A Darwin Day event on February 9 and a film series on sustainable living.
Darwin Day, a global celebration of science and reason commemorating the birth of Charles Darwin, will be marked at the Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island, in Garden City, on Sunday, February 9, at 11 a.m., as the Ethical Humanist Society and Locally Long Island launch a 10-week Dinner & a Movie series on topics of sustainable living.
Darwin Day includes programs for adults and children, with babysitting and children’s activities provided throughout the day and lunch available for sale. This year’s event highlights the impact of climate change on our health and the urgent call to action needed to stop the destruction of the Earth. From 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Dr. Victor Schuster, vice-dean of the Albert Einstein School of Medicine, will speak about Climate Change and Your Health.
Darwin Day continues at 1:30 p.m. with the movie In Transition 1.0, a solutions-based film that describes successful sustainable communities around the world. Melissa Boo, of Locally Long Island, will discuss ways Long Islanders can bring sustainability into their homes and communities.
Darwin Day is a free event; donations requested and both babysitting and science-based activities for children will be available. Kids’ activities in the past included extracting DNA from a strawberry.
Films on sustainable living continue with the Dinner & a Movie series, showing on Thursday evenings, from February 13 through April 17 (Earth Day), at 6:30 p.m. at the Ethical Humanist Society. The first Thursday night film is No Impact Man, a documentary that follows a Manhattan-based family as they abandon their high-consumption 5th Avenue lifestyle and try to live a year while making no net environmental impact.
Tickets are $15 per night ($12 /ticket for ages 55+ and students with ID). This includes the movie, dinner, a discussion, activity led by a local solutions expert, and a soup dinner provided by Sweet to Lick, of Williston Park, a vegan bakery. Multi-night ticket pricing is available.
Tickets may be purchased in person on Darwin Day or by calling 516-741-7304, or at the door. Full movie series listings can be found at LocallyLongIsland.com/winter-movie-series.
Location: 38 Old Country Rd., Garden City. For more information and for sponsorship opportunities, call 516-741-7304 or visit ehsli.org. See ad on page 25.
