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"The pending collapse of oil represents enormous opportunity
for creative and entrepreneurial individuals who learn
to live sustainably and can help others to do so." - Wilfrid Bricker
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THE END OF SUBURBIA --
Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream
Premiere, Wed Mar 9 at 10pm ET, on VisionTV
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Plus: links, resources and what you can do, below. - ed
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Could oil depletion turn the suburban dream into a
nightmare?
This just in: life in the suburbs is hazardous to your health.
A report issued recently by the Ontario College of Family
Physicians notes that suburban sprawl contributes
significantly to air pollution and traffic fatalities. People
who commute to and from the 'burbs are also prone to
high levels of stress and depression.
The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of
the American Dream makes its television premiere on
Wednesday, March 9 at 10 p.m. ET, as part of VisionTV's
weekly series of social issues documentaries.
The hour-long film explains how suburbia, with its promise
of "space, affordability, convenience, family life and
upward mobility" has come to embody the aspirations of
North American society. And it warns of a looming oil
crisis that threatens to bring the whole arrangement
crashing down, turning today's suburbs into tomorrow's
slums.
Part of the new wave of progressive documentaries that
includes Fahrenheit 9/11 and The Corporation, The End of
Suburbia has been featured at film festivals and community
screenings all over North America, and has been selling
briskly on video and DVD. Thomas Wheeler of the
Alternative Press Review has called it "one of the most
important must-see documentaries of the year."
The first North American suburbs sprang up in the 1870s,
but the concept really took off with the housing boom that
followed World War Two. Because population densities
in these bedroom communities tend to be low, it's not
economical to provide for extensive mass transit. That
means suburbanites must depend on the automobile to
get most places - to work, to school, to shopping or to
recreation. In short, the viability of the suburban enterprise
depends on cheap and abundant fossil fuels. So what
happens when global oil production reaches its peak -- as
some experts predict will soon come to pass -- and begins
to decline? Can the cherished suburban lifestyle survive
once the cost of fueling our SUVs grows prohibitive?
If there's hope, it lies with a movement called new
urbanism, which advocates a return to "more traditional,
walkable communities". Reform-minded planners,
designers and architects want to transform sprawling
suburbs into collections of higher-density communities
where people can live and work without commuting by car.
(Officials in Toronto's York Region, for example, are
proposing to remake their suburban community along
new urbanist lines.)
Can we learn to shed our suburban dreams? It's not like we
have much choice. Says Ali Samsam Bakhtiari, a corporate
planner for the National Iranian Oil Company: "God does
set his own limits. I believe that He likes to test humankind
from time to time. And I think that test is going to come
very, very soon."
The End of Suburbia was written and directed by Gregory
Greene, and produced by Barry Silverthorn. Alberta Nokes
was executive producer for VisionTV. Barrie Zwicker
hosts.
For more information about The End of Suburbia, please visit: http://www.visiontv.ca/Programs/documentaries_endsuburbia.html
For details and information about the airing dates and
times in your area, please visit our web site at:
http://www.visiontv.ca (under the section "Schedules").
--
Eloisa Stella, Event Marketing Liaison
VisionTV and One: the Body, Mind & Spirit Channel
estella@visiontv.ca http://www.visiontv.ca
[People- & Planet-Friendly editor adds...
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THE END OF SUBURBIA - LINKS & RESOURCES
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The End of Suburbia
http://www.endofsuburbia.com/
http://www.visiontv.ca/Programs/documentaries_endsuburbia.html
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22end+of+suburbia%22
Get the CD or DVD
http://www.endofsuburbia.com/catalog.htm
PUBLIC SCREENINGS across North America
http://www.endofsuburbia.com/screenings.htm
HAVE YOUR OWN SCREENING -- at your school,
workplace, place of worship, or community centre
"The producers of The End of Suburbia encourage you to
show the documentary to audiences without permission, as
long as the event is not for profit. A modest admission may
be charged to offset costs."
http://www.endofsuburbia.com/catalog.htm
http://www.planetfriendly.net/promote.html
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RELATED RESOURCES & OPPORTUNITIES
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Suburbia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suburb
The American Dream
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_dream
Materialism (you are welcome to expand this article)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_materialism
Peak Oil (a.k.a. "Hubbert Peak")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubbert_peak
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22peak+oil%22
http://www.dieoff.org/
Energy, Renewable Energy, Conservation & Preparedness
-- links, organizations, resources, opportunities
http://www.planetfriendly.net/energy.html
http://www.planetfriendly.net/blackout.html
http://www.planetfriendly.net/blackout.html#homepower
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy
http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Technology/Energy/Renewable/
Public Health and Urban Sprawl
(from the Ontario College of Family Physicians)
http://www.ocfp.on.ca/English/OCFP/Urban-Sprawl/
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ALTERNATIVES TO SUBURBIA
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Smart Planning, Smart Growth
http://www.planetfriendly.net/dontpave.html
http://www.planetfriendly.net/dontpave.html#links
Urban and Regional Planning
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_planning
http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Social_Sciences/Urban_and_Regional_Planning/
Sustainable Living
http://www.planetfriendly.net/living.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_living
Voluntary Simplicity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary_simplicity
http://www.planetfriendly.net/living.html#simplicity
http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Lifestyle_Choices/Voluntary_Simplicity/
Green, Healthy Transportation
http://www.planetfriendly.net/living.html#transport
The Car-free Lifestyle -- how and why to go car-free
http://www.planetfriendly.net/carfree.html
Ecovillages, Cohousing & Alternative Community
http://www.planetfriendly.net/community.html#ecovillage
Eco-Films & Documentaries (see 'Film & Video' section)
http://www.planetfriendly.net/voices.html#filmvideo
Eco- & Alternative Media
http://www.planetfriendly.net/voices.html
Questioning Business & the Corporation
http://www.planetfriendly.net/business.html
http://www.thecorporation.com/
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