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Environment issues to the fore

NEW DELHI: Toxics Link and India International Centre would be organising a two day a biannual film festival, “Quotes from the Earth”, from Friday. Held since 2004, the festival will showcase 20 exemplary works by some of country’s most renowned environmental filmmakers portraying the global struggle against climate change, hunger, unclean water, polluted urban scapes and difficult survival.

The festival has been categorised under five sub-heads, namely climate change and energy efficiency, survival, hunger, urban spaces and water. As part of the event, expert panel discussions on important environmental issues, including sustainability and globalisation, would also be held. The screenings of the films will be at India International Centre auditorium.

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