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... this time about reducing fast food waste. Check it out:

I found out about these weekend events late, but still thought I'd pass them along:

Art of Well Being and Golden Flower Tai Chi in Winston-Salem will show a film called "The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community," on Friday from 7-9 p.m. I was told this film was done by Peak Moment Television, but apparently another group is working on a documentary about the same subject. Below, a portion on an interview with social critic and writer David Korten:

David Korten on Equity from Chris Landry on Vimeo.

Also, Saturday is the grand opening of Lakeside Avanti Salon and Spa, a Greensboro spa dedicated to green and sustainable practices. Read more from this press release.

The national version of "Kilowatt Ours: A Plan to Re-energize America," a documentary about America's electricity generation, will air on UNC-TV locally this month. The tentative schedule for Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem is 10 p.m., Oct. 23.

Visit the Web site to find out how to purchase a DVD or host a screening. I viewed an earlier version of the film last year and found it very practical and down-to-earth. Intended audience: those who have not yet switched to compact fluorescent bulbs.

Check out the schedule for a "sustainable world" film series planned for showing at Weatherspoon Art Museum that runs from August to April. I attended a couple showings earlier this year, including Manufactured Landscapes and The Power of Community; healthy audiences each time.

The films:

Aug. 28: The 11th Hour
Sept. 25: King Corn
Oct. 23: Thirst
Nov. 13: Oil on Ice
Jan. 29: Waste=Food
Feb. 26: Black Diamonds
March 26: Invisible
April 23: Wal-Town

The Fund for Democratic Communities and the Greensboro Montessori School will co-sponsor a screening of the new PBS documentary "Where Do the Children Play?" at 6 p.m. on Saturday, June 28 at the HIVE, 1214 Grove Street. 

    The film examines an issue of growing concern among pediatricians, mental health experts, educators, and environmentalists that today's children have little or no opportunity for unstructured play, especially outdoors:

“When you think about it, for tens of thousands of years children spent much of their childhood playing or working in natural settings,” says Richard Louv, author of "Last Child in the Woods," and one of the experts who appears in the film.  “Within the space of two or three decades in Western society, particularly in the United States, that's in danger of ending. This is a radical change in a very short period of time. It's got to have important, perhaps profound implications for mental health, physical health, and spiritual health -- for who we are.”

    The film screening is the initial event in a year-long community discussion about the state of childhood and play in Greensboro.  Louv will be at the Greensboro Montessori School on Sept. 25 for a talk and book signing.

    WHAT: Screening of the PBS documentary "Where Do the Children Play?"
    WHEN:  Saturday, June 28, 6 p.m.
    WHERE:  The HIVE, 1214 Grove Street
   
FOR MORE INFORMATION:  Muktha Jost, 549-0733, mjost@ncat.edu