The Planners' Movie and Meet-up series continues with a screening of Inundation District by David Abel and Ted Blanco.
In a time of rising seas and intensifying storms, one of the world’s wealthiest, most-educated cities made a fateful decision to spend billions of dollars erecting a new district along its coast — on landfill, at sea level. Unlike other places imperiled by climate change, this neighborhood of glass towers housing some of the world’s largest companies was built well after scientists began warning of the threats, including many at its renowned universities. The city, which already has more high-tide flooding than nearly any other in the United States, called its new quarter the Innovation District. But with seas rising inexorably, and at an accelerating rate, others are calling the neighborhood by a different name: Inundation District.
The 79-minute film, a production by The Boston Globe, premiered in the fall of 2023 as the closing night film of the GlobeDocs Film Festival.
This event includes an hour dedicated to networking, followed by the screening and a discussion with film co-producer and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter David Abel. A longtime reporter at The Boston Globe, Abel is also a professor of the practice in the journalism department at Boston University. His films have been broadcast on the Discovery Channel, PBS, BBC World News, and other major platforms, winning numerous awards.
Also speaking with be Darrin Punchard, FAICP of Punchard Consulting. For over 25 years Darrin has combined his unique blend of expertise in community planning, hazard mitigation, climate adaptation, and disaster recovery to help clients solve their greatest risk and resilience challenges.
5:30 pm: Networking, appetizers, cash bar
6:30 pm: Showtime
8:00pm: Discussion
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Admission:
Free for CPM, APA-MA, and MAPP members, as well as students.
Non-members: $10.00
Sponsored by: Consulting Planners of MA, MA Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA-MA) and MA Association of Planning Professionals (MAPP)
CM I 2.0
Information for AICP Members:
AICP members can earn 2.0 Certification Maintenance (CM) credits for this activity, including one towards the AICP Sustainability and Resilience CM Targeted Credit Program. More information about AICP's CM program can be found at www.planning.org/cm.
