Green Screens event

The Canadian Institute of Environmental Law and Policy (CIELAP) is hosting a Greens Screens event with a screening of Crapshoots – The Gamble With Our Wastes on Monday night. Billions of litres of water - combined with unknown quantities of chemicals, solvents, heavy metals, human waste and food - is flushed into sewers every day. Where does it all go? And what does it do to us?

Filmed in Italy, India, Sweden, the U.S. and Canada, Jeff McKay’s bold documentary questions whether the sewer system is actually compounding our waste problems. While scientists warn of links between sewage practices and potential health risks, activists, engineers and concerned citizens challenge our fundamental attitudes to waste. Does our need to dispose of waste take precedence over public safety? What are the alternatives?

Green Screens partners films from the National Film Board with experts and panellists from CIELAP. If you are interested in the environment, Green Screens will both entertain and educate.

When: Monday, January 21 @ 7pm
Where: 150 John Street (at Richmond St. W.)
416-973-3012
www.nfb.ca/mediatheque