Thursday, September 3, 2009

New arrivals

DVD's

"A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil" - an informative inspirational documentary aimed at sharing ideas to provoke environment-friendly and cost-effective changes in cities worldwide.

"The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream" - The consequences of inaction in the face of the decline of fossil fuels are enormous. What does the Oil Peak mean for North America? As energy prices skyrocket, how will populations in suburbia react to the collapse of their dream? Are today's suburbs destined to become the slums of tomorrow?

"The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil" - Cuba survived an energy famine during the 1990's, and how it did so constitutes one of the most important and hopeful stories of the past few decades. - Richard Heinberg, author of The Party's Over, Powerdown

"King Corn: You Are What You Eat" - a fun and crusading journey into the digestive tract of our fast-food nation....King Corn shows how-and why-whenever you eat a hamburger or drink a soda, you're really consuming...corn.

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