— from Gretchen Krampf —
Thrive Orcas Island is joining Islands Climate Resilience to present “Years of Living Dangerously,” the nine-episode, Emmy-Award winning Showtime film series on global climate change from the perspective of people living through its hardships, challenges and dangers. Islands Climate Resilience is a newly formed group that envisions an islands community that is more resilient to global and local impacts of climate change. We are showing the film to raise awareness about critical climate related issues facing our planet and to ignite islanders into coordinated local climate actions.
Beginning the second Thursday in May, two episodes of the nine-part film series will be shown, followed by a short community conversation led by Islands Climate Resilience members and co-sponsor guests. The long list of enthusiastic co-sponsors includes THRIVE Orcas Island, Sustainable Orcas Island, San Juan Islands Conservation District, Madrona Institute, Friends of the San Juans and Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
“Years of Living Dangerously” debuts on Thursday May14 at 6:30 p.m. at the Orcas Island Public Library and runs every Thursday through June 11. Feel free to bring snacks to share while you watch! For more information, send an email to thriveorcasisland@gmail.com or call Gretchen at 360-317-8220.
Come see Harrison Ford as he hikes through Indonesian forests and goes head to head with government officials over deforestation of rain forests for palm oil plantations. Don Cheadle visits a drought-ravaged Texas town and talks to climate change disbelievers. Journalist Thomas Friedman finds a strong link between the recent Syrian revolution and three years’ worth of crop failure- all in the first film! Find out more at yearsoflivingdangerously.com/
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