Sustainability Film Series Screening 'This Changes Everything' on Thursday, March 9, 6:30pm Weatherspoon Art Museum

The next Sustainability Film screening: This Changes Everything

What: Film: This Changes Everything

When: Thursday, March 9, 6:30 PM

Where: Weatherspoon Art Museum

Filmed over 211 shoot days in nine countries and five continents over four years, This Changes Everything is an epic attempt to re-imagine the vast challenge of climate change.

Directed by Avi Lewis, and inspired by Naomi Klein’s international non-fiction bestseller This Changes Everything, the film presents seven powerful portraits of communities on the front lines, 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. Throughout the film, Klein builds to her most controversial and exciting idea: that we can seize the existential crisis of climate change to transform our failed economic system into something radically better.

Discussion leader: Ed Whitfield from one of our sponsors, Fund for Democratic Communities. Ed Whitfield is a social critic, writer, musician and community activist who has lived in Greensboro since 1970. He is co-Managing Director of the Fund for Democratic Communities.

If you have any questions, contact Sarah Dorsey at sbdorsey@uncg.edu

Watch the trailer.

Good Sources for Free Credit Reports

In an age of growing identity theft, it is always wise to review our consumer credit reports to make sure no one has accessed our records, opened accounts in our names, etc. 

Everyone by law is entitled to a free copy (once per year) of their credit reports. Below is a link to the official site where someone can request a "free" copy of their Consumer Credit Report from all 3 of the major credit bureaus.

Trans Union
Experian
Equifax.

To Request Your Free Consumer Credit Report:

https://www.annualcreditreport.com/index.action

A Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act:

https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/pdf-0096-fair-credit-reporting-act.pdf

Green Drinks Greensboro - Next Meeting - Monday, February 13th 5-7pm at Scuppernong Books

Green Drinks Greensboro is inspired to action by recent events to expand our social and environmental networking to include more dialogue and speakers about the many interrelated issues that demand our attention.

Our next Green Drinks will feature Etsuko Kinefuchi, Ph.D., professor of Communication Studies at UNCG, who will talk briefly about the topic of Eco-Feminism, which examines the connections between women and nature. It brings together concerns about the impact of human activities on our natural world and a view of humanity as gendered.

Join us on Monday, February 13th from 5-7:00 for a discussion about Eco-Feminism at Scuppernong Books in Greensboro.

We will also include report-back discussion of the Women's March on Washington, upcoming plans for the April 29th People's Climate March and other local opportunities for action. Hope to see you!

For more info. contact: Kathe Latham (kblatham@aol.com) or Sarah Dorsey (sbdorsey@uncg.edu)

Upcoming Events at the Kathleen Clay Library

January 27 - Green Reads: Nature Film and Book Club  – Join this new nature film and book club. Pick up a copy of the book, Wine to Water: A Bartender’s Quest to Bring Clean Water to the World at the branch and come to the discussion.  12 - 1pm. Kathleen Clay Library, 1420 Price Park Rd.

January 28 - Curious Nature Club – Parents  and youth leaders enjoy some snacks and discover how to start your own Curious Nature Club with youth and then enjoy a trail activities walk in Price Park. 3 – 5 pm. Kathleen Clay Library, 1420 Price Park Rd.

Call for Exhibitors for Earth Day Festival at the Kathleen Clay Library in Price Park:
The Kathleen Clay Library is looking for exhibitors for our annual Earth Day event. We are seeking exhibitors who can provide nature, environmental, or alternative energy hands-on activities. Our turnout is typically 2,500 people. The event is free to exhibit and free to attend. The deadline to register as an exhibitor is February 17th.


For more information about these events, e-mail melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov

Mentoring program documentation now in BTS

In Behind the Stacks, on the Committees page, there is now a link to "Mentor/Mentees". The description of the program and the current list of mentee/mentor pairings are available there.  --Steve

Halloween Decorating Contest- Photos

This year, the challenge was to decorate a witch's hat.  Congratulations to the 2016 winners:

1st Place -- Access services (witch hat #1)

2nd Place -- Technical services (witch hat #2)

3rd Place -- ROI (witch hat #4)

HSML

DMC

Three Thomas Berry Events in November

1.       Sunday, November 6, 2016, 3:00PM - 5:00PM.

Greensboro Public Library's 2016 Thomas Berry Award ceremony.

Location: Kathleen Clay Edwards Family Branch Library. 

1420 Price Park Rd. Greensboro, NC 27410 

http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/index.aspx?page=824

Commemorating the life and work of Thomas Berry (1914 - 2009) with the award this year going to Randall Scott Romie and Andrew Levitt. Music, fellowship and refreshments as we gather to honor one of Greensboro's own.

2.       Thursday, November 10, 2016, 3:30 – 5:00 pm

“Thomas Berry and Dante's Divine Comedy: The Journey and the Vision” -- A presentation by Dr. Andrew Levitt based on his book All the Scattered Leaves of the Universe: The Journey and the Vision, a book about wisdom and transformation of the soul for the sake of the world.

Location: Well-Spring Retirement Community Auditorium, 

4100 Well Spring Drive, Greensboro, NC 27410

The presentation explores how Dante’s medieval poem might have influenced Thomas Berry’s understanding of the Great Work in the Twentieth Century.  As Dr. Levitt’s book makes clear, it is necessary to listen carefully to the dialogue Thomas Berry and Dante held across the centuries.  Attention reveals the integral relation of the two, which expands appreciation and understanding of each and demonstrates that together they can guide the soul through transformation to communion with all Being in service to the world.

Sponsor: The Center for Education, Imagination and the Natural World  www.beholdnature.org

3.        Saturday, November 12, 2016, 3:00 – 5:00 pm

Universe Story Walk

Location: Stovers’ Sèjour, 5911 Western Trail, Greensboro, NC   27410

The Universe Story Walk provides a ½-mile walk through an upland woods.  Along the walk, readings from The Universe Story and guided reflections at every 100’ allow participants on the walk to retell the Universe’s story and to connect their lives with the 14-billion-year journey of the emerging Universe itself.  

  

Dennis Hands, professor of astronomy at High Point University, will accompany the group to augment the experience.

Sponsor: Emerging Ecology http://www.emergingecology.org/universestorywalk.html