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Economics of Happiness

St. Mary's College, Galileo 201 1928 St. Mary's Road, Moraga, CA, United States

Are we stuck with an economic system built on extraction, consumption, and waste?  Economics of Happiness shows how perpetual economic growth (the presumptive mandate of capitalism) is antithetical to the sustenance of balance and life on this planet.  The film describes alternative models that support full employment, community mental health, and a rich ecology. Post-film commentary […]

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Addicted to Plastic

St. Mary's College, Galileo 201 1928 St. Mary's Road, Moraga, CA, United States

Post-film conversation with Beth Terry, author of Plastic Free:  How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too From styrofoam cups to artificial organs, plastics are perhaps the most ubiquitous and versatile material ever invented. No invention in the past 100 years has had more influence and presence than synthetics. But such progress […]

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The next revolution

St. Mary's College, Galileo 201 1928 St. Mary's Road, Moraga, CA, United States

Not a minute too soon! The Next Industrial Revolution: William McDonough, Michael Braungart, and the Birth of the Sustainable Economy (2001; 55 min) With special guest Allison Cook from The Story of Stuff Project While some environmental observers predict doomsday scenarios in which a rapidly increasing human population is forced to compete for ever scarcer […]

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How many can live on Earth?

St. Mary's College, Galileo 201 1928 St. Mary

The St. Mary's One Planet Film Festival continues . . . . . . with famed British naturalist Sir David Attenborough investigating whether the world is heading for a population crisis. He has watched the human population more than double from 2.5 billion in 1950 to 7 billion today. Attenborough reflects on the profound effects of […]

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Life at the end of empire

St. Mary's College, Galileo 201 1928 St. Mary

What A Way To Go: Life at the End of Empire (2007; 123 min) Writer/Director: Timothy S. Bennett Tim Bennett, middle-class white guy, started waking up to the global environmental nightmare in the mid-1980s. But life was so busy with raising kids and pursuing the American dream that he never got around to acting on his concerns […]

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