"In 39 years, I have never written these words in a movie review, but here they are. You owe it to yourself to see this film."
Roger Ebert, ChicagoSun-Times
Join the Ecology Action Centre for a public screening of "An InconvenientTruth": January 23, 7:00-9:30 PMMcNally Theater Auditorium,Saint Mary's University
A discussion on energy issues and climate change in Nova Scotia will follow.
Pay what you can - suggested $2-5 donation. This is a great opportunity to engage a friend, family member, or colleague in the most important envrironmental issues facing us today. Please visit http://ecologyaction.ca/energy_issues/energy_issues.shtm for a complete listing of province-wide screenings. If you would like to help organize a public or school screening please contact Andrea Flowers,andrea@ecologyaction.ca.
very excited about this showing. i'm embarrassed that i still haven't seen the film.
Also, not academic, but interesting (and again slightly political) is G.W. Bush's response to being asked whether or not he'll see this movie:
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/22/bush-gore-movie/
this site also has a relevant section titled 'global warming': http://thinkprogress.org/?tag=Global+Warming
More political words:
Climate change and working families’ pocketbooks to top NDP priorities in Parliament
VANCOUVER - In his opening address at his caucus' winter retreat, NDP leader Jack Layton blasted both the Conservatives and the Liberals for failing on the environment and in protecting hardworking middle-class families.
“Working people know that air and water pollution combined with corporate foot dragging and government inaction is leading us to extreme climate change. It's hurting our health and our economy,” said Layton.
“What the Conservatives and Liberals fail to recognize is the urgency of the climate change crisis. Everyday Canadians want to see Parliament take immediate action and they can count on the NDP to work hard to succeed where the Liberals and Conservatives have failed.
(http://www.ndp.ca/page/4753)
-- it is a very political topic.
I just want to point out that this screening is a joint venture between the EAC and the SMU Environmental Society. You can contact the society at smues@smu.ca or visit our website at www.smues.ca
Thanks for the links, Ben and thanks, Laura.
Cathy
I have not seen this film yet, but I have heard people talking about it and i really want to see it. My roomate and I were discussing the severity of global warming and its consquences and he thinks that it is an issue, but not an important one. I am trying to convince him to see this film, and hopefully it makes him and others with the same mentality realize that it is an important, if not the most important issue right now.
I just thought I would let everyone know about a talk on February 2, 2007, in which David Suzuki will be speaking. Here are the details....
The Ecology Action Centre and the Dalhousie Integrated Sustainability
Initiative are proud to host David Suzuki for the
"If you were Prime Minister Tour "
February 2, 2007, 9:00am to 11:00am
MacInnes Room, Student Union Building,
6136 University Avenue
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Tickets are $15.00 (students / unwaged) / $20.00 regular
Tickets may be purchased at the following locations, as of 12 noon on
January 18th,:
Attic Owl Bookshop, 200 Portland Street, Dartmouth
Ecology Action Centre, 2705 Fern Lane, Halifax
JustUs! Café, 1678 Barrington Street., Halifax
Mountain Equipment Co-op, 1550 Granville Street, Halifax
Outside the Lines, 6297 Quinpool Road, Halifax
P'lovers Environmental Store, Park Lane Mall,5657 Spring Garden Rd,
Halifax
The Trident Cafe and Booksellers, 1256 Hollis Street, Halifax
St. Mary's University Student Union Building, Information Desk
For more information, please contact the Ecology Action Centre
p. 902-429-2202,
e. info@ecologyaction.ca
w. www.ecologyaction.ca
This would be awesome to go see.
I've seen an Invconvenient Truth, but just watched "The Corporation" this past weekend. It's an awesome documentary about a corporations impact on people, and it focused on a lot of environemntal issues and impacts of huge companies. The movie even briefly mentions our obsession with ownership and classification. For example, subsistence farming opposed to land ownership. The issue of who owns the oceans was also brought up.
I think it is so important to put information on environmental issues into popular media so that more people will be exposed to it. I saw this movie when it came out and several times since with different people. I am surprised at the variety of reactions I hear from people after they have absorbed the information in the film. I am especially surprised at how many people will still take the side of the skeptic, not seeing the reality of global climate change, or feel it is simply inevitable. Hopefully more fact filled films like this one will help dissolve skeptic attitudes about global climate change.