This forum thread is being set up for post-film discussion of What A Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire; showing 6:45 pm at Whatcom Community College Heiner Center Theater on Oct. 12, 2007.

http://www.sustainablebellingham.org/index.php?page=What_A_Way_To_Go

Share your reactions to the film, thoughts on sustainability in Whatcom County, or whatever's on your mind. How did the film affect you? Did you appreciate the post-film discussion?

Below are 5 Things To Do found at the WAWTG website. This isn't the usual list of baby action steps like change your lightbulbs and check your tire pressure, but instead some deeper thoughts to ponder and perhaps meditate on.

http://www.whatawaytogomovie.com/

Five Things To Do to Help Create Change

1) Fully acknowledge and internalize that the culture of Empire is destroying the support systems on which the community of life depends, and robbing us of our essential humanity.

2) Talk about your concerns with everyone you know. Make peak oil, climate change, mass extinction and population overshoot household words.

3) Find your work in the world to preserve life, change this culture and /or create restorative ways for individuals and communities to live in harmony with each other and the non-human world.

4) Assess what you actually need during this transition in order to live and do your work. Only buy what you need and buy from local sources in order to support the creation of local economies.

5) Find or deepen your spiritual connection to that which is greater than you. Ask and then listen for guidance about how to live joyfully and creatively in the face of these unprecedented times.