Plays 6/7 - Science on Screen®
Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story
Directed by Grant Baldwin (2014)
Preceded by Science on Screen® presentation, “Material Futures for a Post-Waste World,” by Dr. Amanda Parkes on molecular separation technologies that transform waste into high-value, sustainable materials.
We all love food. As a society, we devour countless cooking shows, culinary magazines and foodie blogs. So how could we possibly be throwing nearly 50% of it in the trash?
Filmmakers and food lovers Jen and Grant dive into the issue of waste from farm, through retail, all the way to the back of their own fridge. After catching a glimpse of the billions of dollars of good food that is tossed each year in North America, they pledge to quit grocery shopping cold turkey and survive only on foods that would otherwise be thrown away. In a nation where one in 10 people is food insecure, the images they capture of squandered groceries are both shocking and strangely compelling. But as Grant’s addictive personality turns full tilt towards food rescue, the ‘thrill of the find’ has unexpected consequences.
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Sunday, June 7
Science on Screen®
Material Futures for a Post-Waste World
Sunday, June 7th
Dr. Amanda Parkes will join the Cinema for a presentation on molecular separation technologies that transform waste into high-value, sustainable materials.
Dr. Parkes is the Chief Technology Officer at Mothership Materials, developing next-generation biomaterials and usable resources from agricultural waste.
The presentation will be followed by a screening of Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story, Grant Baldwin’s 2014 documentary exploring the hidden scale of food waste and the overlooked potential of what we throw away.
BIO
Dr. Amanda Parkes is a material technologist and fashion scientist with over 25 years of experience in fashion innovation, sustainability, wearable technology, interaction design and smart materials spanning research, development, and product commercialization for start ups and major tech and fashion companies. She is currently the CTO of Mothership Materials, creating high value materials from agricultural waste using breakthrough molecular separation technology. She was previously the founding scientist and Chief Innovation Officer of Pangaia, a material science company and fashion brand launching first to market material innovations. Past career highlights include Chief of Technology and Research at Manufacture NY, founder of fashion tech studio Skinteractive, co-founder of Bodega Algae, a microalgae photobioreator company, and she has held teaching positions at Columbia, Harvard and NYU. She received a PhD & M.S. in Tangible Media from the MIT Media Lab and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a B.A. in Art History from Stanford University. She is an international speaker & lecturer including TED, COP, CES, WEF, the Vogue Innovation Prize, the World Biomarkets Summit, and the New York Times International Luxury Conference. She has been named to the Business of Fashion 500 People Shaping the Global Fashion Industry, Vanity Fair’s 8 Wildest Women of Silicon Valley, The Glossy 50: Fashion’s Digital Front Runners, and as one of Alleywatch’s 10 Most Influential People in Fashion Technology.
An initiative of the COOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE, with major support from the ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION.
Science on Screen
75
2014
USA
English
DCP
Grant Baldwin
Jenny Rustemeyer