[Trusties] Fw: escape from suburbia flick

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Hi Tim,

To follow up Andrew's mention on Thomas Homer-Dixon's book. The Ethos
Foundation is hosting Thomas himself at a roundtable event this August.
Please pass this on...

http://www.ethosfoundation.org/Projects.aspx

Gracias,
Bea



On 09/07/07, timwinton <timwinton at internode.on.net> wrote:
>
> 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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