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The Peace Education Fund in collaboration with the Burchfield Penney Art Center presents A Fierce Green Fire at the Burchfield Penney on Monday, April 22, at 7:00 p.m.

Inspired by the book of the same name by Philip Shabecoff and informed by advisers such as E. O. Wilson and Tom Lovejoy, A Fierce Green Fire chronicles the largest movement of the twentieth century and one of the keys to the twenty-first. It brings together all the major parts of environmentalism and connects them. It focuses on activism, people fighting to save their homes, their lives, the future—and succeeding against all odds.

"The five main stories—David Brower and the Sierra Club halting dams in the Grand Canyon, Lois Gibbs and the people of Love Canal battling 20,000 tons of toxic waste, Paul Watson and Greenpeace saving the whales, Chico Mendes and the rubber tappers saving the Amazon forest, and (what else could we end on?) the 20-year struggle to deal with climate change—are emblematic of strands and eras of environmentalism. So we built the acts into an hourglass shape. Each begins wide, with origins and context. Next we narrow in on the main story. Then they open up again, to explore ramifications and evolution." — Mark Kitchell, director

This screening is free and open to the public.