While the thought of climate change isn’t exactly uplifting, you might just want to stay informed about this daunting issue — after all, this problem is not going to fix itself. This week, multiple events will focus on this hot topic.
• On Tuesday, March 20, from 9:30 to 5 p.m. at the North Carolina Arboretum, there will be a free showing of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth along with a slide presentation and question-and-answer session. It’s part of an event called The Changing Mountain Environment: A Lighter Footprint on the Land, which will also include presentations on watershed management and air quality. For more information, call the Arboretum at 665-2492.
• On Tuesday, March 20, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Jubilee! (Wall Street, downtown Asheville), The Clean Energy Task Force will host a public forum to explore energy efficiency and renewable options. The free event will include a screening of Kilowatt Ours, a film by Jeff Barrie, and a presentation by Michael Shore of Environmental Defense, a local activist who was trained by Al Gore’s climate project. There will also be a presentation by a local group that has been working to find alternatives to the proposed oil-fired Woodfin power plant.
• On Wednesday, March 21, at 7 p.m. at the Flood Gallery Fine Arts Center (109 Roberts St.), The Canary Coalition and Blue Ridge Biofuels will host a free showing of Out of Balance: ExxonMobil’s Impact on Climate Change, a film directed by Tom Jackson.
• On Thursday, March 22, from 3 to 4 p.m. at the Folk Art Center (Milepost 382 on the Blue Ridge Parkway), internationally known paleo-climatologist David M. Anderson will give a speech entitled “Abrupt Climate Change — A Paleo Perspective.”
— Rebecca Bowe, editorial assistant
2 thoughts on ““Abrupt,” “Inconvenient,” and “Out of Balance”: Films and experts address climate change”
Should be mandatory viewing for students. As should something like “Road to Guantanamo”.
Really? Maybe we should show them “Short Circuit”. The robots are taking over, I say.