This event is sold out! However, since the event is free, people register but then do not attend. If you are still interested in attending this event, please come to the SM Library and if seats open up, we will let you in. However, seating is not guaranteed. Thank you.

The City of Santa Monica and Sustainable Works are proud to present: An Evening of Hope Film Screening Event and Panel Discussion

Join us for three inspiring and hopeful short films followed by a panel discussion.

The Films

Wild Hope: The Great Ocean Cleanup

Inventor Boyan Slat is on a mission to rid oceans of plastic. His team at The Ocean Cleanup designs and deploys systems that pull trash from the open ocean.

From Soil to Soul: Food Justice in L.A.
Imagine a world where every community has the power to grow its own food, where children know the story of the food they eat and where their food comes from, and where our relationship with the land is rooted in justice, respect, and sustainability. This is the vision behind From Soil to Soul.

Wild Hope: Protecting Paradise
On Panama’s remote Pearl Islands, marine biologist Callie Veelenturf is using her research on endangered sea turtles to help the country enshrine the rights of nature into law - and help the communities living there protect their own environment and livelihood.

The Panel

Margaret To, From Soil to Soul Co-founder and Director
Moderator: Benjamin Kay, Adjunct Associate Professor, SMC Life Science Department; Life and Environmental Sciences Instructor, Santa Monica High School.

*Additional panelists coming soon.

The event is FREE to ALL but you must register here on Humantix.

• Avoid driving, if you can. Ride, walk or take public transportation.
• Take the Big Blue Bus. The SMC Main Library is served by BBB Routes: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 18, Rapid 3, and Rapid 7.
• If you must drive, try to carpool.
• Bring your reusable water bottle! Water will be provided by the City of Santa Monica.
• Please discard sustainably at the Zero Waste stations, this is a zero waste event!

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