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| Written by Matthew Kip | |||
| Wednesday, 14 March 2007 20:21 | |||
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Thursday, March 22, 7:00 pm- The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak
Oil
After the collapse of the USSR in the 90s Cuba experienced an energy famine that crippled it's petroleum-based agriculture, industry and transportation systems. This is the story of how Cuba's people overcame sudden adversity and reinvented their society to be a more independent and sustainable one. As the world approaches Peak Oil, Cuba's adaptations to a situation of instant energy descent holds lessons for us all. Thursday, April 5, 7:00 pm- The Future of Food
This film explores issues surrounding genetic modification of food, the
dangers of monopolistic corporate ownership of seed banks, and the
grass-roots community movements of resistance to these trends. The
industrialization of life on a molecular level and the copyrighting of
organisms is unprecedented in human history and could have unforeseeable
consequences. This film is haunting but could become a powerful catalyst for
change.
Film Showing Location:
The films will be shown at USC's Green Quad Learning Center, a one-story
building in the middle of the Green (also known as West) Quad. The Quad is
located south of Wheat St between Main and Sumter. There is a walkway
through the middle of the Quad running between Main and Sumter, and the
entrance to the Learning Center is off the walkway between four palmetto
trees. Parking is available on the top level of Sumter St parking garage (as
you drive down the hill on Sumter, from Blossom toward Wheat, take first
driveway on your right). Some parking is availabe on surrounding streets.
There are also two University parking lots nearby. One is on Main St between
Blossom and Wheat. The other is off Sumter St, further down the hill (south)
across the creek.
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