Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
ECO-Film Night
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Permaculture: A Quiet Revolution
with Award Winning Film Maker Vanessa
Schulz
Friday, June 13, 2008, 7-9pm
Santa Barbara Central Library, Faulkner Gallery
(ALSO Showing, Cost of Freedom, short
documentary on controversial re-introduction of Wolves to Idaho in
1990's)
In May 2007, the 8th International Permaculture Convergence
(IPC8, www.ipc8.org) was held in Brazil, bringing together visionary
activists from around the world. New to Permaculture, Vanessa
Schulz spent a month in Brazil attending the conference and later
visiting four ground breaking Permaculture Centers, learning
permaculture in settings both urban and rural, in the beautiful and
varied landscape of Brazil. From the enormous metropolitan
city of Sao Paulo, to the Cerrado (savannah) in central Brazil, to
the heart of Amazonia, and finally the historic Bahia region, the story
of Permaculture is told.
The film discusses mainstream media's failure to provide accurate news
of the world's dire environmental predicament, and some of the strategies
permaculturists propose, giving critical inspiration needed to turn
our backs on what is failing us. Permaculture (PERMAnent CULTURE)
is a design system based on ecological principles for creating
sustainable human environments and is a whole systems approach suggesting
positive solutions for a rapidly changing world.
Vanessa Schulz, originally from South Africa, began freelancing in the
film industry in 1994 while attending Cape Town Film & Television
School. After emigrating to the United States she began
working for for NBC, Fox, National Geographic, and the Discovery Channel.
She founded 21st Paradigm (
www.21paradigm.com), an independent media company committed to airing
subject matter difficult and often times ignored by main stream
media. Her documentary Cost of Freedom, a film about
the re-introduction of wolves to Idaho in the 1990's, generating heated
controversy, shows all the intensity of the passions that motivate all
sides of the wolf issue. It garnered many awards including Best
Documentary at the Female Eye Film Festival (2003), Merit for
Conservation Advocacy award at the International Wildlife Film Festival
(2003), and Official Selection, Banff Mountain Film Festival World
Tour (2004-5).
- **Update on Cost of Freedom. The reintroduction of wolves is
currently in the spotlight with the recent delisting of the Gray Wolf
from the Endangered Species List. State management has already resulted
in the death of approximately 77 wolves since their delisting on March
28. Eleven environmental groups are filing a lawsuit to reinstate federal
protection.
Vanessa will be present at the ECO-Film night, and both
Permaculture: A Quiet Revolution and Cost of
Freedom will be shown and available for purchase. The
event takes place at the Santa Barbara Public Library, Faulkner
Gallery, 40 East Anapamu St, in downtown Santa Barbara, on Friday, June
13, 7-9pm. No reservations are required, admission donation $5.
For more information please call (805) 962-2571, or email
margie@sbpermaculture.org, or visit our website at:
www.sbpermaculture.org.
- **The title of the film "Permaculture: A Quiet Revolution"
was taken from an interview with Bill Mollison by Scott London (
www.scottlondon.com) in a special focus issue on Permaculture in
Hopedance Magazine 2001. It can be found on the Santa Barbara
Permaculture Network website at
www.sbpermaculture.org, go to Related Articles.
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Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
an educational
non-profit since 2000
(805) 962-2571
P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190
margie@sbpermaculture.org
www.sbpermaculture.org
"We are like trees,
we must create new leaves, in new directions, in order to grow." -
Anonymous