Associate Producer, Dave Walczak, is an accomplished artist and community advocate, joined GROUNDSWELL in January 2012. Documentary filmmaking is an exciting and necessary addition to his creative skills. It is a way he can combine his talents for best use in social causes. He is a co-founder of, "Coalition to Protect New York", a group that is challenging the rush to "frack" in the N.Y. Finger Lakes region and beyond. He is well connected regionally in NY and PA, not only to people in the resistance, but to those who have been sharply impacted by the unconventional drilling industry itself. His sensitivities as an artist, videographer, photographer, writer and creative thinker make him valuable to the Groundswell team. Dave coordinates video as well as shooting much himself, capturing the spirit and voices erupting from the issue of a very dangerous industry. Read Full

Groundswell - Protecting Our Children's Air & Water, examines not only the public divide that "fracking" or hydrofracturing has created, but also dives deep into the lives of people who believe their children's lives are in peril. They ask, "What is the legacy being left to future generations if this industry (natural gas industry and specifically the hydrofracking methodology), grows exponentially, as the industry itself predicts?" Read Full