How Do We Create Simplicity?
Event description
Welcome to Movies and Conversation!
Monday Feb 20th 5.15pm - 7.15pm
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Continuing our deep discussions about societal change in a friendly, round-table context with a movie, a drink and a meal.......
Margaret River Regional Environment Centre and Transition Margaret River are collaborating on a film and discussion series that is guaranteed to stimulate your thinking juices!
Our next offering is:
A 'Real' Green New Deal? Policies for a Post-Growth Economy (Part III of Ecological Civilisation)
- a YouTube video by Dr Samuel Alexander, a lecturer at the University of Melbourne. Dr Alexander teaches a course called ‘Consumerism and the Growth Economy: Critical Interdisciplinary Perspectives.’ He is also co-director of the Simplicity Institute and a research fellow with the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute.
Dr Alexander's website is http://samuelalexander.info/
The YouTube link to Dr Alexander's 8 video play list is Ecological Civilisation playlist
The idea of the "Ecological Civilisation" series is to encourage community members to delve into ideas of degrowth, post-growth economy, theories of change, energy descent, techno-optimism and what would a post-growth world look like and how do we get there?
The Simplicity Institute website is https://simplicityinstitute.org
The topics Dr Alexander highlights in this video are:
- Limits to Growth
- Defining Growth
- Arguments for and against growth
- Policies for a post-growth economy
- Transitional challenges
After this film we will break into small groups and contemplate three questions:
1) How are we locked into systems of over-consumption?
2) What sources of meaning and happiness can emerge without over-consumption?
3) How far can a Green government take us towards a post-growth economy?
The Film Shed is at the rear of Charity Coffman's house at 44 Merchant St Margaret River.
Parking:
- Several parking places on Charity's verge,
- Public open space parking 50m west of 44 Merchant St (opposite No 38)
- Please don't park on neighbours' verge, as we don't wish to annoy them!
Walk to Shed in rear garden down the left side of the house.
Time to commence 5.15pm. A simple meal of dahl and rice will be provided. Please bring a bowl, spoon/ fork, a glass and your own drinks.
A gold coin donation will cover costs!
See you there!
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