The Common Experience Project on Sustainability Films presents Bikes vs Cars on Wednesday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m. at the Athena Cinema, 20 S. Court St. in Athens.
A panel features Dr. Amy Lynch, Assistant Professor of Geography; Paul Logue, Athens City Planner: Pete Kotses, Athens City Council; and Sam Crowl, Office of Sustainability. Topics include bicycles, automobiles, transportation, global policies, social justice, climate, environment, oil, economics.
The Common Experience Project on Sustainability is an initiative developed by University College. Partners include the Voinovich School for Leadership and Public Affairs Environmental Studies Program, Alden Library, the Sustainability Studies theme and Food Studies Theme, and the Office of Sustainability Ohio University.
Abstract: The bicycle, an amazing tool for change. Activists and cities all over the world are moving toward a new system. But will the economic powers allow it? Bikes vs Cars, a new film project from BANANAS!* and Big Boys Gone Bananas!* director Fredrik Gertten, looks into and investigates the daily global drama in traffic around the world. Climate change and never-ending gridlocks may act as frustrations but instead of whining, people in cities around the world take on the bicycle as a Do It Yourself solution.
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