Dirty Secrets: The Toxic E-Waste Trade - Free Geek Movie Night
By Free Geek on July 27, 2007 - 4:54pm
Free Geek presents an evening of documentaries, discussion and d'accordion music!
Thursday August 2nd
Doors 7:00pm, show 7:30.
Admission FREE/BY DONATION. First come first serve.
Fletcher Challenge Theatre (Room 1900) at SFU Harbour Centre.
515 W. Hastings Street
We will screen BAN's pivotal documentaries The Digital Dump: Exporting Re-Use and Abuse to Africa and Exporting Harm: The High-Tech Trashing of Asia.
Sarah Westervelt, from international watchdog organisation the Basel Action Network (BAN), will speak on the illicit trade in computer waste here & abroad. Discussion with audience Q & A to follow.
The Creaking Planks will recycle and repurpose salvageable components of defunct and formerly toxic popular musics.
More info: ban.org or phone Free Geek at 604-879-4335, or
http://freegeekvancouver.org/en/ban_movie_night
"Most citizens, governments and businesses have blinders on concerning sham reuse and recycling of their e-waste. 'The Digital Dump' rips those blinders away. Save your breath. Show the film. Then talk. You will have instant allies asking honest questions. That's how change happens." -- Mr. Sego Jackson, Principal Planner of Snohomish County, Washington State, Solid Waste Management Division and NEPSI (National Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative) stakeholder.
This event is sponsored by the Recycling Council of British Columbia and we of Free Geek.
