Until the End of the World: Film Screening and Q&A
Fish farming is the fastest growing sector of food production, described as the ‘sustainable answer for food security’. Aquaculture attracts billions in public and private investment, but as the world population nears the 9.7Bn predicted by 2050, is it the solution?
The Department of Environmental Health invites you to join us for a film screening of the award-winning documentary, Until the End of the World, which examines the environmental and community impacts of fish farming, followed by a Q&A with the film’s director. The Q&A will also feature leading experts in Environmental Health, Nutrition, and Marine Biology.
Until the End of the World: Film Screening and Q&A
Tuesday, February 25th from 4pm-6pm
Kresge G1 Snyder Auditorium, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115
The film will be followed by a Q&A moderated by Petros Koutrakis, PhD, Professor of Environmental Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; and Eva Douzinas, President of the Rauch Foundation.
Featured Panelists:
- Francesco De Augustinis – Director of the film and an independent investigative journalist and documentarist covering food sustainability topics.
- Alessandro Bocconcelli – Oceanographer emeritus of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, co-founder of Centinela Patagonia in Chile.
- Doug Frantz & Catherine Collins – Co-authors of the book, Salmon Wars. Catherine Collins is former foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and a private investigator. Doug Frantz is a Pulitzer prize winner, former managing editor of the Los Angeles Times and former Assistant Secretary of State under John Kerry.
- Matthew Hayek – Dr. Hayek is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Studies at NYU. He received his PhD in Environmental Science and Engineering from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Science.
About the film: The new 60 minute film by investigative journalist and award-winning film-maker, Francesco De Augustinis, ‘Until The End Of The World’, takes the viewer on a journey from central Italy through Europe, West Africa and South America, where we see the paradoxical competition of this industry versus the livelihoods of entire communities in vulnerable areas, to produce high-end products like salmon.
To RSVP, please fill out the form here.
*Speakers’ remarks are based on their own scholarship and experience. As such, they speak for themselves, not for Harvard.
Speaker Information
Francesco De Augustinis
*Speakers’ views do not necessarily reflect the views of the Chair, the Department, the School, or the University.