This award-winning new documentary film “Saving Walden’s World” directed by former arms dealer, Jim Merkel, will be screened at the St Andrews Film Society, Sunday, September 8 at 7:30 PM. Doors open at 7PM for socializing and networking. Eight years in the making, Merkel journeyed around the world for research and filming. This uniquely personal film questions the possible dividends of women’s empowerment and rights, and offers hints to seductive solutions that are being taken globally to develop sustainable living and food solutions.

“As a former engineer working on weapons who went through a dramaticchange in consciousness, his words have a special power.” — the late historian, Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States

Go to www.savingwaldensworld.org to learn more about the film and team.

This film tour will highlight the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals and the upcoming conference at the UN in NYC -- the Summit of the Future. Saving Walden’s World takes viewer to rarely seen societies that accomplished many sustainability goals decades ahead of the 2030 targets. Can the world eradicate poverty while making life better for women, the poor and the earth?

This project has a long life both in development and screenings and has already won multiple awards. It has been a featured selection in global film festivals, including the Maumee Film Festival in Ohio, the Puerto Aventuras International Film Festival (PAIFF), the Love & Hope International Film Festival, in Barcelona, Spain, the Crown Wood International Film Festival in Kolkata, West Bengal, India and the Five Continents International Film Festival in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela. This is a rare opportunity to meet the filmmaker and see why the film is garnering international attention.

Saving Walden’s World looks at what is working today and how these solutions can shape a better tomorrow. Director and writer Jim Merkel weaves a story that spans his early personal experience as a military subcontractor and his later studies of three countries where non-capitalist cultures thrive.

Entertaining & Enlightening

Whatever your perspective, Saving Walden’s World is a worthy cinematic journey. Jim Merkel and his talented team deliver an entertaining and enlightening story that includes a future with hope.

“This film will stir your heart.”—Vicki Robin, Author, Social Innovator

“Jim Merkel offers a special mix of practicality and idealism; a workable mix.”

—Bill McKibben, Climate Activist, Author