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Film Showing- The Economics of Happiness

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Film Showing- The Economics of Happiness

Time: June 13, 2011 from 6pm to 7:15pm
Location: Pickford Film Center
Street: 1318 Bay St,
City/Town: Bellingham, WA
Website or Map: http://pickfordcinema.org/pag…
Event Type: film
Organized By: warren miller
Latest Activity: Jun 13, 2011

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The promised showing of the magnificent film, “The Economics of Happiness”, is now scheduled for Monday June 13th at 6:00PM at the new Pickford Film Center, 1318 Bay St, Bellingham, WA 98225. The films message of localization and the growing efforts to create a more resilient and self reliant future speaks to the heart of the Transition Town movement. It’s a great way to spread the word about Transition, so make sure you invite your friends! Co-sponsored by Transition Whatcom and BALLE Conference 2011.

"A powerful new film that cuts deeply to the heart of the global crisis. Magnificent!" - David Suzuki

"Economic globalization has led to a massive expansion in the scale and power of big business and banking. It has also worsened nearly every problem we face: fundamentalism and ethnic conflict; climate chaos and species extinction; financial instability and unemployment. There are personal costs too. For the majority of people on the planet, life is becoming increasingly stressful. We have less time for friends and family and we face mounting pressures at work.

The Economics of Happiness describes a world moving simultaneously in two opposing directions. On the one hand, an unholy alliance of governments and big business continues to promote globalization and the consolidation of corporate power. At the same time, people all over the world are resisting those policies, demanding a re-regulation of trade and finance—and, far from the old institutions of power, they’re starting to forge a very different future. Communities are coming together to re-build more human scale, ecological economies based on a new paradigm – an economics of localization."

You can see the trailer at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fTWu0ML_v0&feature=related

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