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DVDs available locally.

The Power of Community: How Cuba survived Peak Oil

Summary: Shows how Cuba survived a drastic drop in crude oil following the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990's. The country did not revert to the "Mad Max" scenario, health improved, and the sense of a "local community" thrived.

Comment: A good initial screening option for raising community awareness.

Running time: 53 minutes

Copyright: All public screenings must be non-commercial, though you may collect a small fee to cover expenses or to raise money for a non-profit organization. Please post your screenings to our calendar here.

Availability: The Bega Valley Library

Home page: Power of Community

Crash Course 3 DVD set

Summary: an extension of the single DVD "Crash Course", this one with Chris actually in the movie, and set up to be used as a teaching tool.

Running time: DVD1 53 minutes; DVD2 1 hour 25 minutes; DVD3 1 hour 25 minutes

Availability: the Bega Valley Library

Home page: Chris Martenson's website.

Crash Course

Summary: a very good introduction to: economics, exponential growth, finite world, finite reserves, population, inflation and where we are all headed. Everybody should watch this. You can also watch the course on the Internet at Chris Martenson's website.

Running time: 3 hours 23 minutes (but broken into digestable chapters)

Availability: the Bega Valley Library

Home Page: Chris Martenson's website.

End of Suburbia

Summary:

Copyright: You are welcome to organize an event of your own. The creators of The End of Suburbia encourage you to show the documentary to audiences without permission, as long as the event is not for profit. A modest admission may be charged to offset costs. There are no licensing fees or contracts involved.

Running time: 78 minutes

Availability: The Bega Valley Library; borrow my copy from Austcomm, Central Hotel

Home page: The End of Suburbia

Escape from Suburbia

Summary:

Running time: 90 minutes

Availability: The Bega Valley Library, or borrow my copy

Homepage: Escape from Suburbia

Joanna Macy: The Work that Reconnects

Summary: Used in conjunction with Joanna Macy's book "Coming Back to Life", this is a resource for workshop facilitators and group therapists, providing a pattern to assist people with the transition from the infinite growth society we live in to the future - hopefully sustainable - in a finite resource world.

Availability: Coming to the Bega Valley Library soon.

Peak Oil: Imposed by Nature

Summary:

Running time: 30 minutes

Availability: The Bega Valley Library

Home page: Troposdoc films

After the Peak: The End of Cheap Oil

Summary:

Running time: 30 minutes

Availability: The Bega Valley Library

Home page: After the Peak

Australia: Pumping Empty

Summary: An excellent summary of the issues of peak oil, dependency, and the problems we are facing. Great to hear Australian accents in it to !

Copyright: We have permission to show the DVD in a community hall - as long as it isn't a profit making venture - and have been requested to show a powerpoint before and after the show which advertises the DVD (so that others might choose to support the producers and buy a copy of the DVD).

Running time: 48 minutes

Availability: Borrow my copy (can not lend it out via the library)

Home page: Aquila Productions

What a Way to go: life at the end of the empire

Summary:

Running time: 123 minutes

Availability: Borrow my copy from AustComm

Home page: What a Way To Go

Crude Impact

Summary:

Running time:97 minutes

Availability: Borrow my copy

Home page: Crude Impact

A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash

Summary:

Running time: 90 minutes

Availability: Borrow my copy from AustComm, Central Hotel

Home page: Oil Crash Movie

IF... The Oil Runs Out

Summary: A docu-drama set in 2016 with oil prices sky-rocketing (hmm, but only up to $160/barrel, which doesn't sound that bad today !). Made by the BBC in 2006.

Running time: 58 minutes

Availability:

Home page: BBC IF series