"A Fierce Green Fire" at University of Puget Sound

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Katharine Appleyard
Tue, Apr 22, 2014 9:09 PM

“Usually environmental films, no matter how good they are, are an
eco-bummer,” Mark Kitchell says. “These people succeed against enormous
odds. And that should give us some kind of hope.”

Join students, staff and faculty on Wednesday, April 23rd.
5:30-7:30 in Thompson Hall, room 175 (off of Union Ave)
FREE and open to the public
Presented by the Sound Policy Institute and the Sierra Club

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Mark Kitchell tells Newsweek that he made the film “not for our generation
but for the next generations -- young people who know how important these
issues are but have never experienced much of a movement, who struggle to
find a handle for activism against impossible issues like climate change.”

*“Usually environmental films, no matter how good they are, are an eco-bummer,” Mark Kitchell says. “These people succeed against enormous odds. And that should give us some kind of hope.”* Join students, staff and faculty on *Wednesday, April 23rd*. *5:30-7:30* in Thompson Hall, room 175 (off of Union Ave) *FREE and open to the public* Presented by the Sound Policy Institute and the Sierra Club [image: Inline image 1] *Mark Kitchell tells Newsweek that he made the film “not for our generation but for the next generations -- young people who know how important these issues are but have never experienced much of a movement, who struggle to find a handle for activism against impossible issues like climate change.”*