[Mitai-announce] NO IMPACT MAN in an hour!

[Anahita Maghami]

6:30pm in 4-237. See you there =)


Quoting Mary Jue Xu <maryxu at MIT.EDU>:

> 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)
> _____
> *
> 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
> *
> *
> *
> *
> *
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> *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
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 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.
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