2 Community Resilience
A collaborative effort between Transition Reno, Truckee Meadows Community College Student Government and the TMCC Renewable Energy program to engender community resilience in the face of peak oil and global climate change.
The film series is open to TMCC faculty, staff and students, and the general public.
Download the film series flyer (PDF)!
| Date | Time | Theme | Film | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 3 | 7 p.m. | Waste | Story of Stuff and Garbage! Film Synopsis Story of Stuff Film Synopsis
Learn more at: www.storyofstuff.com/ Garbage! The Revolution Starts At Home Film Synopsis
Concerned for the future of his new baby boy Sebastian, writer and director Andrew Nisker takes an average urban family, the McDonalds, and asks them to keep every scrap of garbage that they create for three months. He then takes them on a journey to find out where it all goes and what it’s doing to the world. These two films begin the conversation about over use and waste of our earth’s resources. Both focus on our current society’s consumption patterns. Learn more at: www.garbagerevolution.com/ |
TMCC Dandini Campus, VSTA B206 (Wed), SIER 108 (Thur) |
| Feb. 4 | 2 p.m. | |||
| Feb. 10 | 7 p.m. | Energy | Kilowatt Ours Film Synopsis Kilowatt Ours Film Synopsis
Kilowatt Ours is a film that examines the use of energy and what the true price humans and the earth are paying for producing it. Learn more at: http://www.kilowattours.org |
TMCC Dandini Campus, VSTA B206 (Wed), SIER 108 (Thur) |
| Feb. 11 | 2 p.m. | |||
| Feb. 24 | 7 p.m. | Food | Future of Food Film Synopsis The Future of Food Film SynopsisPanelists
In 2009 as we take note of where we stand and look toward the future, the issues raised in The Future of Food are more pressing than ever. The corporate control of agriculture and the seed supply is meeting more and more resistance from the sustainable food movement that has risen up around the world. Food and agriculture have become central in discussions about climate change, sequestering carbon, health and the preservation of biological diversity. Our food: how its grown, where its grown, who is growing it AND who is controlling it; are all major factors in both dwindling supplies of fossil fuels and speeding global climate change. It is critical that every person who eats begins to understand that the food choices each one of us makes every day are directly connected to these two major challenges of our species. Learn more at: www.thefutureoffood.com |
TMCC Dandini Campus, SIER 108 (Wed and Thur) |
| Feb. 25 | 2 p.m. | |||
| March 3 | 7 p.m. | Transportation | Who Killed the Electric Car Film Synopsis Who Killed the Electric Car? Film SynopsisPanelists
Currently in wide DVD release, Paine’s film investigates the events leading to the quiet destruction of thousands of new, radically efficient electric vehicles. Through interviews and narrative, the film paints a picture of an industrial culture whose aversion to change and reliance on oil may be deeper then its ability to embrace ready solutions. Who Killed The Electric Car? delivers many important and timely messages. First, that the concept of electric cars as a “new idea” is false, these were being produced for the market in 1996! Second, that the paradigm shift which needs to be made to support this type of energy efficient transportation, must occur in the halls of powerful corporations, because they control the consumer’s choices. Third, this film shows real examples of positive energy efficient and less polluting cars, proving alternative vehicles can do the job. Learn more at: www.whokilledtheelectriccar.com |
Applied Technology Center |
| March 4 | 2 p.m. | |||
| March 31 | 7 p.m. | Living | Escape from Suburbia Film Synopsis Escape from Suburbia Film SynopsisPanelists
Escape From Suburbia makes a clear connection between the current lifestyle of developed nations and the effects of peak oil. At a time when there is so much emerging information to digest on these issues, this film helps define clearly the most important messages. It also provides real life examples of people making positive changes in their communities. Learn more at: www.escapefromsuburbia.com |
TMCC Dandini Campus, SIER 108 (Wed) VSTA B206 (Thur) |
| April 1 | 2 p.m. | |||
| April 7 | 7 p.m. | Heart & Soul | For the Next 7 Generations Film Synopsis For The Next 7 Generations Film SynopsisPanelists
This film reminds us that the work of transforming our relationship with our earth is as much an inner spiritual journey as it is an outer one. Learn more at: www.forthenext7generations.com |
TMCC Dandini Campus, SIER 108 (Wed and Thur) |
| April 8 | 2 p.m. | |||
| April 21 | 7 p.m. | Community | The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil Film Synopsis The Power of Community Film SynopsisPanelists
Learn more at: www.powerofcommunity.org |
TMCC Dandini Campus, SIER 108 (Wed), SIER 105 (Thur) |
| April 22 | 2 p.m. | |||
| April 28 | 7 p.m. | Transitioning | In Transition 1.0 Film Synopsis In Transition 1.0‘In Transition’ is the perfect sequel to ‘The Age of Stupid’. It tells the story of the generation that looked peak oil and climate change square in the face, and responded with creativity, compassion and genius. In the film you will see the stories of communities creating their own currencies, setting up their own pubs, planting trees, growing food. You’ll see local authorities getting behind their local Transition initiatives, and get a sense of the scale of this emerging movement. It is a story of hope, and it is a call to action, and we think you will like it very much. It is also quite funny in places. |
SIER 108 (Wed), SIER 105 (Thur) |
| April 29 | 2 p.m. |
From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It’ll teach you something, it’ll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.
Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home is a feature documentary about how the family household has become one of the most ferocious environmental predators of our time.
Filmmaker Jeff Barrie offers hope as he turns the camera on himself and asks, “How can I make a difference?” In his journey Barrie explores the source of our electricity and the problems caused by energy production including mountain top removal, childhood asthma and global warming. Along the way he encounters individuals, businesses, organizations, and communities who are leading the way, using energy conservation, efficiency and renewable, green power all while saving money and the environment. This often amusing and always inspiring story shows, “You can easily make a difference and here’s how!”
The Future of Food, a groundbreaking documentary released in 2004, distills the complex technology and key regulatory, legal, ethical, environmental and consumer issues surrounding the troubling changes happening in the food system today—genetically engineered foods, patenting, and the corporatization of food—into terms the average person can easily understand. It empowers consumers to understand the consequences of their food choices on our future.
Writer/Director Chris Paine’s documentary feature film Who Killed the Electric Car? premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2006 before its release by Sony Pictures to critical acclaim in 100 U.S. markets. The film was the third highest-grossing theatrical documentary of 2006 and screened with An Inconvenient Truth in many markets.
Escape From Suburbia looks at a post-carbon world through the eyes of three ordinary people who are facing the issue in extraordinary ways. As Dr. David Suzuki points out in the film, for anyone concerned about climate change, look no further than peak oil, a main contributor to global warming. Indeed, many people are making that connection, and turning to films like Escape from Suburbia as they look to discovering alternatives and creating a more responsible future.
In 2004, thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers from all four corners, moved by their concern for our planet, came together at a historic gathering, where they decided to form an alliance: The International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers. This is their story. Four years in-the-making and shot on location in the Amazon rainforest, the mountains of Mexico, North America, and at a private meeting with the Dalai Lama in India, For the Next 7 Generations follows what happens when these wise women unite. Facing a world in crisis, they share with us their visions of healing and a call for change now, before it’s too late. This film documents their unparalleled journey and timely perspectives on a timeless wisdom.
When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, Cuba’s economy went into a tailspin. With imports of oil cut by more than half – and food by 80 percent – people were desperate. This film tells of the hardships and struggles as well as the community and creativity of the Cuban people during this difficult time. Cubans share how they transitioned from a highly mechanized, industrial agricultural system to one using organic methods of farming and local, urban gardens.