The 11th Hour has been HELD OVER (in spite of low
attendance), but moved to Fall Creek. And Home
Green Home is continuing to encourage you to see
the movie by offering you the cost of a ticket
off a purchase at their store on the Commons.
Even if the last thing you feel you need
to see now is another documentary, or more scary
stuff about climate change; even if you already
know more about global warming than you want to
know, here are a few reasons to see the movie,
either for the first time, or again:
Actually, there is only ONE bottom-line
reason to see the movie: to become more inspired
to do what needs to be done in order to slow
global warming as much as possible, as soon as
possible. You may even want to take notes during
the last part of the movie.
This movie ends with so many PRACTICAL
solutions, many of them triple win: better for
the health of our planet, better for the health
of our economy (green jobs and locally-owned
businesses are more sustainable than jobs
competing on a world-wide basis for the lowest
wages and the least benefits), and better for our
own health (less coal burning plants means less
deaths from asthma attacks; walking to the bus
stop keeps us in better shape, etc).
But they aren't all as simple as
replacing a few light bulbs (tho we should keep
doing that).
Many of these actions need politicians to
step up to the plate (AKA "political will," which
means they need to hear from voters, as well as
from corporate lobbyists). For example, better
public transportation is needed to help us drive
our cars less. And so on.
Some of these actions need consumers AND
the state and federal governments to insist that
corporations change their ways (Detroit: quit
shooting yourself in the foot and get going with
those electric plug-ins, as well as better
mileage in your entire fleet--my 2ยข).
And so on.
If we take simultaneously take action in
many sectors or "wedges," the total reduction in
heat-trapping gases will be significant. For
discussions and pictures of "wedges," see
--Bill McKibben's article in the October issue of National Geographic;
--the web site of the NRDC
<http://docs.nrdc.org/globalWarming/glo_06100601A.pdf >
--a power point from Cornell with more
science than you may want, but again with wedges:
<www.nbb.cornell.edu/neurobio/
BioNB321/spring07/ppt/ArtdeGaetano.ppt>)
So get informed, get inspired, and get a few BONUSES:
Home Green Home, the new store selling
furnishings and home products that promote
healthy homes and a healthy planet, will give you
$8 off a purchase of at least $10 if you see the
11th Hour. Just bring the Home Green card you'll
get when you buy your ticket at Fall Creek into
their store near the Aurora St end of the
Commons. By the way, Home Green Home sells CFLs .
. . .
The Climate Change Action Group has FREE
literature at their table in the lobby at Fall
Creek (many thanks to Cinemapolis/Fall Creek for
letting us do that). You can also buy a copy of
David Gershon's Low Carbon Diet if one of us is
staffing the table (we're often there between
shows).
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