PEAK OIL

A day of films and discussions about global oil production decline and
its implications for our way of life 15:00 - Sun Feb 19th 2006 @ The Common
Place Leeds

A growing group of energy industry experts and scientists including
investment bankers, oil geologists, physicists and journalists are
predicting an imminent peak in the global rate of conventional oil
production. Many claim that inaction in the face of this event will
present enormous challenges that threaten to undermine our economy,
security and the very foundations of industrial civilisation.

FILM: End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion & the Collapse of the American
Dream

As we enter the 21st century, serious questions are beginning to emerge
about the sustainability of the suburban way of life. With brutal
honesty and a touch of irony, The End of Suburbia explores this way of
Life and its prospects as the planet approaches a critical era, as
global demand for fossil fuels begins to outstrip supply. As energy
prices skyrocket in the coming years, how will the populations of
suburbia react to the collapse of their dream? What can be done NOW,
individually and collectively, to avoid The End of Suburbia? (2004. Dir
Gregory Greene. 2hrs)



FILM: The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

When Cuba lost access to Soviet oil in the early 1990s, the
country faced an immediate crisis--feeding the population--and an
ongoing challenge--how to create a new low-energy society. This film
tells the story of the Cuban people's triumph over their sudden
adversity through cooperation, conservation and community. Cuba's
transition from large farms & plantations and reliance on
fossil-fuel-based pesticides and fertilizers, to small organic farms &
urban gardens, and from an industrial society to a sustainable one, is
an example for the rest of the world. (2006. Dir Megan Quinn. 1hr)



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