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SUMMARY:AFFLUENZA: Is all that coal to make stuff for us?
DESCRIPTION:With filmmaker, author, and activist John de Graaf Free  W
 e know the dire impacts of coal mining, transport, and burning. We kno
 w exploding oil trains are destroying families and communities across 
 the country. We know our colossal use of energy is changing the chemis
 try of oceans and affecting global climate patterns.  But do we really
  realize the demand for fossil fuel is created by our own consumption 
 patterns? Our affluenza, defined by the book’s authors as “a painf
 ul, contagious, socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxi
 ety, and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more,” is the ca
 use. The appetite that drives us to spend most waking hours almost who
 lly dedicated to getting and spending has broken our connection to wha
 t it means to be creators, rather than consumers.  Join our community 
 for an important conversation, led by author John de Graaf, on how we 
 can work together to overcome affluenza and regain our creativity, con
 trol, and time.  John de Graaf is author of Affluenza: How Overconsump
 tion is Killing Us and How to Fight Back, Take Back Your Time: Fightin
 g Overwork and Time Poverty in America, What's the Economy For, Anyway
 ?: Why It's Time to Stop Chasing Growth and Start Pursuing Happiness. 
   Co-hosted by Village Books, Community Food Co-op, Mount Baker Sierra
  Club, and RE Sources.   Visit www.re-sources.org for more information
 .\n\nFor more information visit http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/even
 ts/affluenza-is-all-that-coal-to-make-stuff-for-us
DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20140313T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20140313T200000
CATEGORIES:community, discussion, "/", book, reading
LOCATION:YWCA
WEBSITE:http://www.re-sources.org
URL:http://www.re-sources.org
CONTACT:360.733.8307
ORGANIZER;CN="Hannah Coughlin":http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profi
 le/HannahCoughlin
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ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Hannah C
 oughlin":http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/HannahCoughlin
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="David M
 acLeod":http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/DavidMacLeod
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