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Fall 2009 Film Series

 

September 23 @ 6:30 PM (film starts at 7PM), Hamilton Wenham Library

Garbage: The Revolution Starts at Home

This 45 minute documentary by Andrew Nisker recounts the experience of friends he persuaded to save their garbage for three months, and then shows us where it ends up. Garbage starts with our decision about what to buy so there are ways we can reduce what we use and need to re-cycle or put in the landfill. The film is a real eye-opener: brilliant, funny, and yes, at times, disgusting!

Beef, information on how cows contribute to climate change: Beef & climate.doc, Greg Horner

October 21 @ 6:30 PM (film starts at 7PM), Hamilton Wenham Library

TBD: Considering the film Consuming Kids

 

December 5 @ 1PM, Hamilton Wenham Libarary

FOOD, INC

A compelling film about our nation's food industry. It opens your eyes to the overwhelming power of corporations on our food supply, health, environment and the lives of farmers, and industry workers. As the filmmaker explains, "We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, herbicide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coli-the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults."
The documentary includes interviews with Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto) and social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield's Gary Hirshberg and Polyface Farms' Joel Salatin. A must see.
 

 

Events

 
November 7th, Saturday
Shop and Walk, A Celebration of Downtown Hamilton and Wenham Village
Join friends and family for an outdoor sidewalk sale. Find treasures, indispensible gadgets, yummy treats, and that perfect present for that hard to buy for person.
 

Spring 2009, FAIR: Green Living, Inside and Outside (TDB)

 

 

 

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