​We the People Series Continues with Showing of 'The Age of Consequences​'

EXETER, NH — We the People, in partnership with Phillips Exeter Academy, will host a free, public screening of “The Age of Consequences,” a film about the impact of climate change on national security by local filmmaker, Sophie Robinson, on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016, at Phillips Exeter Academy Assembly Hall, Front Street, Exeter. “The Age of Consequences” investigates the impact of climate change on increased resource scarcity, migration, and conflict through the lens of U.S. national security and global stability.

The film unpacks how water and food shortages, drought, extreme weather, and sea-level rise function as ‘accelerants of instability’ and ‘catalysts for conflict’ in volatile regions of the world.

Sophie Robinson grew up in Stratham and graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy. She is a filmmaker, climate change organizer, and social justice activist. She organized and coordinated with The Better Future Project and 350 Massachusetts for three years – spearheading one of the leading statewide climate networks in the country. Sophie has Psychology and Environmental Science degrees from Williams College, and is currently finishing a masters degree in Sustainability and Environmental Management from Harvard. Ms. Robinson will be in attendance at the screening.

“Age of Consequences” is presented by We the People, a free lecture and film series exploring issues at the intersection of current events, ethics and religion. We the People is co-sponsored by the Congregational, Episcopal, and Unitarian Universalist churches of Exeter, in association with Phillips Exeter Academy and Water Street Bookstore. The event will be held at Phillips Exeter Academy Assembly Hall, which is handicapped-accessible.

For more information, go to WTPexeter.weebly.com, or call 603-772-4216.