[Mitai-announce] Human Rights Events this week

[Mary Jue Xu]

EVENTS THIS WEEK

1. "No Impact Man" | Environmental documentary and Dinner
2. "Bhopal Express" | Screening and Discussion
3. "Sustaining Lives through Organic Farms" | Talk organized by Association
for India's Development (AID)
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No Impact Man
Saving the world, one family at a time. Documenting a new way of protecting
the environment

Screening and Dinner
When: Tuesday, May 11th, 6:30pm
Where: 4-237

Follow the Manhattan-based Beavan family as they abandon their high
consumption
5th Avenue lifestyle and try to live a year while making no net
environmental impact.

Colin Beavan decides to completely eliminate his personal impact on the
environment for the next year. It means eating vegetarian, buying only local
food, and turning off the refrigerator. It also means no elevators, no
 television, no cars, busses, or airplanes, no toxic cleaning products, no
 electricity, no material consumption, and no garbage.

No problem, at least for Colin, but he and his family live in Manhattan. So
when his espresso-guzzling, retail-worshipping wife Michelle and their
two-year-old daughter are dragged into the fray, the No Impact Project has
an unforeseen impact of its own.

Laura Gabbert and Justin Schein's film provides an intriguing inside look
into the experiment that became a national fascination and media sensation,
while examining the familial strains and strengthened bonds that result from
Colin and Michelle's struggle with their radical lifestyle change.

Web site: http://www.noimpactdoc.com/index_m.php
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*Bhopal Express followed by a discussion*
Wednesday, May 12
7 PM
4-231, MIT

Bhopal Express, a 1999 Bollywood classic, is a powerful drama about a
newlywed
couple whose lives are changed during the lethal gas tragedy in Bhopal,
India
in 1984. The screening is free, and light refreshments will be provided!

The screening will be followed by a discussion of the ongoing consequences
and
the struggle for justice of the survivors of the Bhopal disaster.

This event is co-sponsored by MIT Students for Bhopal, MIT Amnesty
International
and MIT Association for India's Development (AID-MIT)

Events Calendar:
https://events.mit.edu/event.html?id=11611903&date=2010/5/12

Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=124755507535378&ref=ts


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Turning the Tide: Spreading the word on Organic Farming

Speaker: Revathy (Association for India's Development, Saathi)

Thursday, May 13

7:00pm–8:30p

4-231 <http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=4-231&mapsearch=go>

We would like to invite you to a very special talk by Association for
India's Development (AID) Saathi, Revathy who is on a US tour. After Cyclone
Aila in May 2009 where most of the salinated land was speculated to be
useless for agriculture for 3 years, AID Boston worked closely with Revathy
who trained the farmers in the Sunderbans, West Bengal in growing paddy and
vegetables using modern and innovative organic methods proving them wrong in
just a few months.

bout Revathy:
Revathy has worked with more than 32,000 farmers in the organic movement in
Tamil Nadu and her work has been recognized by the governments of India, Sri
Lanka and Indonesia. Her hands-on knowledge in the importance of
rejuvenating the soil using a holistic approach towards soil restoration,
seed selection techniques, methods to create organic pest repellent and
herbicides would help us understand and appreciate the intricacies involved
in agricultural practices. She also has a lot of experience in disaster
management and has spearheaded some of these efforts supported by AID during
the Tsunami(Tamil Nadu), Cyclone Aila (West Bengal) and Kurnool (Andhra
Pradesh) floods.