Celebrating Earth Month
What does it mean to celebrate Earth Month? For many of us, a simple walk outside in nature energizes us — a reminder that we’re both nourished by and responsible for our planet. This connection came alive for us this month: from the moving resilience portrayed in “Rebuilding” at the SF Film Festival, to our explorations of the Presidio’s rich environmental history just steps from our headquarters. These moments — both quiet and catalyzing — aren’t just celebrations, they’re fuel for the critical work ahead.
Jill Tidman Joins Climate Podcast
“All of these films and the stories that they’re telling … it’s not just the archive, it’s the playbook.”
Jill Tidman, Executive Director of The Redford Center, was interviewed on the podcast Invested in Climate to talk about the impact of storytelling in climate activism.
Check out the episode to hear her unique insight on how people all over the world are finding solutions to effect change in their environment.
“There’s so much innovation and progress in places you would never imagine, and that is a story we feel like the world needs to hear, because that is a much more encouraging, motivating picture of humanity.”
Bringing those stories to the world is at the heart of our mission.
“Happening” Is Streaming on Kinema
The Redford Center-supported award-winning documentary, Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution, is available on Kinema.
Directed by James Redford, the film features Robert Redford, Mark Ruffalo, Dale Ross and Lisa Jackson as they uncover and celebrate what it takes community by community to shift into the clean energy era.
A Warm Welcome to Tina Barseghian
Tina Barseghian has joined The Redford Center as our Marketing & Communications Director.
As a former journalist, she brings two decades of strategic storytelling that transforms complex social challenges into compelling narratives for meaningful change. Before coming to The Redford Center she led the strategic visioning process at KQED, launched new media for NPR, spearheaded social impact campaigns at national nonprofits FUSE and Tides, and humanized complex narratives at global design firm IDEO.
Announcements & Upcoming Opportunities
Berkeley Film Foundation Grant Now Open
Climate Film Festival (CFF) Submissions Now Open
About The Redford Center
Co-founded in 2005 by activists and filmmakers Robert Redford and James Redford, The Redford Center is a nonprofit that advances environmental solutions through the power of stories that move. As one of the only US-based nonprofits solely dedicated to environmental impact filmmaking, The Redford Center develops and invests in projects that foster action and strengthen the reach of the grassroots efforts powering the environmental movement. Over the years, The Redford Center has produced three award-winning feature documentaries and more than 40 short films, supported over 150 film and media projects with grants and other services, inspired the creation of 550 student films, and disbursed more than $20 million to environmental film projects, amplifying change-making environmental solutions to millions of people worldwide.