Coming Clean: A Demand for a Fossil Free UC

1 Shields Avenue,Davis CA 95616

13 May, 2022

Description

The College of Biological Sciences, Fossil Fuel UC Davis and the Campus Advisory Committee on Sustainability are screening Coming Clean. Coming Clean is a film directed by Carolina Montejo and Andre Salehian, members of the grassroots movement UCSD Green New Deal. The film explores the issues with the UC's Carbon Neutrality Plan and the need to step into the needs and demands of the 21st Century by keeping fossil fuels in the ground. Through various interviews with expert UC professors, students, labor unions representatives, and environmental justice advocates, the film addresses why the trending market of carbon offsets is allowing corporations and institutions to avoid taking genuine responsibility in the face of climate change. By including perspectives from diverse movements, Coming Clean shows the overlap of the environmental movement with that of social justice, labor, and climate action, as well as the importance of local mobilization and people demanding change where they have a voice. Location: UC Davis campus: 1020 Teaching and Learning ComplexAgenda: 4:00pm - doors open4:20pm - introductory remarks by Mark Huising, professor, Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior; Mark Winey, dean, College of Biological Sciences; and Andre Salehian, filmmaker 4:30pm - Coming Clean: A Demand for a Fossil Free UC5:15 - 6:00pm - Panel Q&A Panelists include: Carolina Montejo and Andre Salehian, UCSD Students and Film DirectorsCamille Kirk, UC Davis Director of Sustainability and Campus Sustainability PlannerEric Chu, Co-Director of the UC Davis Climate Adaptation Research Center and Lead Author of the 6th IPCC reportJim Caroll, Associate Vice Chancellor and UC Davis ArchitectAdam Aron, Film Producer and UCSD Professor on the Social Psychology of Collective Action on Climate CrisisBrianna McGuire, UC Davis Green New Deal, UPTE Local 6 Executive Board member and staff plant pathologist