Event

The 11th Hour w/Gordian Raacke & Omar Freilla

Guest Speakers: Gordian Raacke, Executive Director of Renewable Energy Long Island, and Omar Freilla, Director and founder of Green Worker Cooperatives, an organization dedicated to the creation of worker-owned and environmentally-friendly businesses in the South Bronx (appears in The 11th Hour)

The 11th Hour is the last moment when change is possible. Well-researched and swimming in scientific data, this global warming documentary offers some practical and wide-ranging solutions to our climate crisis. The film explores how we've arrived at this moment - how we live, how we impact the earth's ecosystems, and what we can do to change our course. Featuring ongoing dialogues of experts from all over the world, including former Soviet Prime Minister Mikhail Gorbachev, renowned scientist Stephen Hawking, former head of the CIA R. James Woolsey and sustainable design experts William McDonough and Bruce Mau in addition to over 50 leading scientists, thinkers and leaders who discuss the most important issues that face our planet and people.

USA, 2007, 91 min., color, rated PG . Directors/Writers: Leila Conners Petersen & Nadia Conners . Narrator: Leonardo DiCaprio . Featuring Thom Hartmann, Wangari Maathai, Sandra Postel, Paul Stamets, David Orr, Stephen Hawking, Sylvia Earle, Paul Hawken