3/5 FILM SCREENING OF "THE GREENING OF SOUTHIE"
Micki
Friday, March 5, 8:00 p.m.
PARK SLOPE. Park Slope United Methodist Church, corner of 6th Ave.and
8th St.
FILM SCREENING OF "THE GREENING OF SOUTHIE"
Part of the Environmental Action Film Series at Park Slope United
Methodist Church.
Curt Ellis and Ian Cheney's film covers the construction of one of the
country's "greenest" buildings, the Macallan, a condominium in working
class South Boston. Using bamboo floors from China, Bolivian lumber,
and local concrete, the structure becomes Boston's first to be LEED
Gold-certified, but as interviews with environmentalists and union
workers attests, the job is a more complex and difficult job than
anyone thought. Yet among the I-beams and brickwork emerges a small
cadre of unlikely environmentalists who come to connect their work
with the future of their children. The Bostonist called The Greening
of Southie "a balanced but incisive look at a complex issue that
affects us all."
Post screening discussion with Ellen Honigstock, Registered Architect,
LEED AP, Sustainable Strategies for Existing Buildings.
Potluck dinner at 7PM. Film Screening at 8PM. Admission Free.