Event Time:

February 29, 2012  6:30 pm  -  8:30 pm

That Empty Space, MacEwan Student Centre, University of Calgary
402 Collegiate Boulevard NW

Join Movies That Matter for a documentary by Valentin Thurn about the worldwide destruction of food.

Why do we throw away so much? And how can we stop this kind of waste?

On the way from the farm to the dining-room table, more than half the food lands on the dump. Most of it before it ever reaches consumers. For instance every other head of lettuce or potato. Agriculture is responsible for more than a third of the greenhouse gases worldwide because farming requires energy, fertilizers and land. What's more, whenever food rots away at a garbage dump, methane escapes into the atmosphere, a climate gas with an effect 25 times as powerful as carbon dioxide. In other words, when we waste half of our food that has a disastrous impact on the world climate.

Attendance is free for students  (with valid U of C I.D.)
Non U of C students: suggested cash ($5 to $10) or food donation to the Campus Food Bank.