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STAY TUNED for "HOOKED ON GROWTH " coming to a theater near you!!!
How do we become a sustainable civilization? Maybe Dave's film can help us out!!Water shortages, hunger, peak oil, species extinction, and even increasing depression are all symptoms of a deeper problem -- addiction to unending growth in a world that has limits. GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth goes way beyond prescribing Band-Aids to slow the bleeding. This film examines the cultural barriers that prevent us from reacting rationally to the evidence current levels of population and consumption are unsustainable. It asks why the population conversations are so difficult to have. Why it's more important to our society to have economic growth than clean air. Why communities seek and subsidize growth even when it destroys quality of life and increases taxes."
"Dave has worked as a professional director for over 30 years. During his career he's directed documentaries and other award-winning projects for a long list of Fortune 500 corporate clients and PBS (see Visions West). He eventually found a successful career serving big business and a life pursuing the "American Dream" were not his Holy Grail. His concern about our society's growth addiction began when he noticed rapidly growing population centers in the American West are in denial about the limits of water available to feed their continuing growth frenzy.
Dave's became the voice of reason in Colorado Springs, a city in the U.S. projected to double in size from half a million in 2000 to 1 million by 2040. As in most cities, growth boosters dominate local politics and policy, so Dave has turned to the film medium to illuminate the follies and educate the public about the true meaning of sustainability. Colorado Springs is serving as just one example in a film of national and global significance." growthbusters.org
STAY TUNED for "HOOKED ON GROWTH " coming to a theater near you!!!
How do we become a sustainable civilization? Maybe Dave's film can help us out!!Water shortages, hunger, peak oil, species extinction, and even increasing depression are all symptoms of a deeper problem -- addiction to unending growth in a world that has limits. GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth goes way beyond prescribing Band-Aids to slow the bleeding. This film examines the cultural barriers that prevent us from reacting rationally to the evidence current levels of population and consumption are unsustainable. It asks why the population conversations are so difficult to have. Why it's more important to our society to have economic growth than clean air. Why communities seek and subsidize growth even when it destroys quality of life and increases taxes."
"Dave has worked as a professional director for over 30 years. During his career he's directed documentaries and other award-winning projects for a long list of Fortune 500 corporate clients and PBS (see Visions West). He eventually found a successful career serving big business and a life pursuing the "American Dream" were not his Holy Grail. His concern about our society's growth addiction began when he noticed rapidly growing population centers in the American West are in denial about the limits of water available to feed their continuing growth frenzy.
Dave's became the voice of reason in Colorado Springs, a city in the U.S. projected to double in size from half a million in 2000 to 1 million by 2040. As in most cities, growth boosters dominate local politics and policy, so Dave has turned to the film medium to illuminate the follies and educate the public about the true meaning of sustainability. Colorado Springs is serving as just one example in a film of national and global significance." growthbusters.org
