Olduvai Forum Event Notice - November 2007

The November Olduvai Forum will occur Wednesday, November 21, 2007, at 7:00pm. At Clementine's in Bigfork.

This month’s presentation for the Olduvai Forum will be a screening of the excellent documentary on oil depletion and the American way of life, The End of Suburbia. Although produced in 2004, this film remains the best in its genre, building a strong case for our reassessment of American society and economy, while systematically exposing the energy resource limitations and settlement patterns which make our current living arrangements vulnerable.
Serious, shocking, and funny, the End of Suburbia includes some great archival footage from the fifties and sixties, along with powerful interviews with many of the primary spokesmen in the public discussion of peak oil.

Even if you have already seen this film, we hope you will join us for another viewing and the important conversation that this film will stimulate.

No admission charge, but we appreciate donations to cover rental of Clementine's for the evening.
Coffee and tea provided free. Gourmet desserts available for purchase.

Please join us if you can.

Contact:

Jeffrey Funk 837-4208 metafunk@cyberport.net [Please put OLDUVAI in the subject line.]

About The Olduvai Forum (Mission concept)

The Olduvai Forum ......

is a group meeting regularly in Bigfork to share films, presentations and discussion on a broad array of contemporary issues relevant to achieving a sustainable society.

Upcoming subjects will include energy, agriculture, ethics, economics, ecology, growth, community organization, as well as strategies for approaching the challenges of life in the twenty first century.

The format each evening will consist of a primary presentation, which might be a film, a slide presentation, organized readings, or formal talk given by a community member or guest, followed by focused discussion of the topics covered, and how they relate to the general themes of the group.

The forum takes its name from the Olduvai Gorge of northern Tanzania, an area which is widely known for its extremely ancient archeological evidence of early hominids. Sequences of artifacts there begin over two million years ago, and continue to the era of modern humans. Olduvai Gorge is emblematic of the extraordinary journey we have taken as a species, and provides a compelling perspective from which to consider our uncertain future.