Natick, MA- Occupy Natick invites the public to a free screening and discussion of GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth on Tuesday April 17th, 6:45-9:00 PM at the Morse Institute Library, 14 East Central Street, Natick. Following the film, local resident, long time sustainability activist and film producer Mike Hanauer will lead a discussion. Hooked On Growth is part of the “What Went Wrong?” film series sponsored by Occupy Natick.
Dave Gardner's 90-minute film examines our societal commitment to population and consumption growth, and whether or not these practices are sustainable or in society's best interests in the long run.
According to Gardner, “This film asks the most critical question of our time: How do we become a sustainable civilization? Hooked on Growth holds up a mirror, encouraging us to examine the beliefs and behaviors we must leave behind, and the values we need to embrace, in order that our children can survive and thrive.”
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This event is free and open to the public. For more information contact Dick at 508/653-6136 or visit www.occupynatick.org
Occupy Natick is a group of MetroWest Bostonians organizing to build a better world. Inspired by Occupy Boston and Occupy Wall Street, we are one of a growing number of groups spreading the Occupy movement across all of Massachusetts. The “What Went Wrong” film series provides opportunities for the community to better understand the issues raised by the Occupy movement and efforts to address them. For more information visit www.occupynatick.org or email occupynatick@gmail.com
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Mike Hanauer has been a sustainability, climate change and population activist for over twenty-five years. He has served as a climate action coordinator, has been co-chair of the New England Coalition for Sustainable Population, and chair of Zero Population Growth of Greater Boston. He has also served as a Director on the National Board of Zero Population Growth (now Population Connection). Mike may be best known for his belief that real sustainability should be a major goal of all environment organizations. He has authored a number of articles on the relationships between population growth, consumption and environment including “OverPopulation or OverConsumption: Where should we focus” published by Negative Population Growth.
