Cape Farewell Doc at the Live Green Toronto Festival

If you think that the word “green” should only ever be used as an adjective (and, in the case of golf, a noun), you might want to wear earplugs to this shindig.

This weekend, The Live Green Toronto Festival descends upon Yonge-Dundas Square. On Saturday, “100+ exhibitors, a farmers’ market, live music and local foods take over Yonge Street (closed to traffic from Dundas to Queen),” says their PDF Flyer. And on Sunday, “[j]oin us in the kids’ zone for games, crafts, face painting and more.”

There will also be concerts (some on a bicycle-powered stage, no less), including a wide range of acts ranging from children’s performers and indie acts to CanCon royalty such as Steven Page, Colin James, and Alan Frew (from Glass Tiger, duh).

What really interests me, however, is the documentary being shown on Saturday night.

“Working internationally,” says Cape Farewell’s site, “we bring artists, scientists and communicators together to stimulate the production of art founded in scientific research. Using creativity to innovate, we engage artists for their ability to evolve and amplify a creative language, communicating on a human scale the urgency of the global climate challenge.” In 2009, they produced Burning Ice, an 80-minute film that “documents the Cape Farewell expedition to Disko Bay in 2008 which included [...] forty five artists and scientists who joined this extraordinary expedition [...] as they tackle a collective response to climate change in the High Arctic and their subsequent performances at Latitude Festival and recording new material.”

Take a look at some of the people involved (the ones I like, anyway): Jarvis Cocker. Robyn Hitchcock. Laurie Anderson. Ryuichi Sakamoto (OMG!).

(This awesome lineup almost makes up for the fact that Feist is involved, too.)

So if you’re interested in seeing this film, or you’d like to have the chance to win one of three VIP packages that include two backstage passes, two meals at the Hard Rock Cafe (though I’m not sure how that’s related to the concept), an opportunity to meet the artists, and an opportunity to introduce an artist on stage being escorted by Julian Brass from NotableTV.com (okay), visit the Live Green Toronto Festival microsite.