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Tuesday, October 14: The Longest Summer Tour
Screening and panel discussion
1:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
University of Chicago
1025 East 58th St
The Longest Summer Tour is traveling though the upper Midwest to lead the transition to a clean energy economy. The tour brings eyewitness footage of global warming from extreme polar expeditions, opportunities to dialogue with policy-makers, scientists and climate experts, and solutions from young climate leaders on the forefront of an international movement to solve the climate crisis. The tour features Will Steger, a polar explorer and environmental activist and the Lt. Governor Pat Quinn.
Wednesday, October 15: Lecture: "Bikes, Cars and the Limits of Automobility"
6:00 p.m.
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington St.
This presentation highlights the trend toward pedal powered mobility, sustainable transportation and larger issues such as the historical connection of bicycles to the politics of feminism, socialism, anarchism, environmentalism and DIY (Do it Yourself) punk. Zack Furness is a professor at Columbia College Chicago and author of the forthcoming book, One Less Car: Bike Culture and the Politics of Cycling.
Thursday, October 16: "The Gleaners and I" Salon Discussion
10:30 a.m.-noon
Columbia College Library
624 S. Michigan Ave
The official subject of The Gleaners and I is "gleaning", the act of gathering remnants of crops from a field after the harvest .As Varda demonstrates, people can be discovered throughout the French countryside gleaning everything from potatoes to grapes, apples to oysters, much as they did hundreds of years ago (though no longer inorganized groups). More figuratively, there are also urban gleaners who salvage scraps from bins, appliances from the side of the road, or vegetables from stalls after the markets have closed. This French film examines the legacy of use and sustainability. Join facilitators Joan Giroux and Lot Hill for a discussion of the film after the screening.
Thursday, October 16: Lecture: "Urban Beekeeping: from the Rooftops to the West Side"
6:00 p.m.
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington St.
Michael Thompson, Director of the Chicago Honey Co-op, will discuss how this small sustainable honey business transformed a neglected, vacant lot on the city's west side into a productive community space, training residents in beekeeping, as well as business. Chicago Honey Co-op honey and beeswax products will be for sale. This program is presented as part of the Lurie Garden lectures, workshops and events about nature and the great outdoors.
Thursday, October 16: Documentary screening "Mountain Top Removal"
6:30 p.m.
Film Row Cinema
1104 S. Wabash
Screening of award-winning documentary that traces the effects of Appalachian coal mining on the land and citizens in the area.
"Mountain Top Removal coal mining is on the rise blasting and leveling highland forests and streams. The process literally changes the geology of the region. Citizens negatively impacted by the resulting flooding, pollution, and destruction of their homes are fighting back to oppose big coals impact on their lives and communities."
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