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laodan discovered 10 months ago- ESCAPE FROM SUBURBIA in Speaking Truth to power by Carolyn Baker
The 2004 documentary, "End Of Suburbia", produced and edited by Barry Silverthorn and written and directed by Greg Greene, was a stunning and chilling cinematic landmark which placed the issue of Peak Oil and its consequences squarely on the world stage and connected the dots between the unsustainable suburban lifestyle and perilous issues of the twenty-first century such as food production, population die-off, and economic meltdown. Recently, Greene and producer, Dara Rowland, have released the sequel, "Escape From Suburbia" which examines the journeys of several individuals who have fled or are in the process of fleeing from civilization. It highlights how they are building new lives and new subcultures which offer the possibilities of deepened humanity and sustainability. Unlike "End Of Suburbia", "Escape" spends less time interviewing the usual Peak Oil experts and follows the escape routes of ordinary people who are passionate about removing themselves from a culture of over-consumption and extinction. ESCAPE FROM SUBURBIA Review ESCAPE FROM SUBURBIA Documentary
Interesting documentary and thought provoking review. Escape from suburbia is about the development of personal responses, in the present, to the collapse of civilization. I have been there in the seventies (some 30 years ago) for, I guess, the same reasons as those who "are jumping the ship" presently. After experiencing another way of life for more than 10 years it appeared more and more evident to me that the "individual" solution was a mirage. What I learned is that along the road of survival and tribulations of humanity we, the individuals, are like atoms of a societal whole. Quitting society for an individual escape is like H and O atoms jumping out of a glass of water in the hope to recombine into molecules of H2O out of the glass. It just does not make sense, for, the atoms derive the substance of their being from being in the glass under their particular combination. Our societal belonging sustains our existence as individuals. Without this societal belonging we fast dry out, die, without any chance to reproduce. It's indeed our belonging to a societal grouping that makes the reproduction of the individuals feasible. The only valid answer to a societal road leading to collapse lays inside society itself. What I mean to say is that the ideas and actions of the most innovative individuals, in time, succeed to drive society to follow their path... But this mechanism of change is time consuming and it is not a sure thing that we dispose of the necessary time today to avoid the societal collapse that we feel and see coming.
- ESCAPE FROM SUBURBIA in Speaking Truth to power by Carolyn Baker
