Future of Energy Explored in Film Screening at UW-Waukesha March 8

Future of Energy Explored in Film Screening at UW-Waukesha March 8

WAUKESHA – The University of Wisconsin-Waukesha and Arcos Films would like to invite you to a free screening of Switch, a new award-winning documentary that moves past the politics to deliver the straight answers on energy.

The event takes place at 1 p.m. Friday, March 8 in Commons 101. UW-Waukesha is located at 1500 N. University Drive in Waukesha.

Is fracking polluting our water? How dangerous is nuclear? Will gasoline prices continue to rise? Can we clean up coal? Can renewables really power our future?

Switch delivers straight answers to today’s most controversial energy questions, as energy visionary Dr. Scott Tinker travels the world, exploring leading energy sites, from coal to solar, oil to biofuels, most of them highly restricted and never before seen on film. He seeks the truth from international leaders of government, industry and academia, then cuts through the confusion to discover a path to our energy future as surprising as it is practical.

“The basis for the documentary is an ‘unbiased’ look at where our sources of energy come from and what will our future sources be,” said associate lecturer of geology Quintin Bendixen, who arranged the screening at UW-Waukesha.

Switch is part of the Switch Energy Project, a multi-pronged effort to build a global understanding of energy. This screening is part of more than 250 universities across the country participating in the GSA Switch Energy Awareness & Efficiency Program, which launched last fall at over 40 pilot schools with a student ambassador program, efficiency drive and screening of the film.

Audiences have called Switch “the first truly balanced energy film.” As no documentary before it, Switch has been embraced and supported by people across the energy spectrum: environmentalists and academics, fossil and renewable energy experts, scientists and economists.

For more information, visit www.switchenergyproject.com.            

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