Family Event Registration

Special Screening of Gasland Part II, with Q&A
12/03/2013 06:30 PM - 09:30 PM ET

Admission

  • Free

Location

Earthplace
10 Woodside Lane
Westport, CT 06880
United States of America
Room Number: Auditorium

Summary

Join us for a special screening of Gasland Part II, a documentary about the personal and environmental dangers and implications of fracking or hydraulic fracturing, the controversial method of extracting natural gas and oil.

6:30pm – Reception courtesy of Organic Vintages and The Fresh Market
7:00pm – Screening of Gasland Part II
8:30pm – Q&A with David Brown and Jonathan Steinberg

This event is FREE!
But, space is limited so please register here. And please consider a donation with your registration so that we may continue to provide environmental awareness events to the community.

This screening, the third in a series of environmental films at Earthplace, will be followed by a Q&A with David Brown and Jonathan Steinberg, local experts and activists on the topic of fracking.

Dr. Brown is currently a Public Health Toxicologist and Director of Public Health Toxicology for Environment and Human Health Inc., and organization dedicated to protecting human health from environmental harms through research, education and the promotion of sound public policy. He is also a professor at Fairfield University teaching “Ethics in the Environment.”

Jonathan Steinberg is a State Representative for Westport, Vice Chair of the Environment and Technology Committee and a strong proponent of environmental sustainability. He introduced a fracking waste ban bill to the Connecticut legislature in 2012 and hopes to introduce several more related bills in the upcoming legislative session.
Event Registration is closed.