Anthropocene 2015|95 min|UK Directed by Steve Bradshaw Australian Premiere
CLOSING NIGHT $35 full / $30 concession (Ticket price includes drinks and finger food at the Nova bar AFTER the screening and panel discussion)
Followed by panel discussion hosted by Matt Wicking (CSL) and featuring Alex Kelly (Impact Producer, This Changes Everything) and Dr Angus Hervey (Political Economist, Future Crunch)
An international community of scientists give us their take on the anthropocene, showing us today’s ecological and climatic changes from a new and deeply thought-provoking perspective. What will we do now that we know we are the new weather-makers?
Anthropocene is a deeply fascinating guided tour from the big bang to the present day. It is a journey through the history of our world, the evolution of the term ‘anthropocene’, and the dilemmas we now face knowing the immense power we have to change the face and composition of the entire planet.
Dr Angus Hervey is a science communicator, with a background in environmental economics and international political economy. He holds a PhD in environmental economics from the London School of Economics, and is the co-founder of Future Crunch, a forum for critical debate on the transition from the industrial to the digital era.
He is also the Australian manager of Random Hacks of Kindness, a global initiative started in 2009 by Google, IBM, Microsoft, NASA and Yahoo which connects technologists with social changemakers.
Alex Kelly is a Central Australian filmmaker and activist committed to social justice.
Alex is currently working as Impact & Distribution producer on Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything project.
She worked for ten years with leading Australian social change arts company Big hART as Creative Producer of Ngapartji Ngapartji and was National Producer from 2012-2014.
Matt is a facilitator and sustainability consultant specialising in change, strategy and communication. He’s worked with people and organisations in all sectors – business, government, the arts, education and more – to bring about positive change.
Along with a freelance facilitation and consulting practice, Matt delivers the Centre for Sustainability Leadership Fellowship in Melbourne, and change management training with the Monash Sustainability Institute.
Matt is a passionate advocate for the connections between the personal, the political, the natural and the cultural. He is singer and songwriter with Melbourne band, The General Assembly, where his music acts as a creative, vital response to living in an unsustainable culture.
His belief in the importance of cultural change for transition have recently led him to work in the arts sector, including a role as Greenie-in-Residence at Arts House and board positions with Next Wave Festival and TippingPoint Australia.
