Hello everyone The South
Coast Permaculture Guild is proud to be the main organizer
for bringing the producer Jeff Gersh and his film to Southern California.
there will be showings in Santa Barabara June 22 and Santa Ynez June 22.
Bill Roley is organizing a showing in Laguna Beach June 23 , Laguna Beach
showing for the time and location please contact Bill Roley
DrRoley@aol.com Wes
South Coast Permaculture Guild &
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
Contact: Margie Bushman
(805) 962-2571
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network Presents:
SUBDIVIDE & CONQUER: A MODERN WESTERN
Film Screening & Discussion
with Producer Jeff Gersh, Thurs June 22, Faulkner Gallery
Suburban
Sprawl laps at the American Landscape like wildfire, consuming over two
million acres of land each year. SUBDIVIDE AND CONQUER shows
how sprawl impacts peoples’ lives in cities, suburbs and towns, and what
some people are doing to change the way we grow. Narrated
by Dennis Weaver, SUBDIVIDE AND CONQUER explores the consequences
of sprawl, history of this automobile-centered pattern of development,
and the notions about the endless frontier and rugged
individualism. The film suggest remedies, and takes us to places where
sound public policy and good land planning have stemmed the tide of
sprawl. We learn that when given a choice, many Americans want to
live in distinct, well-designed neighborhoods, with all the amenities and
attractions they provide, and they want driving to be one among numerous
transit options rather than a lifestyle requirement. The way in
which cities & towns are designed affects the well being of all
its citizens, rich and poor. The social implications of bad design
are far reaching according to the film, and devasting if the places
we live are not designed as if people matter. Dis-investment in
central cities, with the replacement by placeless sprawl, increases
separateness by race & income.
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Winner
of "Best Environmental Film" at the 1999 Telluride
Mountain Film Festival, SUBDIVIDE & CONQUER is the first
independent film production to explore the complicated issue of
sprawl. The film takes us to Montana, Colorado, New Mexico,
Arizona, Utah and Oregon, but sprawl is not confined to the West; it has
become front-page news in every region of the country. Jeff
Gersh, co-producer of the film with Chelsea Congdon, will be in
attendance to facilitate discussion and answer questions at two showings
of the film in both Santa Barbara and Santa Ynez.. Gersh has
a B.A. in Biology and an M.S. in land use from University of
Wisconsin-Madison. Former executive director of environmental management
in Duchess County NY and environmental extension agent with Cornell
University. He started Environmental Communications Inc. and Red
Oak Films in 1994 and produced an award -winning film for Potawatomi
Indians called “Keepers of the Fire”. He lives in Portland
Oregon. SUBDIVIDE
& CONQUER will be shown at the Santa Barbara downtown
Library's Faulkner Gallery, at 7 p.m. on June 22 for a donation of
$3. It will also be shown in Santa Ynez at the Little Theater
of Santa Ynez High School, on June 21 at 7:30 p.m. Subdivide
& Conquer is co-sponsored by the SB Permaculture Network,
Citizen's Planning Association, the Community Environmental Council,
Environmental Defense Center, Surfriders Fdn.SB Chapter, We Watch, Sierra
Club SB Group, Gaviota Coastal Conservancy, and others. For more
information please call 805/962-2571, or email
sbpcnet@silcom.com. Visit
www.subdividefilm.com,
to learn more about Sprawl.