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Come out and enjoy an excellent film and support a great event!
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The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream
A film screening fundraiser for the youth work-study program of the Rethinking
Development: Local Pathways to Global Wellbeing conference
Thursday, June 9
7pm
Ondaatje Auditorium, Marion McCain Building
6135 University Ave.
Dalhousie University
Admission $5
Organized by the Rethinking Development Conference Work-Study participants and
the Society for Corporate Environmental and Social Responsibility (CESR).
http://cesr.dsu.dal.ca
http://www.gpiatlantic.org/conference/conference.shtml
About the film:
Since World War II North Americans have invested much of their newfound wealth
in suburbia. It has promised a sense of space, affordability, family life and
upward mobility. As the population of suburban sprawl has exploded in the past
50 years, so too has the suburban way of life become embedded in the American
consciousness.
But as we enter the 21st century, serious questions are beginning to emerge
about the sustainability of this way of life. With brutal honesty and a touch
of irony, The End of Suburbia explores the American Way of Life and its
prospects as the planet approaches a critical era, as global demand for fossil
fuels begins to outstrip supply. World Oil Peak and the inevitable decline of
fossil fuels are upon us now, some scientists and policy makers argue in this
documentary.
The consequences of inaction in the face of this global crisis are enormous.
What does Oil Peak mean for North America? As energy prices skyrocket in the
coming years, how will the populations of suburbia react to the collapse of
their dream? Are today's suburbs destined to become the slums of tomorrow? And
what can be done NOW, individually and collectively, to avoid The End of
Suburbia?
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The Society for Corporate Environmental and Social Responsibility (CESR)
Room #19
1318 Robie St.
Dalhousie University
Fax: 902-494-3728
website: http://cesr.dsu.dal.ca/
email: cesr@dal.ca
Mailing address:
The Society for Corporate Environmental and Social Responsibility (CESR)
c/o School for Resource and Environmental Studies
Dalhousie University
1322 Robie St.
Halifax, Nova Scotia CANADA B3H3J5
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