Do The Math chronicles climate crusader Bill McKibben as he works with a rising global movement in a David-vs-Goliath fight to change the terrifying math of the climate crisis.
The fossil fuel industry is killing us. They have five times the amount of coal, gas and oil that is safe to burn, and they are planning on burning it all. Left to their own devices, they’ll push us past the brink of cataclysmic disaster – life as we know it will be irrevocably altered forever. Unless we rise up and fight back.
This growing groundswell of climate activists is going after the fossil fuel industry directly, energizing a movement like the ones that overturned the great immoral institutions of the past century, such as Apartheid in South Africa.
Do the Math follows people who are putting their bodies on the line the Keystone XL Pipeline and leading universities and institutions to divest in the corporate polluters hellbent on burning fossil fuels no matter the cost.
Speakers and discussion follow this screening by Ventura350 with the Ventura Film Society.
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Ventura City Councilman Brian Brennan will speak about how to transition Ventura County to a low carbon economy and culture.
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Jim Waterhouse, Climate Reality Project and cofounder of the Pasadena Foothill Citizens Climate Lobby will bring passion and drama to a story of creating the political will for a stable climate and working together to express our personal and political power.
Meet representatives of seven climate change organizations before and after the program to learn how to get involved. Seating is limited and advance ticket purchase is advisable at http://www.venturafilmsociety.com/tickets.html.Donation amounts are $10 for adults, $7 for students and seniors, and $5 for students.
SPONSORS: Ventura 350 and the Ventura Film Society
COSPONSORS: Citizens Climate Lobby, Citizens for Peaceful Resolutions,Kids vs Global Warming, Organizing for Action, Sierra Club, Unitarian-Universalist Church of Ventura Social Action Committee, VCCOOL , Ventura Pachamama Community
Friday, August 23, 7:15 – 9:15 PM.
420 E Santa Clara Street, Downtown Ventura, 93001
For ticket information, call (805) 638-2299. For information aboutVentura350, contact Jan Dietrick (805) 643-3640.