| Date: | October 24, 2017 |
| Time: | 6:30 - 8:00 PM |
| Venue: | Wytheville Community College |
| Organizations: | New River Land Trust |
| Description: |
New River Land Trust presents a screening of the film "Green Fire: Also Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time" on Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at Wytheville Community College's Bland Hall room 104. The New River Land Trust is bringing an exciting film to the New River region. Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time is the first full-length, high-definition documentary film ever made about legendary conservationist Aldo Leopold and his environmental legacy. Green Fire shares highlights from his extraordinary career, explaining how he shaped conservation and the modern environmental movement. It also illustrates Leopold’s continuing influence by exploring current projects that connect people and land at the local level. Viewers will meet urban children in Chicago learning about local foods and ecological restoration. They’ll learn about ranchers in Arizona and New Mexico who maintain healthy landscapes by working on their own properties and with their neighbors, in cooperative community conservation efforts. They’ll meet wildlife biologists who are bringing back threatened and endangered species, from cranes to Mexican wolves, to the landscapes where they once thrived. The Green Fire film portrays how Leopold’s vision of a community that cares about both people and land—his call for a land ethic—ties all of these modern conservation stories together and offers inspiration and insight for the future. For more information on the film, visit: https://www.aldoleopold.org/teach-learn/green-fire-film/. Admission is free and all ages are welcome. Wytheville Community College is located at 1000 East Main Street in Wytheville, Virginia. For more information, visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/341186862974137/. |