Award-winning Documentary Details Permaculture Solutions
https://savingwaldensworld.org
As the world teeters on the edge of a sixth mass extinction, is there still hope for sustainable solutions? The film Saving Walden’s World says yes—and shows us how. The Belfast-based director, Jim Merkel just returned from an extensive screening tour in India — after the film traveled by electric vehicle across the US and by sailboat along Maine’s coast this past summer. To date the film has been accepted to 15 international film festivals and won 8 awards. A screening is scheduled for Tuesday, December 3, at 5 PM at the UMaine Welcome Center, Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center, 75 Long Road, Orono, ME.
The event’s host, Joline Blais, is an Associate Professor of New Media at UMaine who uses permaculture in her courses and projects to support regenerative communities & ecosystems. This film amplifies Joline’s work by sharing cross-cultural sustainability innovations with UMaine and the greater community. In an increasingly polarized world, this film specifically sought out low-income societies that were prioritizing happiness and well-being over material accumulation. In a resource constrained context, such as Kerala, Cuba or rural Maine, out of the box solutions emerge.
| A Q&A session with the Director and Joline Blais will follow the film’s screening. Joline will draw insights from recent permaculture courses and Jim will bring new ideas to the conversation from Kerala, India, where he traveled with retired UN Diplomat Saji Thomas of the Kerala Forum on United Nations Academic Impact (KFUNAI). They presented the film to over two dozen universities and government organizations in India during October and November. Dec 3 screening sponsored by WERU. |
