{"id":1261,"date":"2017-08-15T00:57:51","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T00:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/special-screening-of-an-inconvenient-sequel-aims-to-inspire-better-environmental-policy\/"},"modified":"2017-08-15T00:57:51","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T00:57:51","slug":"special-screening-of-an-inconvenient-sequel-aims-to-inspire-better-environmental-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/special-screening-of-an-inconvenient-sequel-aims-to-inspire-better-environmental-policy","title":{"rendered":"Special Screening of An Inconvenient Sequel Aims to Inspire Better Environmental Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-55491\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20728010_1419954141434767_4776172593135294626_n.jpg\" alt=\"20728010 1419954141434767 4776172593135294626 n\" width=\"620\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo courtesy of The Art Theatre.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The most criticized scene in <em>An Inconvenient Truth<\/em> (2006) was an animated depiction predicting that the combination of sea level rise and storm surge would flood the 9\/11 memorial site, which was then under construction. Viewers said it was a terrible exaggeration. In October 2012 that very site was flooded by Hurricane Sandy, and so begins the trailer for <em>An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Ten years after <em>An Inconvenient Truth<\/em> showed climate change as a crisis in dire need of worldwide attention, comes a follow-up showing we\u2019re closer than we think to an energy revolution.<\/p>\n<p>An <em>Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power<\/em>, to be screened at The Art Theatre Wednesday night, shows former Vice President Al Gore as he travels the world as an influencer, training climate champions to build a better tomorrow and \u201cpursues the inspirational idea that while the stakes have never been higher, the perils of climate change can be overcome with human ingenuity and passion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <center> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Now Showing An Inconvenient Sequel! Catch a special showing with Mayor Robert Garcia and Panel Discussion on WEDNESDAY 8\/16 at 7pm! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tQjWubVwmc\">pic.twitter.com\/tQjWubVwmc<\/a><\/p>\n<p> \u2014 Art Theatre LB (@ArtTheatre) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArtTheatre\/status\/897256154882949120\">August 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\"><\/script> <\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Following the screening, the starting point of the panel discussion will be how Long Beach can achieve the requirements of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalcovenantofmayors.org\/\">Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate &amp; Energy<\/a>, which combines the Compact of Mayors, a pledge Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia <a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/news\/city\/mayor-says-long-beach-committed-to-climate-change-with-or-without-paris-agreement\/\">signed in 2015<\/a>, and the Covenant of Mayors.<\/p>\n<p>Garcia stated in May\u2014before President Donald Trump officially pulled out of the Paris climate accord, impeding global efforts to combat global warming and the damaging consequences projected\u2014that the City of Long Beach would still implement the goals and emission reductions of The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate &amp; Energy.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width:100%; float:left;\" \/>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; float: left;\">\n<div style=\"width: 100px; height: 100px; background-image: url('images\/stephanie\/compactofmayors\/compactofmayors3.JPG'); background-size: cover; background-position: center center; float: left; margin-right: 30px; display:none;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p> <small style=\"font-weight: lighter;\">RELATED<\/small> <\/p>\n<h2 ><a onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'Related Link', 'click', 'Realted Link v1');\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/news\/city\/mayor-says-long-beach-committed-to-climate-change-with-or-without-paris-agreement\/\">Mayor Says Long Beach Committed To Fighting Climate Change With or Without Paris Agreement<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 0;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<hr style=\"width:100%; float:left;\" \/>\n<p>\u201cThis is just the beginning,\u201d Jan Van Dijs, a local architect, and an organizer and sponsor of the event, told the <em>Post<\/em>. \u201cThat plan is going to have to be vetted in the community. There\u2019s going to be people who love it and then there\u2019s going to be people who are going to hate it, and they\u2019re going to fight it [&#8230;] we need to start having that conversation and we look at the Art Theatre as an opportunity to have those conversations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While we can\u2019t make an impact on a federal level, Van Dijs said, we can create an impact at a local level. The speakers on the panel include Ed Mazria, founder and CEO of the nonprofit think tank <a href=\"http:\/\/architecture2030.org\/\">Architecture 2030<\/a>, Sara Hickman, sustainability director at Long Beach-based Studio 111 Architects, and Long Beach City Planner Fern Nueno, who will answer how the city can implement this movement.<\/p>\n<p>Mobility &amp; Healthy Living Programs Officer Michelle Mowery and SoCal Gas Project Manager Nate Taylor will also be speakers on the panel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe number one thing I\u2019m hoping to accomplish is that we create a core group of champions who will support what has to be done in order to have better environmental policies in the city,\u201d Van Dijs said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s not going to happen without an effort, a personal effort, a community effort, and so there have to be champions for that effort, there have to be people that say, \u2018Look I realize it\u2019s a short term cost but it\u2019s a long term gain,\u2019 and they have to understand that it\u2019s going to create a better community, it\u2019s going to create a more livable community, but it\u2019s not going to happen without a struggle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 17-minute short <em>Don\u2019t Be A Sucker<\/em> will also be screened before the reception at 6:00PM. The anti-racist, anti-nazi film was produced by the US Department of Defense in 1943. The short went viral, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/culture\/2017\/8\/14\/16143782\/dont-be-a-sucker-propaganda-charlottesville-nazi-racism\">Vox<\/a>,\u00a0just hours after the Charlottesville rally and seeks to warn against fascism and racism in the US by illustrating the German Nazis\u2019 divide-and-counquer method.<\/p>\n<p>The short is free for anyone who has purchased a ticket for the special screening of<em> An Inconvenient Sequel.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr style=\"width:100%; float:left;\" \/>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; float: left;\">\n<div style=\"width: 100px; height: 100px; background-image: url('images\/asia\/DHKXKKIUIAAQNqZ.jpg'); background-size: cover; background-position: center center; float: left; margin-right: 30px; display:none;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p> <small style=\"font-weight: lighter;\">RELATED<\/small> <\/p>\n<h2 ><a onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'Related Link', 'click', 'Realted Link v1');\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/news\/long-beach-locals-hold-vigil-for-heather-heyer-victim-of-charlottesville-rally-car-attack\/\">Long Beach Locals Hold Vigil for Heather Heyer, Victim of Charlottesville Rally Car Attack<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 0;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<hr style=\"width:100%; float:left;\" \/>\n<p>Attendees are encouraged to walk or ride a bicycle to the event. Free bike valet will be provided. A reception will take place at 6:30PM, followed by the screening at 7:00PM, a director Q&amp;A at 8:30PM and the panel discussion at 8:45PM.<\/p>\n<p>For tickets and more information, visit the Art Theatre\u2019s website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arttheatrelongbeach.org\">here<\/a> or Facebook event page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1509388189122009\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s Note: This story was updated on 8\/15\/17 at 11:25AM with information on the screening of <\/em>Don\u2019t Be A Sucker.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Art Theatre is located at 2025 East 4th Street.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>{FG_GEOMAP [33.77192369999999,-118.16699970000002] FG_GEOMAP}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Art Theatre&#8217;s Wednesday night screening of <em>An<\/em>\u00a0<em>Inconvenient Sequel\u00a0<\/em>will feature a special panel discussion with Mayor Robert Garcia, the founder of the nonprofit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/architecture2030.org\/\">Architecture 2030<\/a>,\u00a0Ed Mazria and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":66706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[618],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-1261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-lo","tag-climate-change","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1261"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=1261"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}