Author: Alison Wilmshurst

The University of Lincoln in association with Transition Lincoln will be screening Chasing Ice on Thursday 25th April at 7pm in the Cargill Lecture Theatre, Main Admin Building (building 9 on the map).  Although this is a free screening donations will be collected to cover the cost of hiring the film.  We look forward to seeing you there!

A bit about the film:

Acclaimed photographer James Balog was once a skeptic about climate change. But through his Extreme Ice Survey, he discovers undeniable evidence of our changing planet. In Chasing Ice, Balog deploys revolutionary time-lapse cameras to capture a multi-year record of the world’s changing glaciers. His hauntingly beautiful videos compress years into seconds and capture ancient mountains of ice in motion as they disappear at a breathtaking rate.

Traveling with a team of young adventurers across the brutal Arctic, Balog risks his career and his well-being in pursuit of the biggest story facing humanity. As the debate polarizes America, and the intensity of natural disasters ramps up globally, Chasing Ice depicts a heroic photojournalist on a mission to deliver fragile hope to our carbon-powered planet.

As part of Fairtrade Fortnight we are screening the film Black Gold http://blackgoldmovie.com/story .  You can come and watch the film for free on Thursday 28th February 7pm at Cargill Lecture Theatre, University of Lincoln.

Friday 15th February – 7pm 

Lecture Theatre 2, Architecture Building, Brayford Campus, University of Lincoln.

FREE film screening of Growthbusters – followed by a talk from Population Matters

Water shortages, hunger, peak oil, species extinction, and even increasing depression are all symptoms of a deeper problem – addiction to unending growth in a world that has limits.GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth goes way beyond prescribing Band-Aids to slow the bleeding. This film examines the cultural barriers that prevent us from reacting rationally to the evidence current levels of population and consumption are unsustainable.

http://www.growthbusters.org/about-2/synopsis/

The screening will take place in the Architecture Building, Lecture Theatre 2 (ARM201), Brayford Campus, University of Lincoln.  Click here for a map, Architecture building is number 2 on the map.  There will be people at the entrance to show you where the Lecture Theatre is.