A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet

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Wed, 11/06/2013 - 9:30am to 10:00am
Mark Kitchell on his film on the history of the environmental movement

Filmmaker Mark Kitchell talks about his film "A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet.," an exploration of the environmental movement - grassroots activism spanning fifty years from conservation to climate change. The film features five main stories including David Brower and the Sierra Club's battle to halt dams in the Grand Canyon, Lois Gibbs and Love Canal, Paul Watson and Greenpeace's campaign for whales and seals, Chico Mendes and the struggle to save the Amazon, and Bill McKibben and the fight against climate change.

"A Fierce Green Fire" will screen this Sunday, November 10th at 6:30 at the First Unitarian Church at SW 12th and Salmon. Mark Kitchell will lead a discussion after the film. The event is sponsored by the Alliance for Democracy and the Economic Justice Action Group at the First Unitarian Church.


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