A FUTURE WITHOUT OIL

When President of Ecuador Rafael Correa announced in 2007 that he will not exploit the country’s Amazonian oil fields in exchange for financial compensation from industrialized countries in the form of carbon bonds, he made a very bold move. The challenge? To convince them that the safeguarding of nature is worth more than petroleum extraction. The film tells the three-year-story of the scientific team as they try to convince the international community that both north and south would gain by supporting this post-petroleum-era model for sustainable development.