The movie Pandora’s Promise was screened on September 11th 2014 at the Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE), part of the IV Dominican Republic Environmental Film Festival (DREFF) program. The movie, which questions if the nuclear technology could save our planet from a climate catastrophe while providing required energy to bring out of poverty millions of people from the developing world, was followed by an interesting discussion on the subject.
Carlos Encarnación, representative of the Department of Environmental Training and Education of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Dominican Republic, as well as other experts and enthusiasts about clean production mechanisms and the audience who attended the screening exchanged impressions and ideas on clean energy and sustainability in Dominican Republic, motivated by the reflections provoked by “Pandora’s Promise”.
“This film let us thinking if nuclear energy is actually an example of clean energy or renewable energy” said Mr. Encarnación while affirming that Dominican Republic needs to start diversifying its energy sources and changing traditional energy sources with others that imply less contamination and expenses.
It is worthy to say that the event also counted with the presence of Mr. Roberto Herrera, InterEnergy Holding General Manager in Dominican Republic and President of ECORED.
Pandora’s Promise synopsis: The atomic bomb and meltdowns like Fukushima have made nuclear power synonymous with global disaster. But what if we’ve got nuclear power wrong? An audience favorite at the Sundance Film Festival, PANDORA’S PROMISE asks whether the one technology we fear most could save our planet from a climate catastrophe, while providing the energy needed to lift billions of people in the developing world out of poverty. In his controversial new film, Stone tells the intensely personal stories of environmentalists and energy experts who have undergone a radical conversion from being fiercely anti to strongly pro-nuclear energy, risking their careers and reputations in the process. Stone exposes this controversy within the environmental movement head-on with stories of defection by heavy weights including Stewart Brand, Richard Rhodes, Gwyneth Cravens, Mark Lynas and Michael Shellenberger. Undaunted and fearlessly independent, PANDORA’S PROMISE is a landmark work that is forever changing the conversation about the myths and science behind this deeply emotional and polarizing issue.
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