Join us August 22th at 8:30 pm at Carrboro Raw for a free outdoor film screening of Darwin’s Nightmare, an academy award nominee for best documentary.
Darwin’s Nightmare is a tale about humans between the North and the South, about globalization, and about fish. Hubert Sauper’s moving documentary is about hardscrabble life in Tanzania, where the hungry are left to fend for themselves on whatever they can find while their waters are emptied of perch that’s sent to wealthier nations. As the impoverished country teeters on the brink of starvation and devastation, weapons are brought in far more often than food and clothing for the nation’s needy.
Please join us July 20, 8:30pm @ Carrboro Raw (across from Weaver St Market in downtown Carrboro) for a free outdoor film screening of “No Impact Man”.
Please join us July 11, 8:30pm @ Carrboro Raw (across from Weaver St Market in downtown Carrboro) for a free outdoor film screening of the Garbage Warrior
What do beer cans, car tires and water bottles have in common? Not much unless you’re renegade architect Michael Reynolds, in which case they are tools of choice for producing thermal mass and energy-independent housing. For 30 years New Mexico-based Reynolds and his green disciples have devoted their time to advancing the art of “Earthship Biotecture” by building self-sufficient, off-the-grid communities where design and function converge in eco-harmony…While politicians hum and ha, Mother Nature strikes, leaving communities devastated by tsunamis and hurricanes. Reynolds and his crew seize the opportunity to lend their pioneering skills to those who need it most. Shot over three years and in four countries, Garbage Warrior is a timely portrait of a determined visionary, a hero of the 21st century.
Bring blankets and chairs. Hope to see you there!
8pm: Guest Speaker Chris Rumbley of Bountiful Backyards and Sustainable Vocations NC will introduce the films. Join us at Carrboro Raw, across from Weaver St Market. Films will be begin at dark. Bring chairs, blankets, family, friends and stay for a community discussion after the films.
Homegrown Revolution: A short film about urban homesteading! In the midst of a densely urban setting in downtown Pasadena, radical change is taking root. For over twenty years, the Dervaes family have transformed their home into an urban homestead. They harvest nearly 3 tons of organic food from their 1/10 acre garden while incorporating many back-to-basics practices, as well as solar energy and biodiesel. (Film’s Runtime 15 min.)
The Garden: The fourteen-acre community garden at 41st and Alameda in South Central Los Angeles is the largest of its kind in the United States. Started as a form of healing after the devastating L.A. riots in 1992, the South Central Farmers have since created a miracle in one of the country’s most blighted neighborhoods. Growing their own food. Feeding their families. Creating a community. But now, bulldozers are poised to level their 14-acre oasis. The Garden follows the plight of the farmers, from the tilled soil of this urban farm to the polished marble of City Hall. (Film’s Runtime 80 min.)
More about the Carrboro Greenspace Film Series
WHEN: Saturday June 12, 2010. 2pm to 6:30pm. Potluck begins at 6:30pm.
Starting point : Carrboro Raw (across from Weaver St Market). Come there to pick up a map and start the tour!
The tour consists of over 15 sites in Carrboro/Chapel Hill, a seedling/seed exchange/market and several skill-shares workshops including honey harvesting! Bring your bike, a bike to share, some walking shoes, a local food dish, seed/ling(s) to exchange and we’ll do the rest!
Group-led bike tours will depart at 2pm and 4pm. A group-led walking tour will depart at 3pm. Come by anytime to pick up a map and start a self guided tour.
Potluck will begin at 6:30pm at Shoeless Joe’s Garden (201 Lindsay St, Carrboro).
Bring a blanket, a chair, and some warm clothing and enjoy a spring night watching a movie with us. This week we will screen Paul Grignon’s 47-minute animated presentation of “Money as Debt”which tells in very simple and effective graphic terms what money is and how it is being created. Lets have a discussion afterwards!
“Everyone should see this movie.” David Korten,lecturer & author of When Corporations Rule the World, The Great Turning from Empire to Earth Community
Check out upcoming movies from our film series here.
Spring is here and weeds are coming up everywhere … but what if those weeds were instead sunflowers, tomato plants, melons, arugula, okra, etc..! … come out this Easter and join us as we make seed bombs for ‘johnny appleseeding’ the spring with the beautiful flowers and edibles we want everywhere!
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Hi everyone- Welcome to our new website! We’re still working out the content but hope to get it up to speed in the next couple of weeks.
You’re invited to collaborate. We’ll be organizing the 3rd annual Urban Farm Tour (set for June 12th), fleshing out our movie and workshop schedule and plotting purchases for the Tool Lending Library. Join casagrande@lists.riseup.net to collaborate on the next meeting.
Andrea Wood
(on behalf of the Carrboro Greenspace Collective)
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