Earth Week: Choose Your Own Disaster II - Re-adventuring through Hollywood’s attempts to tackle climate change

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You've heard of Earth Day, the annual event marked by more than a billion people every as a day of action to support environmental protection. But have you heard of Earth Week?!? Join CitySpace from April 23-26 for conversations, performances and more focused on celebrating and protecting our planet.Hollywood is full of big screen metaphors and on-the-nose cliches about climate change.

But IN A WORLD… where we actually need to talk about the real issues we’re facing, can disaster movies help? Joinfor a night of absurdity, fun and some real discussion of what our blockbuster movie industry has gotten wrong—and right—about the greatest existential threat humanity has ever faced. You will have the power to choose which decisions we make to stop a world-ending climate threat inspired by scenes from our favorite disaster films. Along the way, we’ll check in with a panel of experts who will help us understand if any of these events could ever happen and, if so, how we can navigate the real future.WBUR’s Legacy Circle, Murrow Society, Sustainers and Members save $5.00 on in-person tickets to this event.

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