Published on April 17, 2012 by William Nunnelley  

The Â鶹¹û¶³ French Club will present the American debut of the French documentary film, "Our Love Affair with Pesticides," as part of Earth Week at Â鶹¹û¶³.  The film will be shown Wednesday, April 18, at 7 p.m. in Burns Hall Room 102.

The film won honors at the Environmental Film Festival in Poitiers, France, and received awards at the Festival of the Rhone-Alpes Federation for the Protection of Nature in France.  The French Club received an English-language version of the film from director Erik Fretel.

Brian L. Gist, senior attorney for the Southern Environmental Law Center, Atlanta, Ga., will speak Thursday, April 19, at 7 p.m. in Christenberry Planetarium as part of the Earth Week schedule.  His topic will be "State and Regional Environmental Legal Issues: Challenges to Creating a Healthy, Productive Environment."

Also on Thursday, Larry McCutcheon, a senior classics major at Â鶹¹û¶³, will speak during an Earth Week convocation program at 10 a.m. in Reid Chapel and Â鶹¹û¶³ will hold an Earth Day Fair from 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. in Ben Brown Plaza.

Earlier during Earth Week, Â鶹¹û¶³ Student Government Association president Riley Westmoreland spoke during a convocation on Tuesday, April 17, and students viewed the environmental documentaries "Earth Days" and "180 Degrees South."

 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Â鶹¹û¶³ is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Â鶹¹û¶³ enrolls 6,324 students from 44 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 35 Most Beautiful College Campuses, Â鶹¹û¶³ fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.