Avi Lewis, Our Power: Battling Austerity with a Bold Green Vision
Channel: PIAlberta
Date: 2015-05-11

Keynote Speaker. Avi Lewis
"Our Power: Battling Austerity with a Bold Green Vision"
April 9th, 2015
Public Interest Alberta's annual advocacy conference, A Just and Fair Alberta 4 All, Making it Happen

How to build movement power in a one party state that is ruled by the interests of the richest industry on earth? With examples and film clips from his forthcoming global documentary, This Changes Everything, Avi Lewis argues it is time for those defending the public interest to go on the offensive with an inspiring, positive vision of the future we want.

Social movements around the world are fighting back against the logic of austerity and endless resource extraction by harnessing the urgency of the climate crisis to advocate for a massive transition to a low-carbon economy. Alberta could be a crucible of this strategy in Canada. With his trademark wit and journalistic rigour, Avi will challenge Albertans to connect the dots between climate, social justice, and a fairer economy: beyond the election, there is a world to win.

Avi's biography

Avi Lewis is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and television journalist. His first feature length film, The Take (2004), followed Argentina’s new movement of worker-run businesses and was released theatrically, winning several awards. In 2010 and 2009 Avi hosted Al Jazeera English Television’s Fault Lines. He has also worked at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as the host of On the Map, The Big Picture, and counterSpin. Currently he is directing a feature documentary called "The Message: the (r)evolutionary power of climate change."