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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\nCALL OF LIFE\nby Species Alliance, including\nDavid Ulansey and 
 Monte Thompson\n\nAll over the world species are becoming extinct at an 
 astonishing rate, from 1000 to 10,000 times faster than normal.  The loss 
 of biodiversity has become so severe that scientists are calling it a mass 
 extinction event.  Call of Life is the first feature documentary to 
 investigate the growing threat to Earth’s life support systems from this 
 unprecedented loss of biodiversity.  This unique film examines the 
 collective and individual responses that will be needed to mitigate the 
 impacts of the mass extinction.  It makes clear the critical choices we 
 have before us.  We face the potential of the natural world devastated 
 beyond recognition, with the loss of human life in the billions.  Yet, we 
 still have time to avert the worst of the crisis and save much of the 
 biosphere, if we act now.  The first step is to create broad public 
 awareness of the problem — its magnitude and its implications.  Only then 
 can our whole society begin to recognize the systemic changes that will be 
 required. \n\nResearchers have identified six primary direct drivers of 
 extinction and all are the result of human behavior:  habitat loss, 
 invasive species, pollution, climate change, over-exploitation of 
 resources, and above all — the factor that magnifies all the others — 
 human overpopulation. Any of these drivers can wreak havoc by itself, but 
 in combination with each other and with other social and environmental 
 factors, their cumulative effects are devastating. The mass extinction will 
 not be slowed or averted until each of these direct drivers is controlled 
 or eliminated.  The solution is clear:  in order to save our planet and 
 secure a future for our own species and all species, we need a new 
 worldview.  We must recognize that technology alone cannot save us.  We 
 must realize that business-as-usual is no longer an option.  Instead, we 
 need to create fundamental change in our culture, our minds, and our 
 hearts.  Unique among all human generations, those of us alive today have 
 been given a great opportunity:  one last chance to preserve the vitality 
 and magnificence of the living planet that brought us into being, and is 
 our only home.\n\nWheelchair accessible around the corner at  411  28th  
 Street\n\n$5 donations are accepted\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/09/01/18720795.php
SUMMARY:Call of Life
LOCATION:Humanist Hall\n390  27th  Street\nuptown Oakland, between Telegraph and 
 Broadway\nhttp://www.HumanistHall.org
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/09/01/18720795.php
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