[Lapg] Pasadena: One Man, One Cow, One Planet movie screening at Path to Freedom

[Diana Liu]

for your info.

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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 at 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 at 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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