Below is a list of resources for further information on the topics of Easter Island (Chile) and environmental sustainability. These resources were compiled by librarians in the Reference Department in support of the Teaneck International Film Festival’s (TIFF) virtual screening of Eating Up Easter on Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 8:00 PM (RSVP).

Books

Global Sustainability: 21 Leading CEOs Show How To Do Well By Doing Good, by Mark Lefko, Morgan James Publishing, 2016, 172 pages.

Summary: Smart businesses care about Global Sustainability. It’s not just good PR–it’s good business, and a growing number of leading CEOs are embracing it. Mark Lefko’s Global Sustainability examines this vital subject from the perspective of today’s most influential business leaders. Global Sustainability means ensuring that everyone on Earth has what they need to survive and thrive. But in order for this to be feasible–and sustainable–businesses need to be able to turn a profit. Lefko shares profound insights gleaned from his one-on-one interviews with business leaders of all stripes, from the CEOs of Global Multinationals, Fortune 50 giants to visionaries leading plucky startups. Learn from these CEOs and others: Sir Richard Branson-Virgin Group, Paul Polman-Unilever, Ann Sherry-Carnival Australia, Feike Sijbesma-DSM, David MacLennan-Cargill, Marc Benioff-Salesforce.

Availability: Hoopla.

Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia, by Christina Thompson, 2019.

Summary: A blend of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel and Simon Winchester’s Pacific, a thrilling intellectual detective story that looks deep into the past to uncover who first settled the islands of the remote Pacific, where they came from, how they got there, and how we know. For more than a millennium, Polynesians have occupied the remotest islands in the Pacific Ocean, a vast triangle stretching from Hawaii to New Zealand to Easter Island. Until the arrival of European explorers they were the only people to have ever lived there. Both the most closely related and the most widely dispersed people in the world before the era of mass migration, Polynesians can trace their roots to a group of epic voyagers who ventured out into the unknown in one of the greatest adventures in human history.

Availability: OverDrive (Libby).

Audiobooks

An Inconvenient Truth, by Al Gore, Simon & Schuster Audio, 2008, 3 hours.

Summary:”The climate crisis may at times appear to be happening slowly, but in fact it is happening very quickly – and has become a true planetary emergency. The Chinese expression for crisis consists of two characters. The first is a symbol for danger; the second is a symbol for opportunity. In order to face down the danger that is stalking the planet and move through it, listeners first have to recognize that they are facing a crisis. So why is it that public leaders seem not to hear such clarion warnings? Are they resisting the truth because they know that the moment they acknowledge it, they will face a moral imperative to act? Is it simply more convenient to ignore the warnings? Perhaps, but inconvenient truths do not go away just because they are not seen. Indeed, when they are not responded to, their significance doesn’t diminish; it grows.” -Al Gore

Availability: Hoopla.

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, by Al Gore, Simon & Schuster Audio, 2017, 4 hours, 57 minutes.

Summary: Fresh off the heels of a successful debut at the Sundance Film Festival, Al Gore’s follow-up to his eye-opening blockbuster An Inconvenient Truth comes at a time when climate change is a daily headline and audiences are more eager than ever to act on behalf of the planet.

“We’re going to win this…If anybody doubts that we have the capacity and the will to act, just remember that the will to act is itself a renewable resource.” -Al Gore

Al Gore has been advocating on Earth’s behalf for twenty-five years. In An Inconvenient Sequel he recounts and contextualizes the critical issues and moments in the climate change movement since the release of An Inconvenient Truth more than ten years ago, and highlights the real solutions we have at hand to change the planet for the better.

Availability: Hoopla.

Articles

“Bones of Contention: The Truth About Easter Island,” by Laura Cole, Geographical, 12/16/17. (Access via direct link to website)

“Easter Island, Chile,” by César N. Caviedes and Thor Heyerdahl, Encyclopedia Britannica, updated 2019. (Access via direct link to website)

“Easter Island’s Monumental Garbage Problem,” by Mary Beth Griggs, Smithsonian Magazine, 4/22/14. (Access via direct link to website)

“New Research Rewrites the Demise of Easter Island,” by Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 2/11/20. (Access via direct link to website)

“Road my body goes: re-creating ancestors from stone at the great moai quarry of Rano Raraku, Rapa Nui (Easter Island)”, by Richards, Colin; Croucher, Karina; Paoa, Tiki; Parish, Tamsin; Tucki, Enrique; Welham, Kate. World Archaeology, Vol. 43, Issue 2, June 2011. (Access via the Library’s EBSCO Academic Search Premier database)

“Social Sustainability of Tourism for the Indigenous Rapa Nui on Easter Island,” by Stephanie Hess, Sigma Iota Rho Journal of International Relations, 4/18/16. (Access via direct link to website)

“Static Versus Active,” by Paul Lay, History Today, Vol. 69, Issue 10, October 2019. (Access via the Library’s EBSCO Academic Search Premier database)

“The Truth About Easter Island: A Sustainable Society Has Been Falsely Blamed For Its Own Demise,” by Catrine Jarman, PhD, Independent, 10/18/17. (Access via direct link to website)

“Tourism as the development driver of Easter Island: the key role of resident perceptions,” by Figueroa B., Eugenio; and Rotarou, Elena S. Island Studies Journal. Vol. 11 Issue 1, May 2016. (Access via the Library’s EBSCO Academic Search Premier database)

“Trouble in paradise for Chile’s Easter Island,” by Gideon Long, BBC News, 4/18/14. (Access via direct link to website)

“Waste-besieged Easter Island Slowly Learns To Recycle,” by Ana Fernandez, PHYS.ORG, 9/10/16. (Access via direct link to website)

Videos

An Inconvenient Truth, Directed by Davis Guggenheim, Cast: Al Gore & Billy West, Produced by Lawrence Bender & Laurie David, Paramount Picture, 2006. 97 min. Availability: Hoopla.

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, Directed by Bonni cohen & Jon Shenk, Cast: Al Gore, Produced by Jeff Skoll & Richard Berge, Paramount Picture, 2017, 100 min. Availability: Hoopla.

Easter Island Underworld, by National Geographic, 2018, 50 min. Availability: Hoopla.

Fundamentals of Sustainable Living – The Great Courses, by Lonnie A. Gamble, 12 videos, 2015, 365 min. Availability: Kanopy.

Living the Change: Inspiring Stories for a Sustainable Future, by Fighting Chance Film, 2018, 86 min. Availability: Kanopy.

Pristine Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Battles Tons of Plastic, by Bridgette Adu-Wadier, PBS Newshour, 3/18/19, 7 min. Availability: direct link to website.

Straws: The Impact of Plastic Straws on our Environment, directed by L. Booker, 2017, 33 min. Availability: Kanopy.

Sustainable Tourism Collection, by TV Choice, 5 videos, 2011, 165 min. Availability: Kanopy.

Tiny Easter Island Deals With Giant Trash Problem, by Jeffrey Brown and Mike Fitz, PBS Newshour, 10/5/18, 7 min. Availability: direct link to website.

NOTE: All resources listed are available for digital access. Some resources may require a Teaneck library card. If you do not have a Teaneck library card, find out if you are eligible to sign up online.