RETURN OF THE RIVER

I am very excited about this film after hearing the filmmakers on the Joe Show the other day....
listen here

due out this fall.   read more here I have recieved a pre release copy and I can't praise this film enough.... it is a megadose of hope that humans can come together and make a good decision.

Barbaric extraction on steroids...THE LAST MOUNTAIN

I'm back...and I excited about a new film I will soon have.... THE LAST MOUNTAIN

here is a clip featuring Maria Gunnoe, who deeply touched me when I saw Burning the Future several years ago.

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 more trailers here

and here are many posts on coal and mountain-top removal over the past few years.

I will review this movie very soon!!!

eye opening to be sure...Life in Occupied Palestine: Eyewitness Stories & Photos ..A MUST SEE!

Anna Baltzer presents...

Life in Occupied Palestine: Eyewitness Stories & Photos

This was an eye-opening 59 minutes to be sure and then the hour after with a handful of folks who showed up was very helpful. My question to this moment is “what is the end game?” so far, all I can come up with is it’s a natural resource grab by a group who is dominating some of the people who have been living and using the resources of the region also. Palestinians have been designated “the other” in the same way other groups of indigenous peoples have many times in the past. As I have explored more at Anna Baltzer’s site, I have seen a movement that I can really stand with. Oh and I really recommended the 2 clips from her quest appearance on Jon Stewart that are linked from her home page.

As a human community I believe we have to constantly recognize each other and stand with those who stand for the common human values we share. It is my belief that humans everywhere want the same things. We all want to live on planet earth with enough water, food, shelter, safety and our communities are the ways we can work together for that life for all humans.

I was very touched by a Jewish woman visitor from New York who attended. She was very knowledgeable and she introduced the word “genocide” and said that she rarely did that because it immediately took on a life of its own and ended any discussion. It’s hard not to ask the question when you witness the living conditions of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. I put myself in their place and I can’t even imagine getting through one day. I travel freely at any time I choose. Just having to wonder if it will take 30 minutes or 8 hours to work 25 miles away seems unimaginable and this is a daily fact for many Palestinians. Not knowing if me or my family would be able to reach a hospital if we had an emergency, because it was on the other side of a checkpoint (aka roadblock, in my world), is chilling.

I am horrified that my tax money is going to support a country continuing to violate human rights and my country continues to block UN efforts to hold Israel accountable.
I will be exploring what ways I can be part of the Boycott/Divestment/Sanctions movement. It is the nonviolent organized movement that makes sense and gives hope for our human future.
Thank you Code Pink Rebekah for bring this to us.

this issue of Newsweek explains alot to me......we are not getting the facts about what is happening there.

more Michael Ruppert

i have certainly got this date on my calendar for the screening of new work by Michael at the Pickord Film Center.... he continues to be one of my heroes .... answering charges that he is a conspiracy theorist, he says "I don't deal in conspiracy theory, I deal in conspiracy fact."

thank you thank you Michael !

wake up world......and i will continue my quest to meet my neighbors and network for our local community.

Collapse

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82 minutes • 2009 • USA • In English • Unrated

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Reviewed by Owen Gleiberman, EW:

You'd be hard-pressed to find a movie that channels the anxieties of our time with the power and terror of the documentary Collapse. For 82 riveting minutes, Michael Ruppert, a former Los Angeles cop who became a rogue investigative reporter and author, sits in what looks like a brick bunker and talks about where he thinks the United States is now headed. It's not a pretty picture, but it is not a naive one either. The grippingly articulate Ruppert is like Noam Chomsky as a wry pundit of doom. In 2006, he predicted the current economic crisis, and his startlingly detailed foresight seizes your attention. So you'd better believe that you're sitting up and listening when he starts to talk about ''peak oil”…A-

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"DENIAL STOPS HERE: From 911 to Peak Oil and Beyond"

I just rewatched this and it was still so powerful. This man, Michael Ruppert, has been in the battle for a long time. The movie, made in 2005, is brutally honest about where we find ourselves as humans living together on planet earth. I believe the most honorable thing we can do is seek and speak the truth. Michael’s integrity and tireless, selfless willingness to share with all of us is most admirable. Thanks for not giving up and extending your hand for all who are trying to figure out where to go from here.
The film ends with what, for me, was a very hopeful message. We are not alone. We are the paradigm shifters. We are the map makers. There is a lot of work to do. There are so many talented, good hearted people in all of our communities. There is huge change ahead. There is going to be a lot more sharing if we are lucky enough to get a go at it. It would be great to think my grandchildren could have the opportunity for a healthy life on planet earth.


the movie at amazon



Michael Ruppert's blog here......

From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog
With the arrival of Peak Oil, the curtain has closed on Act 1 of the drama Petroleum Man. What will happen in Act 2? Chekhov said, "If there's a gun on the wall at the beginning of the play, by the end it must go off." In the world's nuclear arsenal are many guns on the wall. If life copies art, will there be an Act 3 in which the players, having learned their lesson the hard way, live sustainably? To explore these and other questions... FTW's Act 2 Blog. Read, comment, take heart! Orkin

Hemp and the Rule of Law

This is a great movie documenting the absurdity of our corrupt, insane inhuman drug policy. and hemp isn't even a drug!!!! As i like to say, you could drive up to a high school with a truckload of the stuff and no one would give you a second glance. Hemp could turn out to be one of the most valuable national security crops if we ever take the blinders off. So many useful products could be made from a crop that grows as a weed if left to it's own devices. As we deplete the fossil fuels and other resources of the planet, it would be great to have a top notch fiber to make the things we use to improve our lives. Car bodies could be made out of it (it's that good) and when the car were done we could compost them instead of sending them to the junkyards. we will need this fiber for so many things.

Jim Hightower writes a very insightful history of our folly war on drugs that continues to exact a high price on our society and our fellow citizens.

Hemp and the Rule of Law
A Documentary Film by Kevin Balling
“The best video treatment of this subject to date. Make the most of this video, show it everywhere”. Dave West, Ph.D. Plant Breeder. Director, Hawaii Industrial Hemp Project“It's an incredible DVD! Every member of Congress should see this video. If you watch it and don't think that hemp farming should be legalized then you weren't paying attention. It's so good that I would show it to my grandfather without any reservation.”. Tom Murphy, Vote Hemp“If you're wanting to learn more about the possibilities for industrial hemp in the United States, you could hardly do better than this DVD”. John Roulac, Author of “Hemp Horizons” and owner of Nutiva hemp foodsThe video is beautifully done. An excellent presentation of this important topic. This is a truly fine educational tool”. Gale Glenn, Vice Chair, North American Industrial Hemp Council “A clear and concise synopsis of the history, benefits and future of industrial hemp”. Candi Penn, Executive Director, Hemp Industries Association“Balling blends current events with history, creating a fine example of documentary filmmaking in a brisk 55 minute package” Winston-Salem Journal

SYNOPSIS
Blending history with current events, "Hemp and the Rule of Law" traces the crop’s legendary past in U.S. agriculture and chronicles the politically-charged debate to return the crop to American farmers. Thirty-one countries including Canada, England and the European Union now grow hemp. Although it has no psychoactive potential, hemp shares the same plant family as marijuana (cannabis). The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration makes no distinction between hemp and marijuana, and the United States remains the only industrialized country where farmers are not permitted to grow it. "Hemp and the Rule of Law" addresses renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, national security, the War in Iraq, and examines hemp’s role in achieving a “green” industrial future.

more on this film here

upcoming movie event

We, (Transition Ferndale, a sub-group of Transition Whatcom), are showing “the Power of Community” "how Cuba survived Peak Oil” on December 7th (Monday) at the Ferndale Whatcom Educational Credit Union. WECU

We will gather from 5:30p to 6:30p for a potluck, for those who want to, with the movie starting at 6:30p. Bring your own plate and utensils although I will have a few things available.

I am working on the skills, tools, and equipment I have to share. We can discuss/share and inspire each other with our ideas before and after. Perhaps we can start our Transition Ferndale listing. People should feel free to bring anything they would like to share. (ie: I have extra copies of films that could be loaned out)