A South Africa Event on 2016-03-10 20:00:00
Based on the critically accliamed non-fiction best-seller by the award-winning journalist and author Naomi Klein, 'THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING' is a documentary film shot in 9 countries over the course of 4 years, presenting seven powerful portraits of communities on the front lines of both fossil fuel extraction and the climate crisis it is driving. From Montana's Powder River Basin to the Alberta Tar Sands. From the coast of South India to Beijing and beyond. Interwoven with these stories of struggle is Klein's narration, connecting the carbon in the air with the economic system that put it there. The film builds to the exciting (and controversial) idea: that we can seize the existential crisis of climate changeto transform our failed economic system into something radically better. After premiering at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2015, Divest Waltham Forest are now pleased to present a FREE screening of the film in an effort to build awareness for our campaign – pressuring Waltham Forest Council to remove their millions of pounds invested in fossil fuels in their pension funds. Please sign the petition here if you have not already done so: https://campaigns.gofossilfree.org/petitions/divest-waltham-forest The film will be shown upstairs at Ye Olde Rose & Crown, Hoe Street, Walthamstow, on Thursday 10th March (just a few days before Waltham Forest Council's pension fund committee next meets). Divestment proved to be a crucial device to cripple the apartheid regime of South Africa, and we believe that it can make a huge difference in the fight against fossil fuels too. By cutting the funding to multinational energy companies reliant on fossil fuels, we can help speed up the transition to a low carbon economy and secure the safety of future generations.
at Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre Pub
53 Hoe Street
Walthamstow, United Kingdom
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