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Get your Tickets! Just Eat It Movie Night

by | Oct 16, 2017 | Green Your Routine, Living Well, Reduce your Waste, Waste Reduction Week | 1 comment

Green Action Centre is thrilled to present a film screening for your viewing pleasure!

Come join us at the Buchwald Room in the Millennium Library Wednesday, October 18 for a film screening of Just Eat It – A Food Waste Story. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased here: http://bit.ly/GAC-just-eat-it

Tickets will also be available for purchase at the door but space is limited so get yours soon!

 

The film will begin at 7:00pm. Doors will open at 6:30. Snacks and refreshments will be provided!

Following the film, we encourage you to stay for an exciting forum of local initiatives in food waste. Panelists include:

Teresa Looy – Green Action Centre

Teresa is a Compost Program Coordinator at Green Action Centre. She has a Master’s of Natural Resources Management and a Bachelor’s of Environmental Studies in Psychology. She is passionate about food waste, and in her role at Green Action Centre, helps Manitobans to reduce their food waste at home and compost it responsibly . She helps co-ordinate the Master Composter program as well as supporting schools, individuals, condos, and community organizations to start composting on-site.
Rebecca Trudeau – Winnipeg Harvest
Rebecca Trudeau is the Youth Programs Associate and member of the Public Education Team at Winnipeg Harvest. Through this role she works with students from Kindergarten to Grade twelve predominantly discussing issues of hunger and poverty. She also touches on aspects of citizenship, social justice, food systems and food waste through a yearlong Partnership with grade 5/6 students from the Louis Riel School Division.
Megan Redmond – Manitoba Council for International Cooperation
Megan Redmond is a communications specialist working for the Manitoba Council for Internotional Cooperation, where she helps promote global citizenship. She is also part of the Fair Trade Winnipeg committee which focuses on raising local awareness of fair trade issues.

From the Just Eat It website:

ABOUT THE FILM:

We all love food. As a society, we devour countless cooking shows, culinary magazines and foodie blogs. So how could we possibly be throwing nearly 50% of it in the trash?

Filmmakers and food lovers Jen and Grant dive into the issue of waste from farm, through retail, all the way to the back of their own fridge. After catching a glimpse of the billions of dollars of good food that is tossed each year in North America, they pledge to quit grocery shopping cold turkey and survive only on foods that would otherwise be thrown away. In a nation where one in 10 people is food insecure, the images they capture of squandered groceries are both shocking and strangely compelling. But as Grant’s addictive personality turns full tilt towards food rescue, the ‘thrill of the find’ has unexpected consequences.

 

1 Comment

  1. NJ
    NJ on May 14, 2018 at 1:55 am

    It’s an awesome movie.. I did watch it.

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