Free event/optional discussion following the screening.
 

A new film featuring 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.

The 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”.

Some 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.

The Economics of Happiness is produced by Helena Norberg-Hodge, and written and directed by Helena Norberg-Hodge, Steven Gorelick and John Page. Producer 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 produced by John Page.

For more information and movie trailer: http://www.theeconomicsofhappiness.org/

Screening of this 1-hour documentary about the worldwide movement for economic localization, will take place at the French Garden Restaurant, Wednesday, February 23, 2011. The screening will be followed by a discussion. This event is free and open to the public (donations greatly appreciated).

FREE EVENT
~donations appreciated~
Come early and enjoy dinner!

Location:
The French Garden Restaurant
8050 Bodega Avenue, Sebastopol
Google map: http://tinyurl.com/frenchgardenmap