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Thought you'd be interested in this film screening, One Man, One Cow, One
Planet, hosted by Path to Freedom in Pasadena on Sunday, August 3. We would appreciate if you could publicize the event as we believe the topic would be
of great interest to those on your mailing list.
On August 3, Path to Freedom - Urban Homestead will host a vegetarian, local
food potluck and a screening of the New Zealand documentary One Man, One
Cow, One Planet. The dinner and screening will be held from 6-10 PM on the
grounds of 651 N Orange Grove Blvd. in Pasadena. Suggested donation is $10.
Space is limited so reservations are necessary. To reserve, please call
(626) 844-4586 or register online at www.pathtofreedom. com/form/ eventregistratio n.htm
About the Film:
Our existence on this planet is precarious. Directed and produced by
Thomas and Barbara Burstyn, One Man, One Cow, One Planet (2007, 56 min.)
exposes globalization and its mantra of infinite growth in a finite world
for what it really is: an environmental and human disaster. But across India
marginal farmers are fighting back. By reviving an arcane form of
agriculture, they are saving their poisoned lands and exposing the
bio-colonialism of multinational corporations. This documentary tells their
story through the teachings of biodynamic agriculture from an elderly New
Zealander, Peter Proctor, many are calling the new Gandhi. What does an
environmentally sustainable food system capable of feeding everyone actually
look like? This film, which is a blueprint for
a post-industrial future,
takes you into the heart of the world's most important renaissance. The
outcome of the battle for agricultural control in India may just dictate
the future of the earth.
About the Potluck:
For the vegetarian potluck, participants are encouraged to contribute
food produced within a 100-mile radius of their homes (Santa Barbara
to San Diego). If that's not possible, then strive to purchase organic
foods grown within the closest distance.
About Path to Freedom:
Sponsoring organization Path to Freedom is a family-operated, viable
urban homesteading project established by Jules Dervaes in 2001 to
promote a simpler and more fulfilling lifestyle and to sow a
"homegrown revolution T" against the corporate powers that control
the food supply. Since the mid-1980s, members of the Dervaes
family have steadily worked at transforming their ordinary city lot in
Pasadena into a thriving
organic garden that supplies them with food
all year round. These ecopioneers also run a successful business
providing salad greens to local restaurants. This helps them fund
their purchases of solar panels, energy-efficient appliances, and a
biodiesel processor to further decrease their homestead's reliance on
the earth's non-renewable resources.
Thank you!
See you along the path,
Kelly Morrison
Volunteer Assistant
Kelly@pathtofreedom .com
PATH TO FREEDOM / Little Homestead in the City
Sustainable Living Resource Center & Urban Homestead
Jules Dervaes (founder/director)
631 Cypress Ave
Pasadena, CA 91103
phone: 626.795.8400
e-mail: dervaes@pathtofreed om.com
web: www.PathtoFreedom. com
In our society, growing food yourself has become the most radical of acts.
It is truly the only effective protest, one that can--and will--overturn the
corporate powers that be. By the process of directly working in harmony with
nature, we do the one thing most essential to change the world--we change
ourselves.
~Jules Dervaes ~
Recipient of Pasadena "Outstanding Recycler" Awards
2004 ~ Preservation of Natural Resources
2006 ~ Sustainable Development Practices
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Kindness in words creates confidence.
Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.
Kindness in giving creates love.
- Lao Tzu
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