BEAVERTON CITY LIBRARY HOSTS A PUBLIC SCREENING OF PANDORA'S PROMISE, MARCH 18
News Release from City of Beaverton
Posted on FlashAlert: March 3rd, 2014 5:33 PM
BEAVERTON, Ore. -- The Beaverton City Library (12375 SW 5th Street) hosts a public screening of Academy Award (R) Nominated Director Robert Stone's film, Pandora's Promise, a film about nuclear energy, on Tuesday, March 18 at 6 p.m. in the library's auditorium.
Environmentalists in the film make their case for why nuclear power is the best option for fulfilling growing energy demands of the planet without increasing fossil fuel consumption.
A question and answer period will follow with Adam Bless, of the Oregon Public Utility Commission. Bless has a degree in nuclear engineering and has more than 27 years of experience working in nuclear power as both an inspector and engineer.
"This film screening will help continue our community's discussion on sustainability options for our region," said Abigail Elder, library director. "We're happy the library can facilitate this kind of dialogue as we think about the future livability of Beaverton."
This event is the third in a lineup of programs hosted by the Beaverton City Library this spring exploring options for a sustainable future.
For more information, contact Librarian Jill Adams at 503-350-3613 or jadams@BeavertonOregon.gov.
ABOUT THE BEAVERTON CITY LIBRARY
The Beaverton City Library is open seven days a week and is one of the busiest libraries in the state. Currently, the library serves a population of nearly 150,000 Beaverton and Washington County residents with an annual circulation of 3.5 million items. The library has two facilities featuring a collection of more than 410,000 items. The library's mission is to provide information, library materials and library services to meet the needs of the community. The Beaverton City Library is one of 15 libraries in the Washington County Cooperative Library Services (WCCLS) network. Libraries in WCCLS work together to share resources and information in an effort to provide excellent countywide library service. For more information on available services, call 503-644-2197 or visit www.BeavertonLibrary.org.
ABOUT BEAVERTON
In 2014, Beaverton was again recognized as the safest city in Oregon as well as the safest city in the entire Pacific Northwest. In 2012, the city was awarded the Mayors' Climate Protection Award from the U.S. Conference of Mayors. It was one of just four cities of its size recently recognized as a "Smarter City" energy leader by the Natural Resources Defense Council and one of the 100 Best Places to Live in America by Money magazine. In addition, Beaverton was named one of the best places to raise kids by BusinessWeek magazine, an All-America City finalist, as one of the top 25 Suburbs for Retirement by Forbes.com, one of the 100 Best Walking Cities in America by Prevention magazine, the Recycler of the Year from the Association of Oregon Recyclers, a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation, a Bronze Award Bicycle Friendly Community designation by the League of American Bicyclists and as one of the Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Communities, the Beavert on Community Vision program was named Public Involvement Project of the Year--Best Planning Project by the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) Cascade Chapter. Beaverton also enjoys one of the most diverse populations in Oregon. For more information, reminders and community news, visit www.BeavertonOregon.gov, like the City of Beaverton on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CityofBeaverton, or follow on Twitter at www.twitter.com/CityofBeaverton.
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Environmentalists in the film make their case for why nuclear power is the best option for fulfilling growing energy demands of the planet without increasing fossil fuel consumption.
A question and answer period will follow with Adam Bless, of the Oregon Public Utility Commission. Bless has a degree in nuclear engineering and has more than 27 years of experience working in nuclear power as both an inspector and engineer.
"This film screening will help continue our community's discussion on sustainability options for our region," said Abigail Elder, library director. "We're happy the library can facilitate this kind of dialogue as we think about the future livability of Beaverton."
This event is the third in a lineup of programs hosted by the Beaverton City Library this spring exploring options for a sustainable future.
For more information, contact Librarian Jill Adams at 503-350-3613 or jadams@BeavertonOregon.gov.
ABOUT THE BEAVERTON CITY LIBRARY
The Beaverton City Library is open seven days a week and is one of the busiest libraries in the state. Currently, the library serves a population of nearly 150,000 Beaverton and Washington County residents with an annual circulation of 3.5 million items. The library has two facilities featuring a collection of more than 410,000 items. The library's mission is to provide information, library materials and library services to meet the needs of the community. The Beaverton City Library is one of 15 libraries in the Washington County Cooperative Library Services (WCCLS) network. Libraries in WCCLS work together to share resources and information in an effort to provide excellent countywide library service. For more information on available services, call 503-644-2197 or visit www.BeavertonLibrary.org.
ABOUT BEAVERTON
In 2014, Beaverton was again recognized as the safest city in Oregon as well as the safest city in the entire Pacific Northwest. In 2012, the city was awarded the Mayors' Climate Protection Award from the U.S. Conference of Mayors. It was one of just four cities of its size recently recognized as a "Smarter City" energy leader by the Natural Resources Defense Council and one of the 100 Best Places to Live in America by Money magazine. In addition, Beaverton was named one of the best places to raise kids by BusinessWeek magazine, an All-America City finalist, as one of the top 25 Suburbs for Retirement by Forbes.com, one of the 100 Best Walking Cities in America by Prevention magazine, the Recycler of the Year from the Association of Oregon Recyclers, a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation, a Bronze Award Bicycle Friendly Community designation by the League of American Bicyclists and as one of the Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Communities, the Beavert on Community Vision program was named Public Involvement Project of the Year--Best Planning Project by the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) Cascade Chapter. Beaverton also enjoys one of the most diverse populations in Oregon. For more information, reminders and community news, visit www.BeavertonOregon.gov, like the City of Beaverton on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CityofBeaverton, or follow on Twitter at www.twitter.com/CityofBeaverton.
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