Arrive Early and dine at Farmer and the Cook
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network and Farmer and the Cook
Restaurant Presents
Award-Winning Documentary Film
Rebels with a
Cause
How a Battle Over Land
Changed the California Landscape Forever
Thursday, August 6
, 2015
7:30pm -FREE
Farmer and The Cook Restaurant Meiners Oaks/Ojai
they were unpaid
& they were crazy. they were...
In the first half of the 20th
century, California's population increased by 600% and by the 1950's
development was consuming coastal open space and farmland to housing
development & shopping malls in a way that seemed to have no
limits.
A stunningly beautiful film narrated by Frances McDormand, Rebels
With A Cause is the tale about the dreamers and schemers and
activists who - despite reversals, diversions and disappointments -
persist in their mission for more than twenty years and foster a
national movement beginning in California to preserve open space that
ultimately grew into a legacy of National Seashores, National Parks and
National Recreation Areas around the nation.
It's the story of garden clubs, ranchers, farmers conservationists,
politicians, widows and volunteers, all of whom worked their way through
compromise and negotiation with the American public coming up as the
winner.
It's a struggle that crosses party lines, unites seemingly antagonistic
foes, falters and is nearly extinguished many times along the way, but
ultimately is victorious. Beautiful cinematic footage, clever
animation, moving interviews and a very compelling story are woven
together in story that is especially meaningful for our times.
Award winning filmmakers Nancy Kelly and Kenji Yamamoto of Kelly+Yamamoto
Productions capture breathtaking natural landscapes while chronicling the
story of an unusual group of individuals who make monumental change to
help preserve a landscape for future generations.
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network invites community members, leaders,
educators, students, and all who care about land preservation to
attend and join the discussion about preservation of not only open
space, but also agricultural lands in trust, urban community landtrusts,
and how future generations can participate in preserving our own
beautiful and unique landscape.
Special Guest Paul Relis author of new book Out of the Wasteland :
Stories from the Environmental Frontier (Book Will be for sale)
www.paulrelis.com
takes readers on a journey of the environmental frontier,
starting with the birth of environmentalism in Santa Barbara into the
intricate, obfuscated but all important world of government and policy,
to important new environmental technologies that can, indeed, free us
from this age of oil.
While Relis was a student at UC Santa Barbara, a massive oil spill
erupted off the coast of Santa Barbara on Jan. 28, 1969, devastated the
coastline, killed much aquatic life and severely damaged the local
economy. The oil spill was a transformative event in the history of the
United States that influenced the establishment of the Environmental
Protection Agency, Earth Day and other landmark environmental
programs.
The oil spill was a life-changing event for Relis, who at age 23 became
the first executive director of a newly formed nonprofit, the Community
Environmental Council. The CEC played a critical role in staving off
several proposed developments that would have changed Santa Barbara
forever. Under Relis’ leadership, the CEC built visionary projects
including recycling facilities, green buildings, urban gardens and an
urban farm, that, decades ago, presaged the core elements of
sustainability today.
The free event takes place on Thursday, August 6 , 7:30pm,
at the Farmer and The Cook 339 El Roblar Meiners Oaks/Ojai Ca 93023
,No reservations are required. More info:
www.sbpermaculture.org,
margie@sbpermaculture.org,
805-962-2571.
More Info:
Watch the Trailer:
http://rebelsdocumentary.org/trailer/
Information on Film and Filmmakers
http://rebelsdocumentary.org
Rebels With A Cause on Santa Barbara
Permaculture Network Facebook Event Page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1441825119452239/
Farmer and the Cook Restaurant
http://www.farmerandcook.com/
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(805) 962-2571
P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190
margie@sbpermaculture.org
http://www.sbpermaculture.org
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