350 Climate Action Night at Rawabet Theater ليلة ٣٥٠ للتحرك لآجل المناخ في مسرح روابط
100 people showed up for a night of climate action featuring the climate change documentary , "The Age of Stupid" (http://www.ageofstupid.net/)
The night kicked off with a stand up comedy act - courtesy of Rams Boraie and Mo Love- followed by the Screening of the Age of Stupid.
The night concluded with an engaging presentation by Dr. Moshira Hassan on the effects of climate change on Egypt followed by Dr. Salah Arafa taking about his work the New Basaisa community and T.H. Culhane demonstrating the innovative solar heaters and biogas digesters (made out of reused materials) that are currently in use in the slum areas of El Darb El Ahmar and Manshiet Nasser.
Check out the following links for more info about our presenters' work:
New Basaisa -http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/794/sc121.htm
Solar cities blog - http://solarcities.blogspot.com/
This event was organized by a group of volunteers brought together by Sarah Rifaat and http://www.ecooptionsegypt.com/
Thanks to the gracious support of HEPCA (http://www.hepca.com/) and Rawabet Theater.
And thanks to the children of Alwan wa Awtar who contributed their artwork to the event.





