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DESCRIPTION:Author and filmmaker Heather Rogers will talk about her new book "Gone 
 Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage", a political history of rubbish in 
 the United States. Joining her will be organizer and activist Monica Wilson 
 from the grassroots group Global Anti-Incinerator Alliance, who will 
 discuss recent Bay Area struggles against new garbage incinerators and the 
 importance of addressing waste disposal issues in the context of race and 
 class.  We will also be showing Heather's 20 minute documentary of the same 
 name.  Every day a phantasmagoric rush of spent, used and broken riches 
 flows through our homes, offices, and cars. The US is the planet's number 
 one producer of garbage, and over the past 30 years America's garbage 
 output has doubled. Rogers explains that, despite popular wisdom, this 
 torrent of trash is not primarily the responsibility of the individual 
 consumer, instead it's the outcome of a free market system that needs waste 
 to maintain high consumption levels. To understand the roots of today's 
 waste-addicted culture, Rogers examines the grisly, oddly fascinating 
 underworld of trash.  Communities around California are fighting a new wave 
 of incinerators marketed as "green energy" sources. Not only do these 
 plants charade as environmentally friendly, they clearly violate principles 
 of environmental justice, putting a disproportionate pollution burden on 
 low-income communities of color. GAIA recently worked with residents of 
 Alameda, San Leandro and Oakland to stop the city of Alameda from building 
 a new incinerator in San Leandro. A key part of GAIA's approach is 
 emphasizing that there are other solutions: we don't have to bury or burn 
 garbage. GAIA members around the world advocate zero waste, which means 
 eliminating both the volume and toxicity of waste.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/11/03/79973.php
SUMMARY:Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage with Heather Rogers
LOCATION:AK Press Warehouse  674-A 23rd St. Oakland
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/11/03/79973.php
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