Connecting Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining to Chicago

You are invited to attend the upcoming screening of mountaintop removal coal mining documentary, Black Diamonds: Mountaintop Removal and the Fight for Coalfield Justice.  This film takes an in-depth look at one of the biggest environmental and social justice issues of our time.  The film will be followed by a Q&A with the film’s director, Catherine Pancake, as well as a discussion on your connection to this issue and what you can do to help.

Event Details:

Thursday, September 2, 2010       5:30pm-7:30pm
Logan Square Library, 3030 W. Fullerton
FREE ADMISSION

RSVP to mountainsinchicago@gmail.com
(Seating is limited to the first 25 reservations so sign up soon!)

For more information about the film, visit www.blackdiamondsmovie.com.  For information about the issue, visit www.ilovemountains.org.

Supported by the Chicago Conservation Corps.

Description:

The Perseid meteor shower is an annual meteor shower that is extremely regular in its timing and can potentially be visible for weeks in the late summer sky, depending on weather and location.

The Perseid meteor shower is named after the constellation Perseus, which is located in roughly the same point of the night sky where the Perseid meteor shower appears to originate from. This is a useful naming convention, but not very accurate!

The source of the Perseid meteor shower is actually debris from the comet Swift-Tuttle. Every year, the earth passes through the debris cloud left by the comet when the earth’s atmosphere is bombarded by what is popularly known as “falling stars.”

Date: Thursday, August 12, 2010

Start Time: After dark starting around 8:30pm if the weather is clear

Location: Look toward the horizon for the Perseus constellation rising in the northeast sky.