Film showing - Escape from Suburbia - March 8

[ebecker.livejournal.com]

Representative Denise Provost, Somerville Climate Action, the Initiating Committee of Transition Somerville and Somerville-Medford United for Justice with Peace invite you to a showing of

Escape from Suburbia
Monday, March 8
6:30 to 8:30pm
Somerville Public Library
79 Highland Ave 02143 (map).

Meet ordinary people making extraordinary choices as they tackle the key issues facing us today -- the rising cost and supply of energy, the roller-coaster economy, and the faded memories of the American Dream.

Reinvent - Rethink - Relocalize

This film is a wake-up call that challenges the illusion of never-ending growth and examines alternatives for a more sustainable society in the 21st century and beyond. Director Gregory Greene (End of Suburbia, 2004)) introduces three engaging characters who move us from the realm of theory to the real world where an emerging movement of citizen's groups is confronting our addiction to oil with vision and courage.

For more info see http://escapefromsuburbia.com.

This is our fourth in a series of films that will change the way you think about the planet.

Sponsored by Rep. Denise Provost, Somerville Climate Action, the Initiating Committee of Transition Somerville and Somerville-Medford United for Justice with Peace.

For more information:
www.transitionsomerville.org
www.somervilleclimateaction.org

Comments

[ron_newman]

A lot of us ended up in Somerville in order to escape from suburbia!

[ebecker.livejournal.com]

True, but we will all be affected by what happens in suburbs in the coming decades.

[turil.livejournal.com]

Heh. It's amusing because I consider Somerville a suburb. It's a pretty dense suburb, but it's not the urban design where most buildings are intentionally zoned as mixed-use.