BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10569-c2cbb41f28ebbc6df7a1f93bdc702b68@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260412T154934Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240320T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240320T190000 SUMMARY:Intersections Sustainable Films - Creating Constructive Climate Action DESCRIPTION:\nHow to Blow Up a Pipeline (2023\, U.S.\, 99 min. + post-fi lm discussion)\n\nWhen the world seems to be ending\, what do you do in response? Where do you put your grief\, your anger\, your frustration\, and your desire to act? What happens when we don&rsquo\;t have construct ive channels for our emotions?\n\nFor the protagonists of Daniel Goldhab er&rsquo\;s \;How to Blow Up a Pipeline\, \;based upon Andreas M alm&rsquo\;s book of the same title\, the answer is eco-terrorism. How e lse can they overcome the urgency and scale of the moment without succum bing to the impotence and helplessness that defines their feelings about climate change? Coming together as a principled libertarian\, an enrage d victim of environmental injustice\, a disengaged youth seeking a thril l\, and perhaps\, even\, as a traitor\, these characters hailing from al l walks of life have found their way to blowing up a pipeline crossing t he Texas plains as a means of taking a stand and trying to change the na rrative and course of our political and economic systems. Will they succ eed? Do we\, as viewers\, want them to? The tense thriller leaves your h ead spinning as you try to keep up with characters you empathize with an d actions you may not. \;\n\nIn screening this film to close out our series on \;From Anxiety to Action\, we are not endorsing eco-terro rism. Rather\, we want to invite a conversation about how we avoid that being the outlet for frustrated and angry youth. How do we get to constr uctive collective action that honors everyone&rsquo\;s fears and creates a positive future for us all? Left in isolation\, too many can turn to darker impulses. Brought together into the light\, we can harness our em otions (even sadness and grief) towards a more positive future for all\, where action supplants anxiety. Join us for a thought-provoking discuss ion!\n\nThis event is put on by Penn State Sustainability with support f rom \;WPSU\, the \;Center for Global Workers'\; Rights\, the& nbsp\;Penn State Water Council\, and \;the CLA Sustainability Counci l. \;\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/intersect ions_sustainable_films_-_creating_constructive_climate_action/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

How to Bl ow Up a Pipeline (2023, U.S., 99 min. + post-film discussion)

When the world seems to be ending, what do you do in response? Where do you put your grief, your anger, your frustration, and your desire to act? What happens when we don’t have constructive channels for ou r emotions?

For the protagonists of Daniel Goldhaber’s  How to Blow Up a Pipeline, based upon Andreas Malm&rs quo;s book of the same title, the answer is eco-terrorism. How else can they overcome the urgency and scale of the moment without succumbing to the impotence and helplessness that defines their feelings about climate change? Coming together as a principled libertarian, an enraged victim of environmental injustice, a disengaged youth seeking a thrill, and per haps, even, as a traitor, these characters hailing from all walks of lif e have found their way to blowing up a pipeline crossing the Texas plain s as a means of taking a stand and trying to change the narrative and co urse of our political and economic systems. Will they succeed? Do we, as viewers, want them to? The tense thriller leaves your head spinning as you try to keep up with characters you empathize with and actions you ma y not. 

In screening this film to close out our series on&nbs p;From Anxiety to Action, we are not endorsing eco-terrorism. Rat her, we want to invite a conversation about how we avoid that being the outlet for frustrated and angry youth. How do we get to constructive col lective action that honors everyone’s fears and creates a positive future for us all? Left in isolation, too many can turn to darker impul ses. Brought together into the light, we can harness our emotions (even sadness and grief) towards a more positive future for all, where action supplants anxiety. Join us for a thought-provoking discussion!

Thi s event is put on by Penn State Sustainability with support from WP SU, the Center for Global Workers' Rights, the Penn State Water Council, and the CLA Sustainability Council. 

For more details: https://events.l a.psu.edu/event/intersections_sustainable_films_-_creating_constructive_ climate_action/

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