Earth Week: UTSA screens 'Switch' energy documentary April 22
(April 18, 2013) --To celebrate Earth Week, UTSA Roadrunners for Renewable Resources (R3) invites the public to attend its 2013 screening of "Switch," a documentary that explores energy's past, present and future. The free screening will be 2:30 p.m., Monday, April 22 in the University Center Retama Auditorium (2.02.02) on the UTSA Main Campus.
>> Watch a trailer from the documentary.
"Switch" will be introduced by Mark Blount from Switch Energy Project and followed by an expert panel question-and-answer session with the audience. The first 100 attendees will receive a 2013 UTSA Earth Week t-shirt.
Praised by both environmentalists and energy firms for its neutral and pragmatic stance, "Switch" objectively examines past sources for our energy that have built society and explores alternative means to more efficient forms of energy that will shape our future. The documentary discusses the world's energy infrastructure as well as the costs and benefits of various energy sources.
"Switch" was made by award-winning documentary director Harry Lynch, whose work has been viewed by millions of people around the world. Lynch is the founder of Arcos Films and the co-founder of Trinity Films.
The documentary features Scott Tinker, professor of geology at the University of Texas at Austin. Tinker wrote the script for the documentary, based on a two-year project that included 53 expert interviews and research on 27 world-leading energy sites in 11 countries.
More than 250 universities across the country have plans to screen "Switch" as part of the Geological Society of America Switch Energy Awareness and Efficiency Program.
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