Economics of Happiness - Fall Films for Resilience Series

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Hosted by TransitionPGH; 7pm-8:15pm (65 min) Monday Oct. 22nd; First United Methodist Church, 5401 Centre Ave.; Come in through the S. Aiken /Liberty entrance to the left of the Centre Ave. doors and follow signs to the Sanctuary; Parking is outside that entrance, and in the small parking lot next to Wendy's on Centre

TransitionPGH's Fall Films for Resilience Series aims to round up friendly & intelligent folks to be entertained and inspired by a good movie--and afterwards, time permitting, we discuss ways to use what we learned to make our own lifestyles and communities more resilient to economic, ecological, and environmental challenges. Sept. 24 was Urban Roots (http://www.urbanrootsamerica.com/urbanrootsamerica.com/Home.html) (2011), about urban farming in Detroit as a response to their economic collapse; Oct. 22 is The Economics of Happiness (http://www.theeconomicsofhappiness.org/) (2011), about the global movement to relocalize economies; and Nov. 13th is The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (http://www.powerofcommunity.org/cm/index.php) (2006), about how Cuba dealt with extremely decreased fossil fuel supplies in the 90's.

Economics of Happiness synopsis (65 min), from IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1687905/plotsummary) : The Economics of Happiness features a chorus of voices from six continents calling for systemic economic change. The documentary describes a world moving simultaneously in two opposing directions. On the one hand, government and big business continue to promote globalization and the consolidation of corporate power. At the same time, all around the world people 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.

Food: Snacks. We'll likely have popcorn, and we always can get bagels.

Things to prepare: Your mind. We could always use extra drinks (but not soda!) Maybe a vegetarian dish/snacks if you are so inclined.

Schedule:

4:30pm: around when we arrive and start setting up 6:30pm: doors open 7:00pm: brief, 10-min-or-less introductory speech 7:10pm: Movie starts! 8:15pm: Movie ends! We start discussing resilience in our own communities. People who can't stick around are given an opportunity for a graceful exit.