[permaculture-oceania] End of Suburbia cancellation - commiseration

[Rosemary Morrow]

On 01/08/2006, at 4:38 PM, Helen wrote:

> Virginia,
> This sounds like a wonderful work you are doing.  These films show  
> the reality so much better than any of us, no matter how passionate  
> we are, can explain.
> They should be shown to all schoolchildren - what a different world  
> we would be preparing for if they were all educated like that.
> If you are able to show these films, could I suggest that you also  
> look at getting a copy of The Future of Food from the same source -  
> that is such a powerful message about what is happening to our food  
> if we don't take steps to stop it that everyone should see.
>
> All the best...
> Helen Wallace
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> ----------------------- Original Message -----------------------
>
> From: Virginia Solomon <vsolomon at netspace.net.au>
> To: permaculture-oceania at lists.cat.org.au
> Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:15:21 +1000
> Subject: [permaculture-oceania] End of Suburbia cancellation -  
> commiseration
>
> It is not only disappointing, but positively horrifying that people  
> are
> being asked to cancel showings of this important documentary  
> because it
> might "worry" people! It SHOULD worry people.
>
> I show it once every three weeks to a different class of Year 9  
> students
> at school. How can we get people to accept responsibility for the
> evolution of our communities and to move into the descent  
> confidently if
> they are ignorant of the facts? Perhaps we should be following EoS  
> with
> the Power of Community for a positive view... thanks for that link, I
> will try to get that too to show the kids.
>
> Commiserations Robyn, and I hope the launch at Annangrove Park went  
> well
> anyway.
> Cheers
> Virginia Solomon
> Eltham College
>
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