Monday, November 4 from 7-9pm. Lexington Venue (1794 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington).
Boston, one of the world’s wealthiest, most-educated cities, made a fateful decision to spend billions of dollars erecting a new district along its coast — on landfill, at sea level. Unlike other places imperiled by climate change, this neighborhood of glass towers housing some of the world’s largest companies was built well after scientists began warning of the threats, including many at its renowned universities. Boston, which already has more high-tide flooding than nearly any other in the United States, called its new quarter the Innovation District. But with seas rising inexorably, and at an accelerating rate, others are calling the neighborhood by a different name: Inundation District.
The showing of the film will be followed by a Q&A with Director David Abel. The film is 1 hour 19 minutes long. Registration is required.
Watch the trailer for Inundation District.
The event is sponsored by Cary Memorial Library and Lexington Climate Action Network/LexCAN.
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