Oct. 22 Film Showing
Who owns your water? Come see FLOW: An award winning documentary regarding a 21st century environmental issue--the world water crisis.
Thursday 22 October 2009
Damen Hall, Finnegan Auditorium
6:30-8:30pm
Movie snacks provided!
The film will be followed by a conversation with Dr. Mark Luttenton, Professor of Aquatic Ecology and Water Rights Expert at Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan.
Dr. Luttenton represented the residents of Michigan in a 9 year court battle against Nestle, Co. (owners of Ice Mountain bottled water) as they extracted excessive amounts of water from Michigan aquafers. These actions threatened the quality and quantity of residential well water and presented a significant stress to streams and wetlands within the affected watershed.
Flow is the first in a series of documentary showings on environmental issues and is sponsored by the Center for Urban Environmental Research and Policy (CUERP) and Loyola University Libraries.