[OKC] Oklahoma Film Premiere, "The Economics of Happiness"

[Shauna Struby]

For Immediate Release 

Contact:  Vicki Rose, TOKC film committee

(405) 388-0372

 




“The Economics of Happiness”

An Oklahoma Film Premiere

 


Please join Transition OKC members and friends for the FREE premiere
Oklahoma screening of ‘The Economics of Happiness’, a documentary about the
worldwide movement for localization, to be held at OCU’s Meinders School of
Business Kerr McGee Auditorium at NW 27th Street & McKinley Avenue on Fri.,
March 11, 2011, 7:30 p.m.  This screening is sponsored by Oklahoma City
University (OCU), Sustainable OKC and Sierra Club.  

 

“This powerful film highlights a range of inspiring, innovative ideas for
building strong, resilient economies. In addition, we’ve pulled together an
outstanding panel to spark a provocative conversation and dialogue following
the film. We’re looking forward to hearing everyone’s thoughts and ideas,”
said Marcy Roberts, Transition OKC film committee member. 

 

Going local is a powerful strategy to repair our fractured world -- ­our
ecosystems, our societies and ourselves. Economic globalization has led to a
massive expansion in the scale and power of big business and banking. It has
also worsened nearly every problem we face: fundamentalism and ethnic
conflict; climate chaos and species extinction; financial instability and
unemployment. There are personal costs too. For the majority of people on
the planet life is becoming increasingly stressful. We have less time for
friends and family and we face mounting pressures at work. 

 

‘The Economics of Happiness’ describes a world moving simultaneously in two
opposing directions. On the one hand, government and big business continue
to promote globalization and the consolidation of corporate power. At the
same time, all around the world people are resisting those policies,
demanding a re‐regulation of trade and finance -- and, far from the old
institutions of power, they’re starting to forge a very different future.
Communities are coming together to rebuild more human scale, ecological
economies based on a new paradigm – an economics of localization. 

 

We hear from a chorus of voices from six continents including Vandana Shiva,
Bill McKibben, David Korten, Michael Shuman, Juliet Schor, Zac Goldsmith and
Samdhong Rinpoche ‐ the Prime Minister of Tibetʹs government in exile. They
tell us that climate change and peak oil give us little choice: we need to
localize, to bring the economy home. The good news is that as we move in
this direction we will begin not only to heal the earth but also to restore
our own sense of well‐being. ‘The Economics of Happiness’ restores our faith
in humanity and challenges us to believe that it is possible to build a
better world. “A must‐see film for the future of the planet,” says Zac
Goldsmith, member of UK Parliament.

 

Both hard‐hitting and inspiring, ‘The Economics of Happiness’ demonstrates
that millions of people across the world are already engaged in building a
better world – that small-scale initiatives are happening on a large scale.
The film shows that countless initiatives are united around a common cause:
rebuilding more democratic, human scale, ecological and local economies –
the foundation of an ‘economics of happiness’. 

 

View the movie trailer online here <http://www.theeconomicsofhappiness.org/>
. 

 

About Transition OKC (TOKC):

Transition OKC serves as a catalyst for thriving, localized communities
meeting their needs in a resilient, healthy and sustainable way. To this
end, TOKC focuses on grassroots community engagement and helping people
prepare for and weather economic uncertainty, energy supply and price
volatility, and climate change. Using the Transition model, TOKC works
directly with the public to raise awareness about these intertwining issues,
and empowers individuals and communities to create their own vision of the
future. TOKC is a program of Sustainable OKC, a 501(c)3 nonprofit. More on
Transition OKC at www.goinglocalokc.org and on Sustainable OKC at
www.sustainableokc.org. 

 

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Shauna Lawyer Struby

imagine, innovate, collaborate, transition

Co-chair, Transition OKC

Past-president, Sustainable OKC

www.goinglocalokc.org <http://www.goinglocalokc.org/> 

www.sustainableokc.org <http://www.sustainableokc.org/>  

Fresh Greens blog <http://freshgreens.typepad.com/> 

 

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