[Trusties] Fw: escape from suburbia flick

[timwinton]

Andrew has alerted me to a great resource (see email below). I'm going to 
order a copy and perhaps organize a screening. Thomas Homer-Dixon's book 
mentioned below is also worth a read.

Cheers,

Tim


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Leahy" <alfski at gmail.com>
To: "timwinton" <timwinton at internode.on.net>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 1:19 PM
Subject: escape from suburbia flick


> Hi Tim, I assume you probably know this already, the follow-up to End
> of Suburbia was released last week - Escape from Suburbia.
>
> I ordered a copy a couple of weeks back and it turned up on Friday
> from Canada. With the exchange-rate being favourable it's a good time
> to buy. It's about CD$41 with postage which is under AUD$50.
>
> Anyhow it's an excellent movie if you're doing post-carbon type stuff.
> It covers energy decline and effect on suburbia, but is mainly about
> individual & community responses to the growing awareness of peak oil
> in the US & Canada. So - green/political activism, community
> gardening, CSA, eco-villages, down-shifting, renewable energy - and
> permaculture is mentioned a couple of times *hurrah*
>
> Because it shows people who are actively doing things it's not quit as
> alarming (ie. motivating) as End of Suburbia. But the energy message
> is certainly there.
>
> It's also good for people who are 'on the path' also, in the 90mins it
> packages up a lot of the things we (or people we know) are doing in
> their lives.
>
> It has the usual suspects - Heinberg, Ruppert, Kunstler, Homer-Dixon,
> Bartlett, Simmons, Darley. You know you've been doing this for too
> long when you can recognise these guys by the voices alone :)
>
> Trailers, reviews, etc can be found at www.escapefromsuburbia.com
>
> The producer Dara Rowlands is the contact for screenings, they are
> fairly open to free "eco group" screenings. Her email is on the
> website. Any largish showings, they'd like to received a small
> screening fee - which is fair.
>
> BTW I highly recommend Thomas Homer-Dixon's new book "The Upside of
> Down", just released in Australia this month.
>
>
> Cheers, Andrew.
>
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