ELAW at Hazel Wolf Film Festival, May 3

At this year’s Hazel Wolf Film Festival, Diana McCaulay, film producer and CEO of the Jamaica Environment Trust, joins ELAW Executive Director Bern Johnson for a panel discussion: "Protecting Jamaica Through Law and Film." Clips of “Cockpit Country: Voices From Jamaica’s Heart” and “Jamaica For Sale” will be shown.

The Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) is working with filmmakers, ELAW, and communities to protect Jamaica from high-rise, Cancun-style development. Jamaica’s coastlines are under assault and a mining company wants to destroy a unique forest to mine bauxite. JET is using the courts and the media to challenge short-sighted development and educate Jamaicans about what’s at stake.

Panelist bios

Diana McCaulay is founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET). Diana has served on the board at the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica and as chairwoman of the National Environmental Societies Trust. She co-produced “Cockpit Country: Voices From Jamaica’s Heart” and “Jamaica for Sale.” Diana holds a Master’s in Public Administration from the University of Washington and a Bachelor’s in Management Studies from the University of the West Indies.

Bern Johnson has been the Executive Director of the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW) since 1993. ELAW helps communities in 70 countries protect the environment and public health through law. Bern was President of the Environmental Law Society at Harvard Law School, where he graduated cum laude. Before attending law school, Bern worked on environmental issues in the U.S. Congress. Bern travels widely and traveled to Dominica and St. Lucia with Diana last year to help citizens throughout the region learn from JET`s success protecting communities and the natural environment.