BRADFORD, Pa. -- The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford Environmental Studies Club will show the movie “Banking Nature” on Sept. 21 followed by a panel discussion.
The movie about the commercialization of the natural world will be shown at 6 p.m. in the Bromeley Family Theater in Blaisdell Hall. The panel discussion that follows will feature Dr. Shailendra Gajanan, professor of economics; Dr. Stephen Robar, associate professor of political science; and Dr. Denise Piechnik, assistant professor of biology. It will be moderated by Dr. David J. Schummer, visiting assistant professor of philosophy.
The movie and discussion will be free and open to the public.
“Banking Nature” is a 52-minute documentary investigating the idea of “nature credits.” The 2014 film was the winner of several awards in 2015: the Expo Milano Prize, Award of the Faculty of Forest and Wood Sciences, Grand Prize Best Documentary at the Innsbrook Nature Film Festival and Best Full-Length Documentary at the Kuala Lumpur Eco Film Festival.
For disability needs related to the event, contact the Pitt-Bradford Office of Disability Resources at (814)362-7609 or clh71@pitt.edu.
Thursday, September 15, 2016
PITT-BRADFORD ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES CLUB TO SHOW ‘BANKING NATURE’
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