The Natural Heritage Society

of Oamaru Inc

Film Screenings

In Transition - movie screening

Wednesday, 11th November 2009
7:30pm
Harbour Street Theatrette

Natural Heritage Society Oamaru Transition Town project and 350amaru are showing In Transition as a follow up to 'The Age of Stupid Movie'.

Gold Coin donation, supper after.
ALL WELCOME

In Transition: The inspiring story of the global Transition Town movement. A community response to the challenges of Peak Oil and Climate Change.

www.transitionculture.org/category/transition-movie

The Age of Stupid

Thursday, 22 October 2009
7:15pm

The Oamaru premiere of The Age of Stupid, the new, highly acclaimed doco-drama about climate change that's taking the world by storm! At the Oamaru Movie Cinema, 7:15pm. Supper and discussion after the film. Rated M (contains offensive language). Tickets $9, available from Harbour St. Bakery, Brydone Growers, WRRP, or phone Gail on (03) 434 9761.

www.ageofstupid.net

The Story Of Stuff

view online: www.storyofstuff.com

"The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns, with a special focus on the United States. All the stuff in our lives, beginning from the extraction of the resources to make it, through its production, sale, use and disposal, affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues and calls for all of us to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something. It'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.

Written by (Annie) Leonard, the film was produced by Free Range Studios the makers of other socially-minded, web-based films such as “The Meatrix” and “Grocery Store Wars.”"

from http://www.storyofstuff.com/media.html

A Crude Awakening

The Oil Crash

Tuesday, 17 June 2008
7:00pm
Harbour Street Theatrette

This screening will follow the brief Natural Heritage Society AGM.

Website:
A Crude Awakening / The Oil Crash
www.oilcrashmovie.com

The End Of Suburbia

Oil Depletion and the Collapse of The American Dream

Wednesday, 12 December 2007
7:30 pm
Harbour Street Theatrette

The End Of Suburbia

This is the third in the series of documentaries shown by The Natural Heritage Society Oamaru.

ALL ARE WELCOME - Entrance: donation

For more information about this screening:
Telephone: 434 2322
Email: nhs+a.t+oamaru.co.nz

"As energy prices skyrocket in the coming years, how will the populations of suburbia react to the collapse of their dream? Are today's suburbs destined to become the slums of tomorrow? What can be done NOW, individually and collectively, to avoid The End of Suburbia?"
www.endofsuburbia.com

"It’s the unofficial peak oil documentary adopted by grassroots environmental and peak oil organizations world wide. The film is recognized as the first to announce to a mainstream audience with bold humor and edgy dialogue that the days of cheap and abundant oil – the stuff of which the suburban culture was born and sustained – are coming to an end."
www.escapefromsuburbia.com

The Power of Community:

How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

Wednesday
7th November 2007
7:30 pm
Harbour Street Theatrette

ALL ARE WELCOME - Entrance: donation

For more information about this screening:
Telephone: 434 2322
Email: nhs+a.t+oamaru.co.nz

Synopsis:

"When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, Cuba's economy went into a tailspin. With imports of oil cut by more than half – and food by 80 percent – people were desperate. This film tells of the hardships and struggles as well as the community and creativity of the Cuban people. They share how they transitioned from highly mechanized agriculture to using organic farming and urban gardens. It is an unusual look into the Cuban culture during this economic crisis. The film opens with a short history of Peak Oil, a term for the time when world oil production will reach its all-time peak and begin to decline forever. Cuba, the only country that has faced such a crisis, is an example of options and hope."

www.powerofcommunity.org

One man, one cow, one planet

Wednesday, 12 September 2007
7:30 pm
Harbour Street Theatrette

The Natural Heritage Society of Oamaru Inc is pleased to be showing this film in Oamaru.

ALL ARE WELCOME - Entrance: donation

For more information about this screening:
Telephone: 434 2322
Email: nhs+a.t+oamaru.co.nz

The blurb:

How To Save The World exposes globalization and the mantra of infinite growth in a finite world for what it really is: an environmental and human disaster.

But across India marginal farmers are fighting back. How To Save The World tells their story through the teachings of an elderly New Zealander many are calling the new Gandhi.

Peter Proctor is almost 80. He has a glass eye and boundless energy. He is hard of hearing, but for him the earth sings. Peter has left behind the comforts of a life in suburban New Zealand to live and work in India. He is also quietly determined to save the world.

Cloud South Films
http://www.howtosavetheworld.co.nz