“A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet”

Beyond the Classroom Living & Learning Program

Critical Conversations on Civic Issues: “People Power” Series

presents the award-winning documentary:

“A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet”

A Fierce Green Fire:  The Battle for a Living Planet is the first big-picture exploration of the environmental movement – grassroots and global activism spanning 50 years from conservation to climate change. From halting dams in the Grand Canyon to battling 20,000 tons of toxic waste at Love Canal; from Greenpeace saving the whales to Chico Mendes and the rubber tappers saving the Amazon; from climate change to the promise of transforming our civilization, the film tells vivid stories about people fighting – and succeeding – against enormous odds!

·          “The documentary of record on the environmental movement.” – Cara Mertes, Director, Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program.

·         “Historically significant!” – Naomi Wolf, The Guardian.

·         “The most thorough, expansive, and inclusive documentary film on the rise of modern environmentalism.” – Paul Sutter, Associate Professor of History, University of Colorado.

  Monday, April 8, 7:00-9:00 pm

1102 South Campus Commons, Building 1

This series on “People Power: Activism for Social Change” is sponsored by

Beyond the Classroom Living & Learning Program, Office of Undergraduate Studies,

at the University of Maryland, College Park

WWW.BeyondTheClassroom.umd.edu