The Limestone Conflict
This nine minute short film emphasizes the ‘environment versus economy’ debate that underlies many modern conversations about land use and conservation. Focused on the controversial issue that surrounds prospects of expanding industry on Gotland, Sweden’s largest island, The Limestone Conflict portrays the battle that is sparked when threats of mining creep into pristine landscape. Media, police, activists and industry workers are involved in the battle, highlighting the ability of changing land use plans to pull stakeholders from all aspects of a community into their reach, and unveiling deep problems that cost-benefit analyses simply cannot solve.