[Lapg] TONIGHT!/JUNE 13/Permaculture A Quiet Revolution with Film Maker Vanessa Schulz

[Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
  ECO-Film Night
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   Permaculture: A Quiet Revolution
with Award Winning Film Maker Vanessa Schulz

Friday, June 13, 2008, 7-9pm
Santa Barbara Central Library, Faulkner Gallery

(ALSO Showing, Cost of Freedom, short documentary on controversial 
re-introduction of Wolves to Idaho in 1990's)

         Please join Santa Barbara Permaculture Network for the 
premier showing of the documentary film Permaculture: A Quiet 
Revolution with award winning film maker Vanessa Schulz.  Part of the 
Santa Barbara Permaculture Network ECO-Film Night series, the event 
takes place on Friday, June 13th, at 7pm.

In May 2007, the 8th International Permaculture Convergence (IPC8, 
www.ipc8.org) was held in Brazil, bringing together visionary 
activists from around the world.   New to Permaculture, Vanessa 
Schulz spent a month in Brazil attending the conference and later 
visiting four ground breaking Permaculture Centers, learning 
permaculture in settings both urban and rural, in the beautiful and 
varied landscape of Brazil.   From the enormous metropolitan city of 
Sao Paulo, to the Cerrado (savannah) in central Brazil,  to the heart 
of Amazonia, and finally the historic Bahia region, the story of 
Permaculture is told.

The film discusses mainstream media's failure to provide accurate 
news of the world's dire environmental predicament, and some of the 
strategies permaculturists propose, giving critical inspiration 
needed to turn our backs on what is failing us.  Permaculture 
(PERMAnent CULTURE) is a design system based on ecological principles 
for creating sustainable human environments and is a whole systems 
approach suggesting positive solutions for a rapidly changing world.


Vanessa Schulz, originally from South Africa, began freelancing in 
the film industry in 1994 while attending Cape Town Film & Television 
School.  After emigrating to the United States she began  working for 
for NBC, Fox, National Geographic, and the Discovery Channel. She 
founded 21st Paradigm ( www.21paradigm.com), an independent media 
company committed to airing subject matter difficult and often times 
ignored by main stream media.  Her documentary Cost of Freedom, a 
film about the re-introduction of wolves to Idaho in the 1990's, 
generating heated controversy, shows all the intensity of the 
passions that motivate all sides of the wolf issue.  It garnered many 
awards including Best Documentary at the Female Eye Film Festival 
(2003),  Merit for Conservation Advocacy award at the International 
Wildlife Film Festival (2003), and Official Selection, Banff Mountain 
Film Festival World Tour  (2004-5).

**Update on Cost of Freedom. The reintroduction of wolves is 
currently in the spotlight with the recent delisting of the Gray Wolf 
from the Endangered Species List. State management has already 
resulted in the death of approximately 77 wolves since their 
delisting on March 28. Eleven environmental groups are filing a 
lawsuit to reinstate federal protection.

Vanessa will be present at the ECO-Film night, and both Permaculture: 
A Quiet Revolution and Cost of Freedom will be shown and available 
for purchase.   The event takes place at the Santa Barbara Public 
Library, Faulkner Gallery, 40 East Anapamu St, in downtown Santa 
Barbara, on Friday, June 13, 7-9pm.  No reservations are required, 
admission donation $5. For more information please call (805) 
962-2571, or email margie at sbpermaculture.org, or visit our website 
at:  www.sbpermaculture.org.

**The title of the film "Permaculture: A Quiet Revolution" was taken 
from an interview with Bill Mollison by Scott London ( 
www.scottlondon.com) in a special focus issue on Permaculture in 
Hopedance Magazine 2001.  It can be found on the Santa Barbara 
Permaculture Network website at www.sbpermaculture.org, go to Related 
Articles.
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Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
    an educational non-profit since 2000
(805) 962-2571
P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190
margie at sbpermaculture.org
www.sbpermaculture.org

"We are like trees, we must create new leaves, in new directions, in 
order to grow." - Anonymous

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