Thu February 26, 2015
Oil's True Cost: Exploring Solutuions
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at Impact Hub - Oakland
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A screening of the documentary “Oil and Water,” Q&A with the film’s directors and subjects, and a panel discussion.
Thursday February 26, 2015 from 6:30 to 9:30 pm
Impact Hub Oakland 2324 Broadway Oakland, CA 94612
Tickets at oilandwateroakland.eventbrite.com.
*Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the Amazon Cofan tribe's Community Health Project*
Who pays the true cost of the oil that powers our daily lives? A documentary film screening and discussion considers this question in the context of oil development in the Amazon. Proceeds from ticket sales benefit the Cofan Community Health Project.
About the Film
Filmed over eight years, “Oil and Water” follows two boys coming of age amid devastation from decades of irresponsible oil development in Ecuador. Hugo fights for the survival of his Amazonian tribe, while David attempts to revolutionize the oil industry. Their journeys lead them to explore a more just future for people around the world born with oil beneath their feet. A winner of several film festival awards, “Oil and Water” aired on the PBS program Global Voices in October 2014.
About the Q&A
Following the screening, co-directors Francine Strickwerda and Laurel Spellman Smith, along with the film’s subjects, David Poritz and Hugo Lucitante, will take questions from the audience about the making of the film and what has happened since shooting ended in 2012.
About the Panel Discussion
While our global society grapples with the urgent threat of climate change and transitions to carbon-free energy sources in the coming decades, oil and gas will continue to be integral to modern life. How can consumers and social entrepreneurs drive change in oil and gas development practices to reverse the legacy of social and environmental damage? Experts in the environmental impacts of development, human rights, and sustainable business discuss possible answers.
Proceeds from ticket sales for this event will benefit Hugo Lucitante’s Cofan Community Health Project.
Equitable Origin (EO) is the world’s first independent social and environmental standards and certification system for the oil and gas industry. Company President David Poritz founded EO in 2009 at the age of 21, after spending much of his teenage years as a humanitarian aid worker addressing the societal and environmental disruption of reckless oil development in the Amazon Basin.
Impact Hub Oakland (IHO) is equal parts inspiring shared working space, entrepreneurial incubator and a membership-based community of socially engaged people, co-working and co-learning. Located in the heart of one of the coolest and most diverse cities in the United States, we cultivate, support and connect purpose-driven people as they pioneer solutions for a sustainable and equitable world.
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Thursday February 26, 2015 from 6:30 to 9:30 pm
Impact Hub Oakland 2324 Broadway Oakland, CA 94612
Tickets at oilandwateroakland.eventbrite.com.
*Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the Amazon Cofan tribe's Community Health Project*
Who pays the true cost of the oil that powers our daily lives? A documentary film screening and discussion considers this question in the context of oil development in the Amazon. Proceeds from ticket sales benefit the Cofan Community Health Project.
About the Film
Filmed over eight years, “Oil and Water” follows two boys coming of age amid devastation from decades of irresponsible oil development in Ecuador. Hugo fights for the survival of his Amazonian tribe, while David attempts to revolutionize the oil industry. Their journeys lead them to explore a more just future for people around the world born with oil beneath their feet. A winner of several film festival awards, “Oil and Water” aired on the PBS program Global Voices in October 2014.
About the Q&A
Following the screening, co-directors Francine Strickwerda and Laurel Spellman Smith, along with the film’s subjects, David Poritz and Hugo Lucitante, will take questions from the audience about the making of the film and what has happened since shooting ended in 2012.
About the Panel Discussion
While our global society grapples with the urgent threat of climate change and transitions to carbon-free energy sources in the coming decades, oil and gas will continue to be integral to modern life. How can consumers and social entrepreneurs drive change in oil and gas development practices to reverse the legacy of social and environmental damage? Experts in the environmental impacts of development, human rights, and sustainable business discuss possible answers.
Proceeds from ticket sales for this event will benefit Hugo Lucitante’s Cofan Community Health Project.
Equitable Origin (EO) is the world’s first independent social and environmental standards and certification system for the oil and gas industry. Company President David Poritz founded EO in 2009 at the age of 21, after spending much of his teenage years as a humanitarian aid worker addressing the societal and environmental disruption of reckless oil development in the Amazon Basin.
Impact Hub Oakland (IHO) is equal parts inspiring shared working space, entrepreneurial incubator and a membership-based community of socially engaged people, co-working and co-learning. Located in the heart of one of the coolest and most diverse cities in the United States, we cultivate, support and connect purpose-driven people as they pioneer solutions for a sustainable and equitable world.
A screening of the documentary “Oil and Water,” Q&A with the film’s directors and subjects, and a panel discussion.
Thursday February 26, 2015 from 6:30 to 9:30 pm
Impact Hub Oakland 2324 Broadway Oakland, CA 94612
Tickets at oilandwateroakland.eventbrite.com.
*Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the Amazon Cofan tribe's Community Health Project*
Who pays the true cost of the oil that powers our daily lives? A documentary film screening and discussion considers this question in the context of oil development in the Amazon. Proceeds from ticket sales benefit the Cofan Community Health Project.
About the Film
Filmed over eight years, “Oil and Water” follows two boys coming of age amid devastation from decades of irresponsible oil development in Ecuador. Hugo fights for the survival of his Amazonian tribe, while David attempts to revolutionize the oil industry. Their journeys lead them to explore a more just future for people around the world born with oil beneath their feet. A winner of several film festival awards, “Oil and Water” aired on the PBS program Global Voices in October 2014.
About the Q&A
Following the screening, co-directors Francine Strickwerda and Laurel Spellman Smith, along with the film’s subjects, David Poritz and Hugo Lucitante, will take questions from the audience about the making of the film and what has happened since shooting ended in 2012.
About the Panel Discussion
While our global society grapples with the urgent threat of climate change and transitions to carbon-free energy sources in the coming decades, oil and gas will continue to be integral to modern life. How can consumers and social entrepreneurs drive change in oil and gas development practices to reverse the legacy of social and environmental damage? Experts in the environmental impacts of development, human rights, and sustainable business discuss possible answers.
Proceeds from ticket sales for this event will benefit Hugo Lucitante’s Cofan Community Health Project.
Equitable Origin (EO) is the world’s first independent social and environmental standards and certification system for the oil and gas industry. Company President David Poritz founded EO in 2009 at the age of 21, after spending much of his teenage years as a humanitarian aid worker addressing the societal and environmental disruption of reckless oil development in the Amazon Basin.
Impact Hub Oakland (IHO) is equal parts inspiring shared working space, entrepreneurial incubator and a membership-based community of socially engaged people, co-working and co-learning. Located in the heart of one of the coolest and most diverse cities in the United States, we cultivate, support and connect purpose-driven people as they pioneer solutions for a sustainable and equitable world.
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Thursday February 26, 2015 from 6:30 to 9:30 pm
Impact Hub Oakland 2324 Broadway Oakland, CA 94612
Tickets at oilandwateroakland.eventbrite.com.
*Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the Amazon Cofan tribe's Community Health Project*
Who pays the true cost of the oil that powers our daily lives? A documentary film screening and discussion considers this question in the context of oil development in the Amazon. Proceeds from ticket sales benefit the Cofan Community Health Project.
About the Film
Filmed over eight years, “Oil and Water” follows two boys coming of age amid devastation from decades of irresponsible oil development in Ecuador. Hugo fights for the survival of his Amazonian tribe, while David attempts to revolutionize the oil industry. Their journeys lead them to explore a more just future for people around the world born with oil beneath their feet. A winner of several film festival awards, “Oil and Water” aired on the PBS program Global Voices in October 2014.
About the Q&A
Following the screening, co-directors Francine Strickwerda and Laurel Spellman Smith, along with the film’s subjects, David Poritz and Hugo Lucitante, will take questions from the audience about the making of the film and what has happened since shooting ended in 2012.
About the Panel Discussion
While our global society grapples with the urgent threat of climate change and transitions to carbon-free energy sources in the coming decades, oil and gas will continue to be integral to modern life. How can consumers and social entrepreneurs drive change in oil and gas development practices to reverse the legacy of social and environmental damage? Experts in the environmental impacts of development, human rights, and sustainable business discuss possible answers.
Proceeds from ticket sales for this event will benefit Hugo Lucitante’s Cofan Community Health Project.
Equitable Origin (EO) is the world’s first independent social and environmental standards and certification system for the oil and gas industry. Company President David Poritz founded EO in 2009 at the age of 21, after spending much of his teenage years as a humanitarian aid worker addressing the societal and environmental disruption of reckless oil development in the Amazon Basin.
Impact Hub Oakland (IHO) is equal parts inspiring shared working space, entrepreneurial incubator and a membership-based community of socially engaged people, co-working and co-learning. Located in the heart of one of the coolest and most diverse cities in the United States, we cultivate, support and connect purpose-driven people as they pioneer solutions for a sustainable and equitable world.
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2323 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612
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