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DESCRIPTION:The evening begins with an optional social hour and pot luck supper at 6:00 
 pm,\nfollowed by the film at 7:30 pm, followed by a discussion at the end 
 of the film.\n\nA CONVENIENT TRUTH\n \nThis informative, inspirational 
 documentary aims at sharing ideas to provoke environment-friendly and 
 cost-effective changes in cities worldwide.  It focuses on innovations in 
 transportation, recycling, and social benefits including affordable 
 housing, seasonal parks, and the processes that transformed Curitiba, 
 Brazil, into one of the most livable cities in the world.  The city of 
 Curitiba has demonstrated for the past 40 years how to transform problems 
 into cost-effective solutions that can be applied in most cities around the 
 world.   the typical city is a huge, clogged network, designed long before 
 mass motoring and now jammed with vehicles, their emissions and noise.  
 Usually, the average planner’s response is to make more room for traffic, 
 leading to even more vehicles and pollution.  However, three decades ago, 
 Curitiba boldly addressed its traffic problems at root and consequently 
 found that, with vision and willpower, all aspects of city life could be 
 improved.  Curitiba’s officials had decided that people should come 
 first, not cars.  What prompted this approach? In the 1940s Curitiba’s 
 population was around 150,000 and by the 1980s, it was one million.  This 
 rapidly expanding city had little money to spend and therefore great wisdom 
 and courage were required.  Curitiba is now a city of two million and an 
 inspiring example of urban development. This documentary tells the Curitiba 
 story.\n\nWheelchair accessible around the corner at  411  28th  
 Street\n\n$5 donations are accepted\n\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/09/07/18621127.php
SUMMARY:A Convenient Truth
LOCATION:Humanist Hall\n390  27th  Street\nmidtown Oakland, between Telegraph and 
 Broadway\nhttp://www.HumanistHall.org 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/09/07/18621127.php
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