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3203 Southeast Woodstock Boulevard, Portland, Oregon 97202-8199

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Join us for a screening of the documentary movie Mission Blue. 
From https://mission-blue.org/: 
“Legendary oceanographer Sylvia Earle is on a personal mission to save the ocean.For generations, we have believed that the ocean is too big to fail. We have overfished it to the point of collapse;used it as a massive dumping ground; and drilled for oil thousands of feet down, regardless of the environmental risks. It’s a model we can no longer sustain. Having logged over 7000 hours and more than 70 expeditions underwater, Sylvia Earle is uniquely positioned to help us understand why. Mission Blue–shot during a 3-year period in numerous locations around the world–the film traces Sylvia’s remarkable personal journey, from her earliest memories exploring the ocean as a young girl to her days leading a daring undersea mission in the Virgin Islands and beyond. The film deftly weaves her unique personal history with the passion that consumes Sylvia today: creating a global parks system for the ocean that she calls “Hope Spots.” As she eloquently expressed in her TED prize wish, Sylvia passionately believes that this ambitious plan is the best way to restore the health of the ocean. But as she travels to the Gulf of Mexico, the Galapagos Islands, the Coral Sea, and beyond, it becomes clear just how daunting the challenges we face truly are.The film is part oceanic road trip; part biography; part action adventure story. Guiding us through the film is Fisher Stevens, whose own life long love for the ocean inspired him to produce the Academy award winning film,The Cove. In many ways,Mission Blue is an extension of that earlier film. But rather than explore a single issue–as The Cove did when it turned its lens on dolphin slaughters in Japan–Mission Blue tackles the daunting challenge of how to protect the global ocean that is now under attack as never before. As a witness to change over the past 60 years, Sylvia is a steadfast warrior, leading the charge to restore the ocean to health before it’s too late. Ambitious in its visual language, goals and passion for change, Mission Blue is a wake-up call--for everyone who has ever cared about or experienced the Ocean--as well as for those far inland who are dependent on rainwater, clean air and weather cycles regulated by the ocean. As Sylvia says: “No blue; no green. No ocean; no us.””

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