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<p>The White House announced on Sunday that President Obama and Leonardo DiCaprio will meet up for a new festival, one part of which will see the two men discussing climate change.</p>
<p>The event is being called South by South Lawn, a play on <a href="http://ift.tt/2cXbG3K">Obama&#8217;s appearance at South by Southwest earlier this year</a>. South by South Lawn will take place on October 3 and you can watch the entire thing live through the <a href="http://WhiteHouse.gov">White House&#8217;s website</a>, <a href="http://ift.tt/gOyAzN">Facebook</a>, or <a href="http://sxsw.com/live">Twitch</a>.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Exciting news: <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS">@POTUS</a> will be joined by <a href="https://twitter.com/LeoDiCaprio">@LeoDiCaprio</a> for a conversation on combating climate change at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SXSL?src=hash">#SXSL</a>: <a href="https://t.co/eMPiKavm8y">https://t.co/eMPiKavm8y</a> <a href="https://t.co/o7Gp0cNhBV">http://pic.twitter.com/o7Gp0cNhBV</a></p>
<p> — The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/780146904390733824">September 25, 2016</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>One of the marquee events is the panel where Obama and DiCaprio will discuss &quot;the importance of protecting the one planet we&#8217;ve got for future generations.&quot; Climate scientist<a href="http://ift.tt/1poYVLB"> Dr. Katharine Hayhoe</a> will also appear at the event to lend her expertise to the subject.</p>
<p>People in attendance at the actual event will get to see DiCaprio&#8217;s new documentary <em>Before the Flood</em>. The actor, who recently won an Academy Award for <em>The Revenant</em>, is an outspoken environmental preservation advocate. He<a href="http://ift.tt/2cXbEZH"> interviewed President Bill Clinton in 2000 about the subject of global warming</a>.</p>
<p>South by South Lawn will also host other events like panels about sustainable food and democracy, among other things. There will also be musical performances (The Lumineers will perform), while a White House Student Film Festival will be held as well, with guests including the creators and stars of Netflix&#8217;s <em>Stranger Things</em>.</p>
<p><a href="http://ift.tt/2bQWrHR">Obama&#8217;s National Parks virtual reality experience</a> will also be available at the event.</p>
<p>The White House invited people doing &quot;inspiring work&quot; to attend, but there is no other way to get in, so livestreaming the event will likely be the closest you can get. For more on South by South Lawn, including a full schedule of events, <a href="http://ift.tt/2dku9KM">go to this website</a>.</p>
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<p><em>Source: <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://ift.tt/2dtT7U2">GameSpot</a></em></div>
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