It’s been a labor of love since 2017 when Ana McAbee co-founded the Eugene Environmental Film Festival . This year’s festival kicks off with the Love Where You Live river cleanup Oct. 12. Film screenings at Art House — along with field trips and walks with nonprofits and businesses such as Friends of Trees, Bulk Handling Systems, BRING Recycling, Beyond Toxics and more — are set for Oct. 13 through 19. McAbee, who is the festival’s director, still very much enjoys the Youth and Wildlife portion. “I do love the kid day,” she says. “It’s been fun to play with that over the years.” The Youth and Wildlife day is Oct. 19 at Ridgeline Montessori Public Charter School, and it will begin with film screenings. Youth-inspired workshops with Cascades Raptor Center, W.R.E.N. and BRING will follow. M

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