Food for Thought: Making a Difference

Food for Thought: Making a Difference

The Watershed Partnership and The Friends of the Guilford Free Library present a lecture and film series.

Lecture: War Gardens - Peace Gardens  with Patricia Klindienst

Beginning with archival images from both World War I & II up through the wars in the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan, this slide talk will take you through a brief history of the ways the garden has been understood in times of conflict, not only by the combatants, but by those struggling to survive.  The talk will end with examples of healing gardens, peace gardens, and commemorative gardens created at sites either of great suffering or great heroism.  Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at 7 pm 

Film: Rachel Carson's Silent Spring 

The showing of this documentary film coincides with the 50th anniversary of the publication of Silent Spring.  Rachel Carson was a champion of the environment and her book created a new ecological consciousness.  Her activism has many lessons as the work to inform the public about the risks of toxic pesticides and ban their use continues. Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 7 pm 

Film: Living Downstream

This documentary is based on the acclaimed book by ecologist and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber.  The film follows her personal journey as well as her scientific exploration.  Living Downstream is a powerful reminder of the intimate connection between the health of our bodies and the health of our air, land and water. Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 7 pm  

Free and open to all. 

To register please call (203) 453-8282, stop by the Reference Desk or visit www.guilfordfreelibrary.org