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Film Series

Transitioning to a Sustainable and Resilient Future

Be Local Northern Colorado is co-sponsoring a film series with Transition Fort Collins beginning January 25.

If you are concerned about the future, oil and gas supplies or prices, our future economy, standard of living, green/sustainable housing, energy conservation, alternative energy resources, population growth, environmental conservation, good quality locally grown food, caring communities, or future planning for resilience and sustainability, then this film series is for you!

These issues, although sometimes politicized, are not “left” or “right” nor Democrat or Republican party issues.  Rather, they are issues that concern all of us and addressing them successfully will take the best ideas of our entire community.  The purpose of Transition Fort Collins is to encourage and stimulate community ideas for community challenges now and in the future in order to build a local future that is more sustainable and resilient.

We will see even more economic, environmental, and social changes in the next 25 years than we have in the last 50! Major changes are already in progress in terms of climate change, economic and employment uncertainties, energy costs and availability, food quantity and quality, and social unrest and revolution.  All of these changes have associated challenges as well as opportunities.

By understanding some of the challenges as well as the opportunities, we can work together to be “thrivalists” rather than just survivalists or even victims of such changes.

This film series is free and everyone is welcome.  The first series of three films helps us envision a sustainable and resilient future and some transitions to that future.  The second series of three films helps us understand some of the factors that will change our present way of life.  And the third series helps us to identify ways that local communities can transition to sustainable and resilient futures.

Sponsor:  Transition Fort Collins
Host:  College America
Co-Sponsors:  Be Local, Everence Financial
Location: Auditorium, College America Campus at 4601 S. Mason Street, Ft. Collins just off Harmony Road near the South China Restaurant
Time:  Each film will begin at 6:30 pm

Film Series I:  Envisioning Transition to a Sustainable and Resilient Future

The Next Industrial Revolution, January 25, 2012
The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil, February 1, 2012
A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions in Curitiba, Brazil, February 8, 2012

Film Series II:  Understanding Change Agents to Our Present Way of Life
Film titles, dates, and times to be announced

Film Series III:  Transitioning to a Sustainable and Resilient Future
Film titles, dates, and times to be announced

Moderator and Discussion Leader:  Dr. John H. Fitch will introduce the films and
lead a discussion after each film.  He is co-convener of Transition Fort Collins and a scientist and environmental leader with experience in government, universities, and non-profit organizations. He was a former professor of environmental studies at Michigan State University, Tufts, and Florida Gulf Coast University, and a former White House fellow during the Carter Administration.