[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] 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.