Monday, October 22, 2018

Death by Design Next Film in Environmental Film Series

Death by Design, the second film of the 2018-2019 season of The Elements: An Annual Environmental Film Series, will be shown on Monday, November 5, 2018. The film investigates the underbelly of the electronics industry, from factories in China, to a NY community, to Silicon Valley, and shows how our ever-present smartphones, tablets, laptops and personal computers have deadly environmental and health costs (www.deathbydesignfilm.com). 

The film screening will be held at 7pm in Chapman Hall on the campus of Middlesex Community College, 100 Training Hill Road, Middletown, CT.  Parking is available in the main lot as you enter campus. As always, the film is open to the public and free of charge. 

Additional films in the 2018-2019 series are:
Growing Cities, February 4, 2019 at Wesleyan University, Powell Family Cinema, about urban farming in America and how much power it has to revitalize our cities and change the way we eat (www.growingcitiesmovie.com)
Anthropocene, April 1, 2019 at Middlesex Community College, Chapman Hall, about the potential of a new geological epoch coined the Anthropocene, describing a planet shaped more by mankind than by nature (www.anthropocenethemovie.com)

Following each film, an informal discussion is led by an expert in the film’s topic. Join us for one or all of the screenings! Please phone the Conservation District office for more information at 860-346-3282.

The Elements: An Annual Environmental Film Series was begun in 2015 by the Connecticut River Coastal Conservation District, Middlesex Community College Environmental Science Program, The Rockfall Foundation, and Wesleyan University's Center for the Arts and College of the Environment. Additional sponsors include Wesleyan’s College of Film and the Moving Image.

The Connecticut River Coastal Conservation District, Inc, a nonprofit organization based in Middletown, CT, works to conserve the natural resources of towns in the lower Connecticut River watershed and coastal areas. For more information about District technical and educational programs and services, visit our website at www.conservect.org/ctrivercoastal.

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