OCTOBER 19 - 25, 2016 UCW 13
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Sustainable
Sandhills
presents the
viewing of
the 1973 film
Soylent Green on
Saturday, Oct.
22, at 11 a.m. at
the Cameo Art
House Theatre
in downtown
Fayetteville.
The purpose
of this event is to
start a dialogue
on climate
resiliency in
Fayetteville. The
film is a part of
the Sustainable
Saturdays film
series and the
plot entails the
year 2022. Food
rations are short,
global warming
has taken effect
and the earth
is overheating.
Investigator
Robert Thorn,
from the New
York Police
Department, investigates the death of an executive at the company that
makes the food ration Soylent Green.
"The film was produced in the early '70s and people are rioting
and the government is trying to control the riots," said Denise Bruce,
environmental outreach manager for Sustainable Sandhills.
"We chose this film because it is actually one of the first films that Hollywood
produced that references climate change," said Bruce, adding that although they
use the term global warming, Hollywood in the '70s took a look at what could
happen if the population on Earth continued to grow and they wanted to take a
look at what would happen if global warming continued.
"At the end of the film we are going to have a discussion about climate
change, where science is now on climate change and the UN's climate
talks," said Bruce. "We are also going to talk about the Fayetteville-
Cumberland County climate change action plan." Sustainable Sandhills
and many partners throughout the county created a climate change
resiliency plan for whenever we have major climate events such as a major
hurricane, heatwave or flooding. How do we not lose people at the hands
of a climate event in our area?
Sustainable Saturdays feature documentaries that have generated
lively discussions among the group.
"We try to put forth a topic that creates a dialogue," said Bruce. "We
understand that some of the issues that we work on can be very political
and polarizing."
Bruce added that rather than hammering away on that side of it, we
look at what the real solutions can be.
Donations are strongly encouraged. Doors open at 10:45
a.m. For more information,
email Bruce at greenaction@
sustainablesandhills.org.
Sustainable Sandhills
presents Soylent Green
by SHANESSA FENNER
EVENTS
DR. SHANESSA FENNER, Principal
WT Brown Elementary School.
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