The Greenest Building, film and panel discussion

Sat Apr 21 2012 – 5 – 7 pm
CSPS Hall, 1103 Third St. SE, Cedar Rapids, www.legionarts.org
Free will donation

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion

This acclaimed documentary examines the problems inherent in the anticipated demolition of over one-third of the United States’ building stock over the next 20 years. Produced by Jane Turville, The Greenest Building examines the ecological reason for preservation.

The argument is one of the most direct, compelling moral calls for preservation, and cuts through academic and aesthetic mystification of the very simple and very necessary ethic of preserving the built environment. “We need to realize that buildings are consumer products on a grand scale,” wrote Turville. The consequences of consumption of buildings are far greater and more dangerous than any other, as this film makes clear.

Part of Eco-Fest 2012