IAward-winning filmmaker and best-selling author John de Graaf will
appear at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 15. This talk is free and open
to the public.
John's talks will be of interest to anyone who is concerned about
sustainability, the environment, time poverty, health, the economy,
and personal well-being -- and how all these topics are connected.
7-9 p.m. - Textor 102
"WHAT'S THE ECONOMY FOR, ANYWAY?" ... a new film and discussion by
John de Graaf
John de Graaf is executive director of TAKE BACK YOUR TIME, an
organization challenging time poverty and overwork in the U.S. and
Canada
(see www.timeday.org).
John is editor of the TAKE BACK YOUR TIME handbook (2003) and
co-author of the best-selling AFFLUENZA: THE ALL-CONSUMING EPIDEMIC
(2005), now translated into nine languages.
Based in Seattle, John is also an independent filmmaker of
television documentaries. Over 15 of his films have been broadcast
nationally during prime time on PBS. The titles of his films include
RUNNING OUT OF TIME; AFFLUENZA; ESCAPE FROM AFFLUENZA; BEYOND
ORGANIC; SILENT KILLER: THE UNFINISHED CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER;
BUYER, BE FAIR; and THE MOTHERHOOD MANIFESTO, which Obama introduced
when it premiered at the U.S. Senate in 2006.
His new film, WHAT'S THE ECONOMY FOR, ANYWAY?, which will be shown
during the evening talk, takes a humorous look at American economic
policy.
For more information, please contact Linda Heyne, Recreation and
Leisure Studies, at 274-3050 or [email protected].
These programs are co-sponsored by the Departments of Recreation and
Leisure Studies, Occupational Therapy, and Health Promotion &
Physical Education.
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Elan Shapiro
Sustainable Living Associates
Frog's Way B&B
211 Rachel Carson Way
Ithaca, NY 14850
607-275-0249 607-592-8402 Cell
"Be the change we want to see in the world"
Mohandas Gandhi
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