Archives for 2023

Monday, March 20, 2023

Into the Weeds documentary

Royal Saskatchewan Museum, 7:30pm

Nature Regina's upcoming monthly meeting on Monday, March 20th, will feature a screening of the Canadian documentary “Into the Weeds” starting at 7:30pm at the RSM. Presentation in conjunction with Cinema Politica.

The documentary follows former groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson and his fight against Monsanto, a multinational agrochemical corporation acquired by German pharmaceutical giant Bayer in 2018.

 If you want to watch on your own schedule from your computer, please do. Into the Weeds is really worth watching, free on CBC GEM:

https://gem.cbc.ca/media/the-passionate-eye/s02e01  

Saturday, March 18, 2023

Into the Weeds

downtown Edmonton Public Library

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It is a powerful story of a former California groundskeeper who successfully took on Monsanto after a terminal cancer diagnosis.

You can attend the screening in person to enjoy an introduction with the award winning documentary maker Jennifer Baichwal. A virtual panel discussion will follow. Registration is requested.

Film screening: https://epl.bibliocommons.com/events/63dec5ce0748ed360064d165

Virtual discussion: https://epl.bibliocommons.com/events/63ded22d0748ed360064d382

 If you want to watch on your own schedule from your computer, please do. Into the Weeds is really worth watching, free on CBC GEM:

https://gem.cbc.ca/media/the-passionate-eye/s02e01  

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Pesticides and Climate Change: A Vicious Cycle

two-part webinar, Jan 17 and 24, 2022

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 Pesticides and Climate Change: A Vicious Cycle (PANNA report and 2 part webinar)

Pesticide Action Network North America is excited to announce the upcoming release of our new report, Pesticides and Climate Change: A Vicious Cycle. It’s the first-ever, in-depth scientific review of how pesticides contribute to climate change, and how climate change impacts in turn lead to increased pesticide use.

Part I: Report findings

Tuesday, January 17th from 9-10am PT
Speakers: Organizing Co-Director Asha Sharma and Senior Scientist Margaret Reeves, report authors

Part II: Climate change solutions in agriculture

Tuesday, January 24th from 9-10am PT
Speakers: Iowa farmer Rob Faux, Nayamin Martinez of the Central California Environmental Justice Network, and Jeanette Acosta of Weaving Earth.

 RSVP today.