Events

Join us for the International Day of Action for Rivers on March 19 to learn about the struggle to protect the Amazon through films, a teach-in and reception featuring some amazing drumming by Samba Jam.

• Tickets are $15 at the door but if you purchase your tickets online, enjoy a $2 discount.

(Terence Turner)When: Doors open at 6:30pm, Friday, March 19, film starts at 7pm.

Where: The David Brower Center, 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley (map)

What: Film screening of Amazonia: Voices from the Rainforest by Glenn Switkes and Monti Aguirre and the award-winning short Battle for the Xingu, directed by Iara Lee, followed by a panel discussion on efforts to protect the Amazon river and the forest it sustains. 

This event is not to be missed. Right now, the Brazilian government is trying to push forward with plans to dam the Xingu River - one of the Amazon's main tributaries. The massive project would divert the flow of the Xingu River and devastate an extensive area of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, threatening the survival of indigenous peoples. Join us, get educated and get active. 

For more information on the campaign to protect the Xingu River from Belo Monte Dam, visit: www.internationalrivers.org/en/xingu

Take action right now to protect the Xingu River!

Panelists include:

• Aviva Imhof, Campaigns Director, International Rivers
• Leila Salazar-Lopez, Campaign Director, Rainforest Action Network and Board Member, Amazon Watch
  
• Monti Aguirre, Latin America Campaigner, International Rivers
  

Afterward, stick around for some refreshments, music and great conversation!

Cost: $15 at the door. SAVE $2 IF YOU PURCHASE ONLINE.

Purchase tickets here.

For more information, e-mail Karolo Aparicio at karolo [at] internationalrivers [dot] org, or call 510.848.1155.

Join us for a panel report-back from the Copenhagen climate negotiations, and a discussion on what we think will happen next!

When: 7:00 pm, Tuesday, January 19th
Where: Goldman Theater, David Brower Center, 2150 Allston Way in Berkeley. (map)

Payal Parekh, Climate Program Director at International Rivers, will be presenting on the panel along with activists and researchers from 350.org (Jamie Henn), EcoEquity (Tom Athanasiou), and the Rainforest Action Network (Bil Barclay). May Boeve from 350.org will moderate.

Among the topics we will be discussing are the North/South impasse, the emergence of organized "Most Vulnerable Countries" blocs, the actual demands of the 350 ppm pathway, the U.S. strategy, offsets and other loopholes, REDD, historical responsibility, class, and the potential for a global emergency climate mobilization.

This event is free. A $5 donation at the door to support the participating groups will be greatly appreciated.

You can read more about the Copenhagen negotiations through our climate blog, In Hot Water.