How small steps can help us tackle the big climate problem
An online documentary, The Shore Line, is profiling the efforts of ordinary people taking actions along our global coast.
Liz Miller is a documentary maker and professor interested in new approaches to community collaborations and documentary as a way to connect personal stories to larger social concerns. Years of experience in community media and a background in political economics, electronic media art, and Latin American studies fuel her ongoing explorations of new media as art, advocacy, and as a powerful educational tool. Liz is a Full Professor in Communications Studies at Concordia University in Montreal and teaches courses in media production, methods in co-creation/ research-creation, Latin American film, Media and the Environment, Food Systems and more. She leads media institutes and workshops with youth, senior citizens, human rights advocates, refugee organizations, teachers and environmental experts in video advocacy, digital storytelling and media production. Her films/educational campaigns on timely issues such as water privatization, immigration, refugee rights and the environment have won international awards, been integrated into educational curricula and influenced decision makers.