[Iowa-dx] "The End of Suburbia" film & discussion-Sept. 9-Solon Public Library-5pm

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THE END OF SUBURBIA:
Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream
        
Saturday, September 9, 2006, 5:00 pm  
Solon Public Library
320 W Main St, Solon, IA
        
Free Admission & Discussion-Open to the Public
Presented by the Iowa Green Party

The sprawling suburban way of life that exploded after World War II was
based on the availability of cheap fossil fuels. But now that the end of "easy
energy" is so close at hand, how will the populations of suburbia react to the
collapse of The American Dream? Join us for this provocative documentary
featuring James Howard Kunstler and others, and stay afterwards for discussion.

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 the suburban way of life has 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?

http://www.irenew.org/expospec2006.html

For more information, or to schedule a screening in your community, write Linn
County Green Party, PO Box 2151, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52406-2151 or call
#319-360-5119.