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DESCRIPTION:\n\nFilm evenings begin with potluck refreshments & social hour at  6:30 
 pm,\nfollowed by the film at  7:30 pm, followed by a discussion after the 
 film.\n\nTHE ECONOMICS OF HAPPINESS\nby Helena Norberg-Hodge\n\nThis 
 comprehensive documentary describes a world moving simultaneously in two 
 opposing directions.  On the one hand, an unholy alliance of governments 
 and big business continues to promote globalization and the consolidation 
 of corporate power.  The film shows how globalization breeds cultural 
 self-rejection, competition, and divisiveness;  how it structurally 
 promotes the growth of slums and urban sprawl;  how it is decimating 
 democracy.  We learn about the obscene waste that results from trade for 
 the sake of trade.  We hear about the demise of land-based cultures in 
 every corner of the world.\n\nAt the same time, people all over the world 
 are resisting those policies, demanding a re-regulation of trade and 
 finance — and, far from the old institutions of power, they’re starting 
 to forge a very different future.  Communities are coming together to 
 re-build more human scale, ecological economies based on a new paradigm — 
 an economics of localization.  The film provides not only inspiration, but 
 practical solutions.  Arguing that economic localization is a strategic 
 solution multiplier that can solve our most serious problems, the film 
 spells out the policy changes needed to enable local businesses to survive 
 and prosper.  We are introduced to community initiatives that are moving 
 the localization agenda forward.  We see the benefits of an expanding local 
 food movement that is restoring biological diversity, communities, and 
 local economies worldwide.  We hear from a chorus of voices from six 
 continents, including Vandana Shiva, Bill McKibben, David Korten, Samdhong 
 Rinpoche, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Michael Shuman, Zac Goldsmith, and Keibo 
 Oiwa.  They tell us that climate change and peak oil give us little choice: 
  we need to localize, to bring the economy home.  The good news is that as 
 we move in this direction we will begin not only to heal the earth but also 
 to restore our own sense of well-being.\n\nWheelchair accessible around the 
 corner at  411  28th  Street\n\n$5 donations are accepted\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/05/01/18712567.php
SUMMARY:The Economics of Happiness
LOCATION:Humanist Hall\n390  27th  Street\nuptown Oakland, between Telegraph and 
 Broadway\nhttp://www.HumanistHall.org\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/05/01/18712567.php
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