1pm Sunday
What big ideas are changing the way people think about our world in the 21st century? What, exactly, are Big Ideas? These questions will be the theme of an ongoing series of events sponsored by Acadia Senior College.
To kick off this series, the Senior College and Reel Pizza have teamed up to present the movie End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream. A community discussion will follow the showing with David Hales, President of College of the Atlantic; Erika Shriner, Activist and writer; Karen Wigglesworth of the Maine Earth Institute will be facilitating the discussion. There will be a charge of $4.00 for ASC members and COA Students and $6.00 for non-members. Reel Pizza’s restaurant will offer full service during the event.
End of Suburbia explores the American way of life as expressed in the explosion of suburban sprawl over the past 50 years, and the serious questions beginning to emerge about the sustainability of this way of life. As global demand for fossil fuels begins to outstrip supply, the consequences of inaction are enormous. In this documentary, scientists and policy makers discuss what World Oil Peak means for North America. How will the populations of suburbia react to the collapse of their dream? Are today’s suburbs destined to become the slums of tomorrow? And what can be done now, individually and collectively, to avoid the End of Suburbia?