Screen test: Environmental Movie Night a success

The University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) community and Oshawa residents have a loud message to share: It’s time to protect the city’s environment for the future.

The university’s Office of Campus Infrastructure and Sustainability and the UOIT Blue Team are excited to partner with the City of Oshawa Environmental Advisory Committee (OEAC) to begin mobilizing the community on how to make our part of the planet a better place to live.

All groups were part of a special movie night at the Regent Theatre November 12 where participants proposed actions and outlined environment-friendly initiatives they would like to see local leaders implement. The crowd watched a screening of the Toronto-based filmmaker Rob Stewart’s 2012 movie Revolution which explores a diverse range of climate change issues.

“Throughout the years, the environmental movement has been all about thinking globally, and acting locally,” said Shannon Oletic, Asset and Sustainability Planner, OCIS, UOIT. “The Regent was full of energy and packed with local politicians and sustainability leaders, in addition to UOIT staff and students. Everyone was feeling the collective sense that we need to do more than just talk. We all have an individual responsibility to promote positive and real environmental change in the community.”

• Link to Blue Team’s Facebook post about the November 12 event

Organizers arranged a post-it board for attendees to submit their environmental ideas related to such themes as: urban planning, environmental preservation and protection, waste management, energy conservation and community leadership. Findings will be summarized and shared with local government representatives.