{"id":24660,"date":"2013-02-19T14:57:24","date_gmt":"2013-02-19T20:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=24660"},"modified":"2014-09-23T08:29:32","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T13:29:32","slug":"environmental-studies-film-series-begins-feb-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/environmental-studies-film-series-begins-feb-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Studies Film Series Begins Feb. 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 The University of Mississippi Environmental Studies program will kick off its second film series on Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 7 p.m. in the Overby Center Auditorium with a screening of &#8220;Surviving Progress.&#8221;\u00a0 A second film, \u201cDirt,\u201d will be shown on Wednesday, March 27, at 7 p.m., also in the Overby Center Auditorium.<\/p>\n<p>Both films are free and open to the public, and complement topics that students in environmental studies courses are learning about this semester, said UM professor of English Ann Fisher-Wirth, who directs the minor in environmental studies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSurviving Progress\u201d questions the concept of progress, Fisher-Wirth said.\u00a0 Through brief interviews with notable scientists, economists and other thinkers from around the world, it discusses\u00a0 drawbacks as well as benefits that accompany technological progress. \u201cDirt,\u201d which focuses on dirt and the topsoil needed to make food, was chosen as an accompaniment to the food segment that is taught in ENVS 101, the gateway course for the environmental studies minor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe overlook it, we ignore it, sometimes we just cover it over with concrete or we just fill it with poisonous chemicals,\u201d said Fisher-Wirth.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the environmental studies program at UM, contact Fisher-Wirth at <a href=\"mailto:afwirth@olemiss.edu\">afwirth@olemiss.edu<\/a> or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/environmentalstudies.olemiss.edu\">environmentalstudies.olemiss.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 The University of Mississippi Environmental Studies program will kick off its second film series on Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 7 p.m. in the Overby Center Auditorium with a screening of &#8220;Surviving Progress.&#8221;\u00a0 A second film, \u201cDirt,\u201d will be shown on Wednesday, March 27, at 7 p.m., also in the Overby Center Auditorium.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/environmental-studies-film-series-begins-feb-20\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read the story &#x2026;<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[137,199],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.0 - 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