As our effort to get the message of sustainability and green living
out to our community, we have been hosting a monthly FREE GREEN FILM
SERIES at the Wilkinson Public Library. We have been very thrilled
with the turn out and the engaging discussions to follow the films.
We have screened: "The Eleventh Hour", "Addicted to Plastic", and a
short montage focusing on "Solutions to Global Warming". This week's
free film in the Program Room is "Recipe for Disaster". We plan to
continue to bring you thought provoking, innovative and
environmentally conscious films as part of our mission to educate our
community about the need for environmental awareness.
We all know what we should be doing for the environment, but do we
always do it? It is finally widely accepted that the burning of
fossil fuels and the excess of carbon emissions is causing an
environmental crisis. It is honorable is you carry your own canvas
bag home full of groceries, or opt to fill your reusable thermos mug
for your daily latte as your personal effort to curb the global
warming crisis. These things are all good and we appreciate your
efforts, which are essential for becoming part of the change. Though,
filmmaker, John Webster, feeling a moral obligation to personally take
responsibility for their family's contribution to climate change,
convinces his wife and two young sons to rid themselves of all oil
based products for a year.
"Recipe for Disaster" is this weeks free Film at Wilkinson Public
Library. It is a fantastic film for the whole family, or anyone who
is trying to live lighter on the planet. During this year-long
oil-fast, the family remains in mainstream society, continuing their
suburban lives in Finland, while attempting to have a net zero gain of
carbon emissions, a feat that consists of a commitment to the
environment far beyond canvas shopping bags and re-usable mugs. In
this comedy of errors, the Webster family find themselves testing
their values, will power and happiness, while changing their
comfortable life style in the name of the earth.
Obviously, the first thing to go is the family car, that has been
essential for transporting kids to school, parents to work, groceries
and larger items back home. They take to public transportation, with
kids in tow, as many as six times a day. The must grow accustom to
walking the last leg home during the icy dark winter nights while
pushing a stroller filled with their rations.
Since all plastics are derived from oil, all food wrapped in plastics,
products packaged in plastics, and materials made of plastics are also
off limits in the Webster's home. The first dilemma: getting
un-packaged toilet paper. At every hurdle, Jon's wife seems ready to
abort this crazy and inconvenient experiment. Though, when she
encounters an industrial office supply store, she purchases 3 bicycle
wheel size rolls of toilet paper and carts them home victoriously.
The kids adapt to: brushing their teeth with home-made tooth paste,
eating fresher unpackaged foods, and accepting modestly wrapped
Christmas presents, since scotch tape is no longer accepted in this
family.
The filmmaker is constantly crunching the numbers to come up with the
calculations on how successful they are in reducing their carbon
footprint. They are clearly making less of an impact on the global
condition, but despite their complete life style changes on this
strict carbon diet, the numbers indicate that they still need to
tighten their belts. That is when dad declares that the heater must
go too!
"This well paced and humorous film documents the comedy of errors
that result from a do-gooder's well-intentioned plans that at times
seem impossible to implement and at other times stretch the patience
of his family to a breaking point. Yet, the film gives a surprising
demonstration of what the individual can do to avert a climatic
catastrophe." Reviews say.
Bring the whole family and come see this free movie Monday night at
6:00 PM at the Wilkinson Public Library. Sponsored by EcoSpaces Green
Building Solutions and The New Community Coalition, together:
Empowering Sustainable Choices. 85 minutes long with some English
subtitles.
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Be Well,
Daniel Kanow
EcoSpaces "Green Building Solutions"
Telluride, CO USA
(O) 970-728-1973 (F) 970-728-8007
Green Building Materials
Green Building Design Consulting
"Be involved in a Movement"
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