[PCA] Pollinator Movie and Symposium: Oct 25-26, NMNH, Washington DC

Krupnick, Gary KRUPNICK at si.edu
Thu Oct 6 08:14:18 CDT 2011


Please join us at the end of the month for these two special events:
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25th
The Strange Disappearance of the Bees screening followed by Q&A with film director, Mark Daniels
Free Screening - direct from Europe.  The first U.S. showing!
3:30 - 5:30 PM EST
Baird Auditorium, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History
Washington D.C.
Free with RSVP at http://pollinator.org/nappc/registration.htm
The Strange Disappearance of the Bees is a documentary about how mass deaths of bees have recently swept all over the world. Increasingly each spring, beekeepers open their hives to find entire colonies wiped out. And beekeepers aren't the only ones who are worried. Bees pollinate at least a third of the world's crops. If the dramatic decline in worldwide bee populations continues, essential food crops could disappear, along with entire ecosystems.
Featuring stunning photography, this film takes us right into beehives and onto plants along with the pollinators. It also surveys the science through conversations with top researchers such as entomologist May Berenbaum of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and biologist Paul Ehrlich of Stanford's Center for Conservation Biology.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26th
Open to the Public NAPPC Session: "Our Future Flies on the Wings of Pollinators"
9 - 11 AM EST
Baird Auditorium, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History
Washington D.C.
Free with RSVP at  http://pollinator.org/nappc/registration.htm
Participate in a symposium devoted to issues surrounding bees and all pollinators by top scientists, agriculture, government, and religious leaders in North America.
Keynote Speakers Include:

 *   Cristián Samper, Ph.D., Director, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
 *   Bryan Arroyo, Asst. Director, Fisheries and Habitat Conservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
 *   Ed Flanagan, President and CEO, Jasper Wyman & Son, No Bees, No Blueberries, No Wyman's
 *   Rev. Richard Cizak, President, The New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good, Bridging Outward: Collaborators for the Planet

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