UNC environmental film series opens with 'Thirst'
| February 17, 2005 | |
| The UNC Sustainability Coalition’s 2005 Environmental Film Series begins Thursday (Feb. 17) with the viewing of “Thirst,” a film about water privatization, at 7 p.m. in room 103 of Bingham Hall.”Thirst” is a 2004 documentary, produced and directed by Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman. Filmed in Cochabamba, Bolivia, Rajasthan, India and Stockton, Calif. – communities that find themselves threatened with losing public control of their water resources to multinational corporations – the documentary attempts to show the clash between the corporate culture and the culture of local communities.
Also featured is guest speaker Dr. Dale Whittington, professor of environmental sciences and engineering in the School of Public Health and of city and regional planning in the College of Arts and Sciences. Whittington is an expert on environmental economics and water resources planning and policy in developing countries. This event is sponsored by the Sustainability Coalition, Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC) and UNC’s department of environment, health and safety and is a Green Games recognized event. Green Games is an environmental competition among UNC’s residence halls. The next film in the series, “Rising Water/Baked Alaska,” will be shown March 23. Visit http://sustainability.unc.edu/ for more information. For further information please contact Emily Smith either by phone at 919.966.8498 or by email at emily_smith@unc.edu |
