burlingame Hall.

The feature-length film, produced by a pair of French notables, won best documentary film award at the Césars (the French version of the Oscars) in 2016 and has received numerous other awards at film festivals around the world.

Entrepreneur/environmentalist Paul Hawken it is “without question… absolutely the best film on the future of humanity and the environment.”

The producers have gathered stories from communities around the globe demonstrating that answers to the environmental crisis “lie in a wide mobilization of the human race” to offset the powerlessness that so many are feeling in the face of great challenge.

The goal, the filmmakers say, is to stimulate a movement to encourage local communities around the world to change the way they live for the sake of the planet.

The S.F. Chronicle called the film “a generous cut above the standard enviro-doc,” while the L.A. Times described it as a “forward-thinking take on addressing the demise of the human race.” The film “sets out to showcase alternative and creative ways of viewing agriculture, economics, energy and education.”

The 7 p.m. screening at 252 W. Napa St. is sponsored by Transition Sonoma Valley and the Earth Care Committee of First Congregational Church.

Both environmentally-focused and positive-action groups have worked together in scores of local efforts over the past several years to educate and activate Sonoma Valley citizens to come to terms with the serious threat of global warming and resource depletion.