World Water Issues Film Festival
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September 30, 2009 07:00 PM
to November 11, 2009 09:00 PM |
| Where | Incline Village, Nevada |
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Sierra Nevada College and the Tahoe Environmental Research Center announce their schedule for screenings from September through November 2009 at this Film Festival.
Time
All films are schedules to begin at 7:00 p.m.
Location
Assembly Rooms 139 & 141
Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences
291 Country Club Drive
Incline Village, Nevada
(on the campus of Sierra Nevada College
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009: Flow
o Documentary on the consequences of water privatization
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Irena Salina's award-winning documentary investigation into what
experts label the most important political and environmental issue of
the 21st Century - The World Water Crisis.
OCTOBER 14, 2009: Blue Gold: World Water Wars
o Hosted by Kate Berry, University of Nevada, Reno Professor
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In every corner of the globe, we are polluting, diverting, pumping, and
wasting our limited supply of fresh water at an expediential level as
population and technology grows. The rampant overdevelopment of
agriculture, housing and
industry increase the demands for fresh water well beyond the finite supply, resulting in the desertification of the earth.
o A line is crossed as water becomes a commodity. Will we survive?
OCTOBER 28, 2009: Poisoned Waters (PBS special)
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A far-reaching investigation into America’s great waterways. They are
in peril. There’s a new wave of pollution that’s killing fish, causing
mutations in frogs – and threatening human health.
NOVEMBER 11, 2009: Student Association for International Water Issues
Presentation and Panel Discussion
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The Student Association for International Water Issues, or SAIWI
(pronounced "Say-wee") is a student organization at the University of
Nevada, Reno, working to develop an understanding of global water
issues and promote community empowerment through education and water
resource development.
o Kate Berry, UN, Reno Professor on world water issues
o Cathy Fitzgerald, Engineer