Events

Event Description:

The Workshop series by Greener Living in Houston in collaboration with the City of Houston gives the homeowner the opportunity to learn how to conserve energy and save money. You will learn what changes to make to your home and your habits to reduce your energy use and your energy bill. We will cover electricity, natural gas, gasoline, water and recycling.

Event Sponsor:
Greener Living In Houston and the City of Houston

Event Website:
www.houstonclimateprotection.org

Event Description:

Environmental Injustice exists in Texas, but it isn't inevitable.
TEXANS HAVE THE POWER to make life better for our fellow Texans.
Join us at the Houston Peace & Justice Center's 2009 Spring Conference to learn how YOU CAN BE A FORCE FOR CHANGE.

Event Website:
hpjc.org

Event Description:

Saturday March 21 8:45 am - 5 pm Environmental Injustice in Texas - Who is Responsible?

HPJC Spring Conference: Environmental Injustice in Texas - Who is Responsible? will bring together some of the most knowledgeable people in the state to address very important issues on the environment. It will be held at the University of Houston Honors College 212 M.D. Anderson Library.

Event Sponsor:
Houston Peace & Justice Conference

Event Website:
www.hpjc.org/hpjc_2009_springconf.html

Event Description:

On Saturday, March 21st, as part of its monthly film series, Houston Indymedia will screen a series of short films on Iraq by Big Noise Films titled “Beyond the Walls: The Battle for Iraq’s Future.” In attendance will be co-founder of Big Noise Films, Rick Rowley.

With over 1 million Iraqi dead, 4 million refugees, 4,000 dead American soldiers and a total cost of 1-4 trillion dollars, the war in Iraq remains the most important fact of American politics, but it has faded from the headlines. The television coverage that still makes the news doesn’t go far beyond US military press releases and Iraqi politicians interviewed inside the Green Zone. Beyond the Walls: The Battle for Iraq's Future is a collection of short films that covers a very different side, from war-torn Falluja, the giant US prison at Umm Qasr, the Mehdi Army stronghold inside Sadr City and other places the mainstream corporate channels can not or will not go.

Rick Rowley has directed several award winning feature documentaries with international theatrical distribution and has reported from the front lines of wars and the inside of social movements in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Palestine, Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, East Timor and others. Big Noise's film credits include: This is What Democracy Looks Like, The Fourth World War, Black and Gold, War of 33, The Jena 6 and Zapatista.

8:00pm Saturday, March 21st at Rice Cinema. The Cinema is located at Entrance #8 on the Rice University Campus, located at the corner of University Blvd & Stockton. We will be asking for a $5 to $10 donation at the door, however, no one will be turned away. For more information:

Houston Indymedia:

http://houston.indymedia.org/

The HIMC Film Series:

http://houston.indymedia.org/features/Film_Series/

Map to Rice Cinema:

http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2007/11/61876.php

Big Noise Films:

http://bignoisefilms.org/