Events

Event Description:

12:30 low-cost lunch
1:30 Inconvenient Truth,
3:30 panel discussion

at First Unitarian Universalist Church in the Museum District, www.firstuu.org  Two Rice University professors will lead a discussion between 3:30 and 5:30 pm. . Dr. Ronald Sass is Professor of Natural Sciences (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology), award winning teacher, and frequent lecturer on global warming. Dr. Elizabeth Long is Chair of the Department of Sociology, Texas Professor of the Year, and published in the sociology of culture and knowledge. Come to one part or all three of the event which will be at First Unitarian Universalist Church, 5200 Fannin at Southmore in the Museum District. An RSVP to the church office, not required, would help planning -- 713-526-5200 More information:  escramble('Tim_Mock','usa.com');

Event Sponsor:
Houston Climate Protection

Event Contact Name:
Tim Mock

Event Phone Contact Information:
713-842-6643

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
www.houstonclimateprotection.org

Event Description:

FILM EVENTS


Houston Institute for Culture
and the Havens Center Present

Topical Films and Discussions

Free and Open to the Public

All films 7:00pm (unless otherwise noted)

Havens Center - 1827 W. Alabama, Houston, Texas 77098

Indigenous Peoples and Environment
Cosponsored by People of Earth

Friday, October 6
-Drumbeat for Mother Earth - Persistent Organic Pollutants Threatening Indigenous Peoples
-Huicholes and Pesticides

Saturday, October 7
-Pavements of Gold
-Ecuador: The Indigenous Woman

Sunday, October 8
-In the Light of Reverence - Protecting America's Sacred Lands

[Film Descriptions] Listen to People of Earth, Thursdays, 11am – 12noon, on KPFT, 90.1FM


Consumerism and Sustainability

Thursday, November 16
-Affluenza

Friday, November 17
-The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream

Saturday, November 18
-The Power of Community - How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

[Film Descriptions]


Religion, Culture and Politics in Mexico

Sunday, October 29
-Darkness into Light: Following the Spirit

Sunday, December 10
-Guadalupe: Mother of all Mexico

[Film Descriptions]


Films cosponsored by KPFT, 90.1FM



Stay tuned; more film dates to be announced

-Argentina - Hope in Hard Times
-This Land is Our Land: The Struggle for Land in Brazil
-Approach of Dawn: Portraits of Mayan Women Forging Peace in Guatemala
-Hidden in Plain Site



FILM DESCRIPTIONS

Event Email Address:
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Event Website:
www.houstonculture.org/film

Event Fee:
Free