Film Screening: Death by Design - 16 Nov 2016

What are the environmental and health costs of mobile phones, tablets, and laptops?

Time: 6:00-7:30pm, Wednesday 16 November

Venue: Carrillo Gantner Theatre, Sidney Myer Asia Centre (map)

The University of Melbourne's Sustainability Team is hosting a film screening of the 2016 documentary 'Death by Design' directed by Sue Williams.

Synposis

Consumers love – and live on – their smartphones, tablets and laptops. A cascade of new devices pours endlessly into the market, promising ever better communication,non-stop entertainment and instant information. The numbers are staggering. By 2020, four billion people will have a personal computer. Five billion will own a mobile phone.

But this revolution has a dark side, hidden from most consumers. In an investigation that spans the globe, filmmaker Sue Williams investigates the underbelly of the electronics industry and reveals how even the smallest devices have deadly environmental and health costs. From the intensely secretive factories in China, to a ravaged New York community and the high tech corridors of Silicon Valley, DEATH BY DESIGN tells a story of environmental degradation, of health tragedies, and the fast approaching tipping point between consumerism and sustainability.