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Families Fight Back is about simple ways that families can conserve energy, reduce waste, and join the growing effort to beat global warming. This film starts with our own family, but its not just about us. It's about our friends, community and country working together for a sustainable future. Families Fight Back was shot, in spurts, over one weekend and edited in about a day. We made it for the Treehugger.com Convenient Truths: A GreenVideo Contest because we were dazzled and inspired by the range of submissions (and we've seen them all!). If people could feel the energy the filmmakers putinto these projects, our planet would be a much better and safer place. Thanks for watching...our check out our companion website at http://familiesfightback.org


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Good message and understandable video & audio. Glad you got your kids involved.

Posted by: Kathy | March 3, 2007 11:52 PM

Very cool! Lots of great ideas to help conserve energy and produce less greenhouse gases. Let's all fight back...

Posted by: Sanders family | March 4, 2007 10:47 AM

I love it! I'm going to show it to my kids tomorrow. They will be inspired because the message is coming from their peers.

Good, concrete suggestions.

Posted by: Jessa Barnes | March 4, 2007 9:44 PM

Excellent video. Very motivating and creative. Great ideas that I want to implement right away. Let's fight back!

Posted by: Laurellie | March 4, 2007 9:55 PM

I loved "Families Fight Back". It was compelling, instructive, funny and well done. What a lovely, inspiring family. Hasta la victoria siempre!

Posted by: John Pauly | March 4, 2007 11:16 PM

Very pragmatic video. I see many ways that we can save energy and our resources for future generations. Great family project.

Posted by: Mark | March 5, 2007 7:02 AM

What an inspiring video! Very clear message, and entertaining besides.

Posted by: Kendra | March 5, 2007 8:48 AM

Very creative apporach to teaching children and families about how to conserve energy and protect the environment in a short amount of time. Good work Austin and Anna!

The Laines

Posted by: sabrina laine | March 5, 2007 10:14 AM

Wonderful, funny and inspiring! I wish i lived near such a committed and creative bunch of people.

Posted by: Tilly Ballard | March 5, 2007 10:19 AM

Learning can be fun and funny and so can saving the earth...Thanks for sharing all your ideas...Now, if we can just find a way to make turning the lights off as much fun as tossing the glass into the dumpster!

Posted by: Rene | March 5, 2007 10:34 AM

The short film is very well done with a soft warm touch with the kids. Education is succinct rather than preachy. Film director clearly has talent

Posted by: Kofi Cash | March 5, 2007 11:03 AM

This is a great, entertaining way to give everyone hope about their role in reducing pollution and global warming! Thanks for making this effort and for sharing it with us.

Posted by: Virginia Lamb | March 5, 2007 11:29 AM

me gustò mucho porque involucra toda la familia en lo que se puede hacer en lo cotidiano, simplemente con conciencia ecologica! Es un video que llega a los "adultos" y a los "ninios"; tambien mi ninio lo apreciò..gracias!

Posted by: cristina serafini | March 5, 2007 11:59 AM

Just great - nice to see something done as a family, without a despairing message, but rather an inspiring one. Good for you!

Posted by: Dean | March 5, 2007 3:27 PM

Great video with a whole lot of useful information conveyed in a cute/fun way!

Posted by: Emily | March 5, 2007 5:21 PM

Way to go! Now I've got my list of ways I can help fight back.

Posted by: John Davison | March 5, 2007 5:22 PM

Awesome! Inspiring, compelling and pragmatic. I was so impressed by the use of drama and humor in this entry. It makes me want to wear sunglasses and black clothing and join forces. Hoorah for awesome child actresses!!

Posted by: Marcie Chanin | March 5, 2007 5:44 PM

good stuff. austin, when are you going to do my mtv video?

Posted by: devin | March 5, 2007 5:46 PM

Good message, upbeat, empowering. Keep 'em coming.

Posted by: ian smith | March 6, 2007 5:05 AM

those faeries are alive and kickin' in more ways than i knew! loved it and love that you took the time to remind us that simple actions in our everyday lives are ways of fighting back. getting the kids in on it means there is hope in their bones to make a difference. and now i need to go find my sunglasses.

Posted by: lisa basile | March 6, 2007 8:58 AM

Great job, and full of good ideas, you've got me thinking...

Posted by: paige | March 6, 2007 10:48 AM

very creative and fun way to learn...way to go...love the shades

Posted by: tammy weber and family | March 6, 2007 11:19 AM

This is a superb video. I have known the film maker for eighteen years and have always been impressed by his film making acumen. I expected this video to be outstanding, and it was. It merged humor with a serious issue, and it was prescriptive. My family in Minneapolis does some of what the video suggests, but I am now inspired to do more. Thanks guys! Mike Courteau

Posted by: Mike | March 6, 2007 12:58 PM

Wonderful! This is a very effective video -- smart, engaging, and full of good ideas.

Posted by: Daniel Wilkinson | March 6, 2007 3:35 PM

I love this video cause this clear and direct message makes you fell powerful! We don’t have to cross our arms, there are thing that can be done to help our planet from global warming.

Posted by: ana carpio | March 6, 2007 4:29 PM

Inspiring, full of good ideas, practical, lively and warm. Nice to see all the family into it. C'est très sympa!

Posted by: Louise Hallé | March 6, 2007 5:25 PM

A lot of talent in that family! Very well done. Great job, Anna! Clear and practical.

Posted by: Wes | March 7, 2007 1:24 AM

Great job! Green is awesome!

Posted by: The Sewell Family | March 7, 2007 4:31 PM

One totally Mad Hot Green video! You might start something with the sunglasses and an "overground Green movement" -- the Greenniks!

Great job!
Amy Sewell
Filmmaker -- Mad Hot Ballroom

Posted by: amy sewell | March 7, 2007 4:58 PM

What a great idea, you guys-I loved it! To the point, cool, fun, and motivating. Excuse me--I have to run out to get those fluorescent lightbulbs I keep meaning to buy... seriously...

Posted by: Carol | March 7, 2007 11:55 PM

fighting out here in portland. i need to get some photograys! oh yeah...

Posted by: ryan | March 8, 2007 2:27 AM

What a great film! There are great ideas for actions our kids (and our whole family)can take.

Posted by: Linda | March 8, 2007 6:24 PM

Good film.

Posted by: Kalev/Finland | March 9, 2007 7:15 AM

Great, easy suggestions done in a friendly, fun format. I loved the teddy bear with sunglasses touch.

Posted by: Tammie | March 9, 2007 9:25 AM

Woow... good to hear the sound of such a determined voice. It sounds convincing... just as it should be! It stimulizes me to sit together with my kids and line up a list of things to keep in mind for the future. I guess that's what we will do this evening. And that's why this film is so inspiring.

Posted by: Gert Hermans | March 9, 2007 10:03 AM

Way to go! People really should both fight back more and do more videos about it. Thank you for giving the address of this today in LISTEN TO ME in Tampere, Finland. I really enjoyed your presentation here and found it very inspiring. All the best to you and your family!

Posted by: Johanna | March 9, 2007 12:57 PM

Yes actually it thrilling. In the other way out,teaches the world about loving, caresing their kids .. the sound so good to hear,and such a determined voice. It sounds convincing... just as it should be! It stimulizes everybody that sit down and watch this documentary will have more love for thier kids. Hmmnnn the documentary keep our mind for the future. I guess the world will agree with me. And the film is so inspiring.
Thanks schwarb,
Bye, bye, and more bye.


Posted by: Schwarbu Emile Kamara | March 9, 2007 2:21 PM

I liked this video very much. Simple and effective tips to fight back. All I have to do now is to get cool sunglases and start :)

Posted by: Olli | March 9, 2007 6:57 PM

Family, film, fun, fight! Zoom.

Posted by: Media Mike | March 10, 2007 5:03 PM

We loved this video. David, age 10, says "it was a good way to get the message out." Adam, age 7, says "it was good."

Posted by: Brad | March 10, 2007 8:47 PM

I think we could learn a thing or two from your video here in the UK - we are years behind the rest of Europe and the US in recycling and energy saving. Great video both of us enjoyed it - where can we get the sunglasses?

Posted by: Helen and Sam | March 11, 2007 5:28 AM

Excellent video because it shows what you are doing not what someone else should do - gives practical ideas how to be environmentally friendly & for example, can easily be used in schools

Posted by: Ros, Finland | March 11, 2007 2:35 PM

very cool. Simple but important and effective message. Love the shades but you might be able to save even more electricity if you take shades off in the house ;>)

Posted by: Stu | March 11, 2007 4:34 PM

This is my favorite by far!! Fantastic job, really. Catchy, funny, emotional - love the sunglasses. I totally dig seeing the family in the center of this project. Obviously they're green evangelists, because the crowd of black shirts and sunglasses in someone's living room didn't come from nowhere. Way to involve your friends and neighbors in optimistic and fun activism, Family!

You guys are role models. Keep up the good work.

Posted by: channing | March 11, 2007 7:04 PM

Great video with a great message! Keep on keeping on!

Posted by: Ben & Becky | March 11, 2007 9:11 PM

Good video,important message

Posted by: supe | March 12, 2007 8:17 AM

Excellent! Great advice. And those kids are killer!

Posted by: David Budbill | March 13, 2007 12:46 PM

AWESOME!!! great message, great family and great sunglasses!!!
the future is bright!

Posted by: sharese b | March 13, 2007 5:02 PM

It's wonderful to see a believable, upbeat and helpful intergenerational and cross-community approach to addressing such an important problem. Too often attempts to address problems involve fingerpointing. This video joins hands and hearts across all the divides.

Posted by: Robin Whitely | March 13, 2007 6:21 PM

loved the pictures of the family and friends. Great message & wonderful video.
the dark glasses were a great way to present your message. The scene where the whole family are under the covers after turning down the thermostate was my favorite.,

Posted by: pop pop & Granee | March 13, 2007 10:05 PM

Great film made by the great family! I wish that you could change the world...

Posted by: Jasminka Bijelic | March 14, 2007 1:56 AM

I love seeing the younger generation being taught responsibility!!

Posted by: Jo Ann Pate | March 14, 2007 10:26 PM

Great video with great actors. It inspires us to make small changes in our own lifestyle to effect bigger changes in the world.

Posted by: Bush Family | March 15, 2007 4:19 PM

A great video, congratulations for the good vision and keep on going on the great work

Posted by: Pablo Bartlett Guatemala | March 19, 2007 6:49 PM

Great video.....loved the way you incorporated your local community while making some very concrete suggestions on how we can all do our part!!!!

Posted by: Jeannine, Bob, Gabriel & Julian | March 22, 2007 11:36 PM

Way to go ~ love seeing the Families working together. Hope to see you guys out there.

Posted by: Greg, Jenn, Austin, Kesley, Sunny | March 25, 2007 10:11 AM

Thats a great film.

Posted by: Blessina | March 30, 2007 6:31 AM

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