Join
us for a national day of action focused around political corruption and
climate stalemate. On April 17th, be part of a nationwide screening of
the powerful film The
Island President – "as one of the most low-lying countries in the
world, a rise of three feet in sea level would submerge the 1200 islands
of the Maldives enough to make them uninhabitable." The film will be
followed by a national webinar with the Director,
Jon Shenk, Former UN Deputy Permanent Representative to the Maldives,
Thilmeeza Hussain, and May Boeve, head of
350.org, and is sponsored by C2C Fellows and the Bard Center for Environmental Policy.
The Island President links the struggle for democracy and human rights with the fight to stabilize the climate. This is the exact challenge facing us right here in the United States. Billons of dollars in fossil fuel money is corrupting our democracy and poisoning the future.
The Island President links the struggle for democracy and human rights with the fight to stabilize the climate. This is the exact challenge facing us right here in the United States. Billons of dollars in fossil fuel money is corrupting our democracy and poisoning the future.
A review of the movie is here. (http://grist.org/climate-change/triumph-tragedy-and-climate-change-the-island-president/)
Come see the Island President free in Trimble on April 17th at 7 pm to support
350.org’s “fossil free” divestment campaign that is taking on the
fossil fuel companies, and to learn more about the fight for a
sustainable future in the Maldives.
