The So FLo FLoods Competition Event was held live via Facebook Live on May 29, 2020 EDT and included the Premiere of the 56-minute version of So FLo FLoods, Q&A with our panel from the film, and the awards presentation.
To see the actual Facebook Live event click here.
To see the actual Facebook Live event click here.
Congratulations to our winners!
1st Place and $250
My Miami Beach in 100 Years
by David Tamen
2nd Place and $100
Envi Poem
by Nikita A.G.LV.-Mitic
3rd Place and $50
A Flavor of the Past
by Juliet Pizano
My Miami Beach in 100 Years
by David Tamen
2nd Place and $100
Envi Poem
by Nikita A.G.LV.-Mitic
3rd Place and $50
A Flavor of the Past
by Juliet Pizano
For all the Entries click here.
We were very excited to see several “stars” from the film and other luminaries for the Q&A after the screening of the new 56-minute version:
- Jacqui Thurlow-Lippisch – South Florida Water Management District Governing Board Member and activist
- Steve Richards – Producer/Director
- Tom Virgin – Art teacher at Beach High
- Beulah “Boots” Richards – Executive Pass Coordinator for the Council for Educational Change
- Jay Abramowitz – Award sponsor/presenter, Miami Beach businessman and waterfront homeowner
And most of all, our entrants! To see all the entries click here.
About the Competition
TheoEco Institute (TheoEco.org) is engaging South Florida with its new documentary So FLo FLoods which premiered at the Miami Beach Cinematheque on Father’s Day. Our goal is for folks throughout South Florida to learn from the film’s experts; authorities like historian Paul George, UM professors Wanless and Weisskoff, SFWMD’s Jacqui-Thurlow-Lippisch, author Robert Mykle, and others.
TheoEco is reaching out to Miami Beach Senior High School students to create essays, artworks, exhibits, and other explorations of topics in the film related to:
STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics)
Miami Beach’s experience is central to So Flo Floods’ illustration of what flooding means to South Florida today. Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math are central to all these things.
Art
The film contains new video, vintage photos, aerial shots, animation, sculptures, memorials, sweeping footage, and more. We need new works that capture the past, present, AND FUTURE of South Florida.
Writing
Killer ‘Cane’s firsthand accounts capture the horrors of the 1928 Hurricane on Lake Okeechobee’s Glades communities that killed thousands. There are so many stories left – both fiction and non-fiction.
Miami Beach’s experience is central to So Flo Floods’ illustration of what flooding means to South Florida today. Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math are central to all these things.
Art
The film contains new video, vintage photos, aerial shots, animation, sculptures, memorials, sweeping footage, and more. We need new works that capture the past, present, AND FUTURE of South Florida.
Writing
Killer ‘Cane’s firsthand accounts capture the horrors of the 1928 Hurricane on Lake Okeechobee’s Glades communities that killed thousands. There are so many stories left – both fiction and non-fiction.
- Entries will be judged based upon originality and the contribution the entry makes for a greater understanding of topics raised in the film.·
- Opportunities for feedback on project ideas and works-in-progress will be available throughout the competition.
Topics include:
Infrastructure degradation
Infrastructure degradation
- Turkey Point
- Roads, bridges, sewage, transportation
- Super porous limestone
- Lidar maps and coastal ridge
- Andrew with 3 ft SLR - Soden map
- How fast could SLR happen
- Possible SLR could be so fast
- Look back to ice age
- Ocean warming and what will happen
- Ice melt
- SLR not stopping
- 2 ft SLR will do in Miami Beach
- Probably looking at 90 ft.
- Fiefdoms
- High ground will be an island
- Buying a condo considerations
- Govt work with banks to plan
- When businesses leave - Chamber of Commerce
- Insurance
- People selling investment properties
- Miami (Beach) renowned for vulnerability
- Not letting people know risks financially
- Dynamic rapidly evolving
- Everglades
- Safety and storm surge risk
- Communities hiding reality
- “Believers”
- Tell us the truth and give us fair warning
- Don’t leave behind a polluted landscape
- The Politics
For a pdf regarding the latest on the competition download this file:
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Submissions were due by May 15, 2020.
Winners will be announced at a special Facebook Live screening of the film on Friday May 29, 2020 at 2:30 PM.
Winners will be announced at a special Facebook Live screening of the film on Friday May 29, 2020 at 2:30 PM.
For more information contact TheoEco's Managing Director Steve Richards at 305-310-2634 or email him at [email protected].
About TheoEco Institute and Miami Beach Senior High School
TheoEco and Beach High are new partners through our mutual relationship with the Council for Educational Change Executive Pass Program (changeeducation.org) which brings together schools and businesses to work together for schools.
TheoEco is focused on the economic and ecological entanglements people and regions find themselves in. Miami Beach Senior High students over the last several years have been--and are--engaged in such an entanglement like nowhere else on the planet. So, they have a unique appreciation for the opportunities and challenges life in South Florida holds.
There is one thing science, government, and most stake-holders generally agree on: the water is going up. The question is how fast. The ecological side of this seems obvious, though not really. The economics side of things is even more opaque, though everyone seems to think it is a net negative to the region. It is likely however that tremendous economic activity will take place over the decades to come--as in recent decades past--as South Florida attempts to adapt. Miami Beach’s example of infrastructure investments to keep the water out are simply the latest. This means jobs, careers, businesses, and all that comes with it.
So hopefully students can engage the film’s content and imagine career possibilities and educational options and discuss with experts, teachers, and themselves.
TheoEco and Beach High are new partners through our mutual relationship with the Council for Educational Change Executive Pass Program (changeeducation.org) which brings together schools and businesses to work together for schools.
TheoEco is focused on the economic and ecological entanglements people and regions find themselves in. Miami Beach Senior High students over the last several years have been--and are--engaged in such an entanglement like nowhere else on the planet. So, they have a unique appreciation for the opportunities and challenges life in South Florida holds.
There is one thing science, government, and most stake-holders generally agree on: the water is going up. The question is how fast. The ecological side of this seems obvious, though not really. The economics side of things is even more opaque, though everyone seems to think it is a net negative to the region. It is likely however that tremendous economic activity will take place over the decades to come--as in recent decades past--as South Florida attempts to adapt. Miami Beach’s example of infrastructure investments to keep the water out are simply the latest. This means jobs, careers, businesses, and all that comes with it.
So hopefully students can engage the film’s content and imagine career possibilities and educational options and discuss with experts, teachers, and themselves.