Dear All

 

Attached is a flyer for the next PedBike Trans event.  Considering current oil prices and discussion within the community about this and the impact it has, the film presented offers more food for thought.  Please forward this to whoever you think would be interested and encourage them to come along.

 

If you intend to go then ask for the member price as EaST BUG is a member of PedBike Trans.

 

Hope to see you there

 

Peter

Advocate and Co Convenor

0407 177 337

EaST BUG (Easy and Sustainable Transport Bicycle User Group)

 

   

 5.45pm-7.15pm, Thursday 29 September 2005

 

PBT Film Festival - ?The End of Suburbia: Oil depletion and the collapse

of the American Dream?

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.

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?

For more information, www.endofsuburbia.com/www.endofsuburbia

 

Venue: BCC Library Theatrette, Lower Ground Plaza, Adelaide St (cnr George St), City.

Cost: Free (Supported by Brisbane City Council)