Two movies you ought to come see. Tonight is Power Shift, which I've talked about before, followed by a panel discussion with myself, Tih-Fen Teng, associate professor of environmental studies at UIS, and architect Jim Johnston of Sustainable Springfield. It'll be at the Lincoln Library at 7:00, and is the first of two Step It Up events.
Whereas Power Shift is mostly looking at our energy use, tomorrow night's feature, Edens Lost and Found, looks more at improving nature within our cities, and doing so as a tool for improving daily life. Edens is a PBS series, and the showing tomorrow night (at Brookens Auditorium at UIS) is of the Chicago episode. It starts at 6pm with a reception; the movie is at 7pm; and then there's going to be a Q&A with the show's producer afterwards.
Not being able to predict the future, I can't say for sure how these events are going to turn out. But the reason I'm involved or the reason I'm going is that I hope that these two movies provide good opportunities for talking out not what the problems are globally, but what the solutions are locally.