The Calgary Emerging Green Builders of the Alberta Chapter CaGBC presents:

The City Dark

Wednesday, July 8, 2015 @ 5:45 PM
Sustainability Resource Centre, Science B Building, University of Calgary - 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB
FREE Admission SOLD OUT, WAITLIST

Join the Calgary Emerging Green Builders of the Alberta Chapter CaGBC for an interesting and informative evening.

THE CITY DARK chronicles the disappearance of darkness. The film follows filmmaker (and amateur astronomer) Ian Cheney, who moves to New York City from Maine and discovers an urban sky almost completely devoid of stars. He poses a deceptively simple question, "What do we lose, when we lose the night?"

Exploring the threat of killer asteroids in Hawai'i, tracking disoriented hatching turtles along the Florida coast, and rescuing birds on Chicago streets injured by collisions with buildings, Cheney unravels the myriad implications of a globe glittering with lights--including increased breast cancer rates from exposure to light at night, and a generation of kids without a glimpse of the universe above. In six chapters weaving together cutting-edge science with personal, meditative sequences reflecting on the human relationship to the sky, THE CITY DARK shines new light on the meaning of the dark.

The film features stunning astrophotography and a cast of eclectic scientists, philosophers, historians, and lighting designers including Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson, astronaut Don Pettit, neurologist Dr. George Brainard, Harvard Medical School scientist Dr. Steven Lockley, cosmologist Chris Impey, and lighting designer Hervé Descottes.

5:45pm - 6:00pm - Registration
6:00pm - 7:25pm - Movie
7:25pm - 7:45pm - Networking/Discussion

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The CaGBC Alberta Chapter seeks to lead and accelerate the transformation to high-performing, healthy green buildings, homes and communities throughout Alberta.

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