What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire

N.C. State University will be hosting a free screening of a documentary film I've been wanting to see for some time now this Wednesday, Sept. 19. It's titled "What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire," and it's about (as its Web site says) how "a middle-class white guy comes to grips with peak oil, climate change, mass extinction, population overshoot and the demise of the American lifestyle."

The film was made by a team of North Carolinians: writer/director Tim Bennett, producer Sally Erickson and consultant Barbara Trent. It tells the story of Bennett's awakening to the global environmental crisis, and aims to break through the denial that keeps people from taking action.

The screening will take place at 7 p.m. at the Campus Cinema, 117 Witherspoon Center, 2810 Cates Ave., near the intersection with Dan Allen Drive. Free parking is available after 5 p.m. in the Student Health parking lot. For a map of central campus, click here.