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DESCRIPTION:The San Francisco Bay Area launch of The Economics of Happiness, a 1 hour 
 documentary about the worldwide movement for economic localization, will 
 take place in Berkeley, California, at the David Brower Center, on 
 Thursday, January 13, 2011. The screening will be followed by a panel 
 discussion with special guests. This event is free and open to the public 
 ($15 donation greatly appreciated).\n\nThe Economics of Happiness 
 demonstrates that millions of people are already engaged in building a 
 better world.  The film shows that countless small scale initiatives around 
 the world are exploring potential solutions to the multiple crises we 
 face—climate chaos, economic meltdown, and our own personal suffering 
 such as stress, loneliness, and depression. These initiatives are united 
 around a common cause: rebuilding more democratic, human scale, ecological 
 and local economies – the foundation of an “economics of 
 happiness”.\n\nSome of the local efforts profiled in the film range from 
 urban gardens in Detroit, Michigan, the Transition Town movement in 
 England, hands-on education in Japan, ecological development in Ladakh, 
 cultural preservation in Peru, and much more. \n\nThe film features 
 acclaimed environmentalists, scholars and authors including, Vandana Shiva, 
 Bill McKibben, David Korten, Juliet Schor, Richard Heinberg, accomplished 
 Bhutanese film director Khyentse Norbu, and the first Prime Minister of the 
 Tibetan Government-in-Exile Samdhong Rinpoche among others.\n\nThe San 
 Francisco Bay Area launch of The Economics of Happiness will highlight 
 local examples of a global movement of community-based initiatives 
 dedicated to addressing the multiple crises we face.  Partner organizations 
 from the Bay Area will be profiled at the event.\n\nThe film will be 
 followed by a panel discussion with co-director Helena Norberg-Hodge, 
 author Richard Heinberg, and representatives from Bay Localize and the 
 Sustainable Economies Law Center.\n\nCo-sponsored by the Post Carbon 
 Institute, Bay Localize, Sustainable Economies Law Center, Bay Area 
 Community Exchange, Shareable.net, Other Worlds, Transition Albany, and 
 others to be confirmed.\n\nFilm co-director Helena Norberg-Hodge is the 
 founder and director of the International Society for Ecology and Culture 
 (ISEC) and its predecessor, the Ladakh Project. She is a co-founder of the 
 Ladakh Ecological Development Group which was awarded the Right Livelihood 
 Award, aka, the “Alternative Nobel Prize,” in 1986. She is also a 
 co-founder of the International Forum on Globalization. Norberg-Hodge is 
 the author of Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh, the basis for the 1993 
 award-winning documentary film of the same name. Ancient Futures producer 
 John Page co-directed The Economics of Happiness, along with Helena 
 Norberg-Hodge and Steven Gorelick. \n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/11/27/18665108.php
SUMMARY:New Doc The Economics of Happiness: Solutions to Global Problems in Localized Economies
LOCATION:David Brower Center (Goldman Theater)\n2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 
 94704\nwww.browercenter.org\n\nFor more information contact: \n(510) 548 
 4915
 
 \neconomicsofhappiness@isec.org.uk\nwww.theeconomicsofhappiness.org\n
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