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Bedford Playhouse is thrilled to announce Earth Week! This exciting lineup is aimed at inspiring our community to gain a deeper understanding of the environmental and ecological issues of the day and inspire action at a grassroots level and beyond to help preserve the planet
Next Gen Climate Leaders Panel – Special Earth Day Program – Presented in Partnership with Bedford 2030
Wednesday, April 21, 7:00pm
Presented by Sarah Douglis, Bedford 2030
This month, we are putting our local youth climate leaders in the spotlight! Climate change is a crisis that majorly impacts the lives of everyone on this planet. Young people bear the extra burden of experiencing those impacts far into their futures, and as a result, many have committed to taking climate action in their schools, communities, and personal lives.
We are thrilled to be partnering with Bedford 2030 to offer a Next Gen Climate Leaders Panel, moderated by Bedford 2030’s Board Vice President, Sarah Douglis. Four impressive, local young women will take the virtual stage to have a conversation about their experiences, perspectives, and hopes for climate action in our community and beyond.
Join us to learn from these amazing local leaders and be inspired by all of the hard work they are putting into protecting the health of our planet.
Earth’s Development and the Need for Decarbonization
Thursday, April 22, 7:00pm
Q&A With Dr. Alex Halliday, Earth Institute
This Q&A is a must attend! Alex Halliday of the Earth Institute will discuss the development of the Earth and the critical need to decarbonize in order to address the climate challenge. Earth’s surface environment has changed dramatically over billions of years of development. Scientists have been modeling the climate for decades and sounding the alarm about global warming. The evidence now suggests that climate change is going to be worse than most scientists, let alone the wider public, had realized. Carbon dioxide stays in the atmosphere for decades. Therefore, much of this is effectively irreversible and will worsen without new technologies to remove carbon from the atmosphere. This talk will finish with the challenges for the future of decarbonization, including the technologies and actions that are needed, and some of the reasons to be optimistic.
Alex Halliday is the Director of Columbia University’s Earth Institute. He joined the Earth Institute in April 2018, after spending more than a decade at the University of Oxford, during which time he was dean of science and engineering.
Outdoor Pop-Up Cinema: David Attenborough – A Life On Our Planet
Friday, April 23, 8:00pm
Join us on the Playhouse Lawn for one of two Earth Week screenings under the stars! Experience our brand new 40 foot inflatable pop-up screen!
One man has seen more of the natural world than any other. This unique feature documentary is his witness statement.
Outdoor Pop-Up Cinema: WALL-E
Saturday, April 24, 8:00pm
Presented in partnership with Bedford2030
Join us on the Playhouse Lawn for this Earth Week screening under the stars with our brand new 40 foot inflatable Pop-Up Screen!
In the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.
Wolf Conservation Center Virtual Field Trip
Sunday, April 25, 3:30pm
Immerse yourself in the wild world of wolves with a virtual field trip to the Wolf Conservation Center! Attendees will learn about the history and biology of wolves in North America, and will meet the WCC’s three ambassador gray wolves with the help of a WCC representative. Viewers will also have the opportunity to potentially see some of the endangered red wolves and Mexican gray wolves that reside at the WCC!
