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IOES Climate Series: Imagined Futures for a Hotter Planet
November 16, 2017 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Climate change is the existential crisis of the 21st century. How it plays out, how we can curb it, and how we adjust to the changes already underway will define our generation.
This fall, the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, in collaboration with UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, has designed a new kind of climate series: a four-night conversation between the L.A. community and some of the world’s experts on all things climate.
DATES:
October 5 – Climate Change Cliff Notes
October 19 – Earth and Human Climate
November 2 – A Tale of Two Cities in a Hotter World: Los Angeles and Beijing
November 16 – Imagined Futures for a Hotter Planet
Thursday, November 16 Imagining Futures for a Hotter Planet
Artists, writers and media organizations are playing vital roles in conveying the science and ethics of global warming. This conversation will explore how experiments in environmental storytelling and media imagine possible futures for different communities and ecosystems in the context of planetary climate change.
Conversation with
Rita Wong, Poet, educator and activist
Marina Zurkow, Media artist and NYU Professor
Juan Devis, KCET Chief Creative Officer
Natale Zappia, professor of American History at Whittier College
Moderated by
Allison Carruth, UCLA Associate Professor of English and Director of Laboratory for Environmental Strategies (LENS)