Sustainability
related films at FIT
Thursday, March 27th
from 1-2 in the 5th floor Pizza Lounge.
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The Department of Science and Mathematic
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The Department of Foreign languages
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The Gladys Marcus Library
are co-sponsoring
MAQUILAPOLIS:city of
factories
A film by Vicky Funari and Sergio De La Torre
http://www.maquilapolis.com/project_eng.htm
THE FILM
"Carmen works the graveyard shift
in one of Tijuana’s maquiladoras,
the multinationally-owned factories that came to Mexico for its cheap labor.
After making television components all night, Carmen comes home to a shack she
built out of recycled garage doors, in a neighborhood with no sewage lines or
electricity. She suffers from kidney damage and lead poisoning from her years
of exposure to toxic chemicals. She earns six dollars a day. But Carmen is not
a victim. She is a dynamic young woman, busy making a life for herself and her
children."
"As Carmen and a million other
maquiladora workers produce televisions, electrical cables, toys, clothes,
batteries and IV tubes, they weave the very fabric of life for consumer
nations. They also confront labor violations, environmental devastation and
urban chaos -- life on the frontier of the global economy. In
MAQUILAPOLIS, Carmen and
her colleague Lourdes reach beyond the daily struggle for survival to organize
for change: Carmen takes a major television manufacturer to task for violating
her labor rights. Lourdes pressures the government to clean up a toxic waste
dump left behind by a departing factory. "
"As they work for change, the world
changes too: a global economic crisis and the availability of cheaper labor in
China begin to pull the factories away from Tijuana, leaving Carmen, Lourdes and
their colleagues with an uncertain future. "
Against the Tide: Sustainability, the Earth, and its People
4-date film/discussion series that begins Tuesday, March
25th from 12-2 in the 5th floor Pizza Lounge. The programs' title is ,
and the schedule is below. Thanks to Grazyna, Harumi and Tanuka for all of
their hard work. We hope that all of you can attend.
The
Story of Stuff
is a witty 20-minute animated film that exposes the hidden cost of our
accelerated production and consumption patterns. This film will change your
outlook on the stuff in our world and make you rethink the way we live.
The Next
Industrial Revolution
is about the visionary work of architect William McDonough and chemist Dr.
Michael Braungart, authors of Cradle to Cradle, one of the most
influential books on achieving a sustainable future by transforming the
relationship between commerce and nature.
The Corporation offers an insightful and compelling analysis of the
nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time. The film
examines the corporation as a legal 'person' and asks 'What kind of a person is
it?'
Who Killed
the Electric Car?
is a quiet indictment of the automobile industry and the petro-politicians for
squelching the development and distribution of the electric car that was
commercially available in 1996.
The first of
PBS's E2 film series, The Green Apple begins in New York. The episode
introduces several groundbreaking architectural projects in the city that
demonstrate how a skyscraper can be a model of environmental responsibility.
The End of
Suburbia
questions the sustainability of the suburban lifestyle that depends upon energy
consuming homes and gas guzzling cars. As oil prices continue to rise steeply
due to global demand, what can be done now to avoid the collapse of the
quintessentially American way of life?
City of
Water
explores the aspirations of public officials, environmentalists, academics,
community activists, recreational boaters and everyday New Yorkers for a
diverse, vibrant waterfront at a time when the shoreline is changing faster than
at any other time in New York's history.
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FIT's 2nd Sustainability Conference
April 17, 2008
Designing Sustainability as the New Cultural Paradigm
FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE
CONFERENCE and to DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE PRESENTATIONS
click here
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