You are invited to a screening of
         'The End of Suburbia' 

On Wed., Feb. 18 @ 6pm at Peninsula Library in Gig Harbor.

You are invited to a screening of 'The End of Suburbia' and afterwards a discussion of personal and community resilience in the light of this film. On Wed., Feb. 18 @ 6pm at Peninsula Library in Gig Harbor. [The documentary film "The End of Suburbia" (2004) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_Suburbia) will be screened by the Key Peninsula, Gig Harbor and Islands Watershed Council (Film Forum) in the meeting room of the Peninsula Library in Gig Harbor at 6:00 p.m. on Wed. Feb. 18. WHAT: "The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream " (2004 documentary) WHO: The film features Canadian broadcaster Barrie Zwicker and discussions with James Howard Kunstler, Peter Calthorpe, Michael Klare, Richard Heinberg, Matthew Simmons, Michael C. Ruppert, Julian Darley, Colin Campbell, Kenneth Deffeyes, Ali Samsam Bakhtiari, and Steve Andrews; this showing is hosted by the Key Peninsula, Gig Harbor and Islands Watershed Council. WHEN: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 WHERE: Meeting room, Peninsula Branch Library, (http://www.piercecountylibrary.org/branches/west-county-branches/penins ula/Default.htm) 4424 Point Fosdick Dr. NW, Gig Harbor, WA 98335 -- (253) 851-3793 "The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream" is a 2004 documentary film concerning peak oil and its implications for the suburban lifestyle. Canadian broadcaster Barrie Zwicker and features discussions host the film with James Howard Kunstler, Peter Calthorpe, Michael Klare, Richard Heinberg, Matthew Simmons, and Michael. Ruppert, Julian Darley, Colin Campbell, Kenneth Deffeyes, Ali Samsam Bakhtiari, and Steve Andrews. The director is Gregory Greene and the producer is Barry Silverthorn. "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." "Suburbia, and all it promises, has become the American Dream." "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." Go to: http://www.endofsuburbia.com/ For some local data on historical statewide fuel consumption, go to: http://daily.sightline.org/daily_score/archive/2009/01/20/record-fuel-sp ending-in-2008 Questions: E-mail Roger Erickson at accesswater2030@yahoo.com Roger Erickson GOTO http://updownstream.blogspot.com/