Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America Talk

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“Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America" Saturday, January 31, 2015, 2 – 4pm

Event type: Library Program

Where: Central Library

Room Location: Level 1 – Microsoft Auditorium

Audience: Teens, Adults

Language: English

Summary

Film producer and historian Laurence Cotton will give a talk on the PBS film "Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America,” followed by a screening of the film.

Description

Join us for a talk and film screening with historian and documentarian Laurence Cotton, consulting producer of the PBS film “Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America.” The film, through stunning cinematography and engaging commentary, presents the biography of Olmsted, whose work on parks and preservation has had a lasting impact on American cities.

Contact Info: Central Library 206-386-4636 or Ask a Librarian

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Terra Blight Film Screening
Wednesday, October 10th 2012
5:30 – 6:30 pm
HUB Room 145 

Did you know that e-waste is the fastest growing waste stream in the world? More than 200,000 computers are discarded every day in America!

Terra Blight traces the life cycle of computers from creation to disposal, and juxtaposes the disparate worlds with computers as their centers. From a 13-year-old Ghanaian who smashes obsolete monitors to salvage copper, to a 3,000-person video game party in Texas, Terra Blight examines the unseen realities of one of the most ubiquitous toxic wastes on our planet.

The producers of the film will be in attendance at the screening, and the hour long film will be followed by a Q&A where you will have an opportunity to chat with the producers about the making of the film and their experiences with electronic waste. Additional information on the film can be found at http://green.washington.edu/events or click here for the flyer.

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Symphony of the Soil – A new film by Deborah Koons Garcia

Saturday, September 29th @ Town Hall 7:00PM-10:00pm 

$10 general admission, UW students free with ID!

Both Deborah Koons Garcia and PoE’s very own Professor David Montgomery will be present to speak about the film and hold a DVD/book signing. Students, don’t miss this free opportunity!

Click here for the full flyer!

Click here to buy tickets!

[event] – Film Screening about Legendary Environmentalist

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The Burke Museum is proud to present the Seattle premiere of Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for our Time.  This is the first documentary film produced about the legendary environmentalist highlighting his extraordinary career and his lasting legacy that continues to inspire projects that connect people and land.  Green Fire is more than a documentary about the great conservationist Aldo Leopold.  It portrays how Leopold’s vision of a community that cares about both people and land—his call for a land ethic—ties together a wide range of modern conservation concerns and offers inspiration and insight for the future.

Thanks to generous support from the College of the Environment, tickets are FREE for UW students.  Preregistration is required.  We anticipate a sell-out crowd so tell your students to get their tickets by October 5 to ensure availability.  

When: October 18, 2011, 7 pm
Where: Neptune Theatre
Tickets are FREE for UW students with RSVP.
General public tickets are $5.  To purchase tickets visit Seattle Theatre Group (service charges apply)

For more information about the film visit the Burke’s website.

 

[event] – Film Screening “DIVE!” (dumpster diving)

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The student organization, College Greens UW, is holding its 2nd annual three-part film/speaker series dedicated to issues of environmental and social justice. The first event (with The Economics of Happiness and speaker Joanna Wright) was a great success and we’re excited about the next two!

At the next event we will be showing DIVE!–a new film about ‘dumpster-diving’ as a means of raising awareness about and responding to food waste and food justice issues. Following the film, UW graduate student and CHID instructor David Giles will lead a discussion about how we can engage food waste and justice issues here in Seattle.

**Free yummy food will be provided at the showing!**

What: DIVE!—Living Off America’s Waste 
Website: http://www.divethefilm.com/
When: Thursday, May 12th @ 5:30pm
Where: Smith 120
Speaker: David Giles

Film Description: Inspired by a curiosity about society’s careless habit of sending food straight to landfills, DIVE! follows filmmaker Jeremy Seifert and friends as they dumpster dive in the back alleys and gated garbage receptacles of Los Angeles supermarkets. In the process, they salvage thousands of dollars worth of good, edible food–resulting in an eye-opening documentary that is equal parts entertainment, guerilla journalism and call to action.
 
Speaker Bio: David Giles, a PhD candidate in anthropology at the University of Washington, is teaching an advanced special topics CHID course about everyday experience in the shared spaces of the city. The course, titled The Vagaries of Home: Vagrancy, Value and the Abject, encourages students to examine the unknown and unnoticed cultural, political and ecological histories of the city, “from the desks of city planners and politicians to the alleys and interstices written in between the lines of their decisions and the homeless who sleep there.” After the film screening, David will speak about the political and cultural aspects of hunger and waste in Seattle.

The third and final event in this series will be:

Thursday May 19th – “Inside Job” The Oscar-nominated documentary that investigates the causes of the 2008 economic meltdown and its ramifications
Where: Savery 260 at 5:30pm
Speaker: Yoram Bauman

[event] – ‘Tapped’ film screening on the bottled water industry

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What better way to celebrate Earth Day AND the weekend by taking in a movie with your friends? Join SEED for this showing of Tapped, a documentary on the bottled water industry’s effects on climate change, health, pollution, and oil dependence. That water fountain in the hallway never looked so good!

https://streamingmoviesright.com/us/movie/tapped

Open to residence hall students and their invited guests.

Time: Friday, April 22, 7 p.m. – 10 p.m.

Location: Terry Hall main lounge

Sponsored by UW SEED

Questions? Contact SEED at uwseed@uw.edu.

This event was made possible by the Campus Sustainability Fund. Learn more about the fund at http://csf.washington.edu/

[event] 2nd annual College Greens film/speaker series

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The student organization, College Greens at UW, is holding its 2nd annual film/speaker series dedicated to issues of environmental and social justice.

Thursday, April 28th – “The Economics of Happiness” A documentary that concerns localization movements, climate change and community resiliency. The speaker will be recent UW-grad and environmental activist Joanna Wright (bio included below) who will discuss a local movement called Transition Seattle.
Savery 260 at 5:30pm

Thursday May 12th – “Dive!”  A film that follows self-proclaimed ‘dumpster-divers’ to analyze food waste and food access/justice issues
Smith 120 at 5:30pm

Thursday May 19th – “Inside Job” The oscar-nominated documentary that investigates the causes of the 2008 economic meltdown and its ramifications
Savery 260 at 5:30pm

Speaker Bio:  Joanna Wright grew up in Seattle and graduated in 2010 from the University of Washington where she studied Germanics, Environmental Studies, and Law, Societies and Justice. She has had the opportunity (in school and otherwise) to explore the intersecting issues of sustainable agriculture, peak oil, climate change, and community resilience. She has been a leader in several urban farming and education projects in Seattle, and has also spent two summers interning with local farms. Joanna has recently become involved in Seattle’s Transition Town network, and has been deeply inspired by the way the Transition model integrates positive community visioning with issues of ecological, economic, and social sustainability. In addition to her engagement with local Transition Town activities, Joanna currently works part-time with children and interns with the Community Alliance for Global Justice.