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The last few months have been a whirlpool. I have watched countless documentaries and read so many books and websites that my mind was spinning (it still is in many ways). I’ve had a fundamental eye opening to the world of which I’m a part and I simply couldn’t post much about [...]
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I’m starting again
Posted in Movies/Documentaries on June 2, 2009 | 4 Comments »
The Crash Course
Posted in Goals, Green Living, Inspiration, Movies/Documentaries, Simple Living on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend I have been completely engrossed in watching The Crash Course, which is Chris Martensen’s best attempt to explain exactly how we got into this economic crisis.
While The Crash Course is divided into small video sections of 3-18 minutes each, the whole thing runs just over 3 hours. We had it on DVD and watched [...]
Electric Cars: Will we see them back in California soon?
Posted in Green Living, Movies/Documentaries on January 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Earlier this week, Hubby and I attended a local presentation on Electric Vehicles by an affiliate of the Electric Auto Association (EAA). Hubby is quite keen to learn how to convert an ordinary motor vehicle into an electric car, and I went along as an interested observer. While we don’t need a second car while we [...]
Escape from Suburbia: Economy, Peak Oil, and Climate Change
Posted in Green Living, Movies/Documentaries on January 19, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Yesterday Hubby and I sat down and watched Escape from Suburbia which is the second documentary from director Greg Greene. Greg presents a sobering exploration of what the second half of the Oil Age has in store for us. He examines how declining world oil production has already begun to affect modern life in North America. He does this this [...]
WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Price
Posted in Movies/Documentaries on December 10, 2008 | 5 Comments »
On the weekend we watched the documentary called WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Price. This documentary takes a look into the everyday lives of families struggling to fight the Goliath that is WAL-MART.
When I arrived in the US, I had heard general grumblings about the company and some of their practices, [...]
The Bucket List
Posted in Inspiration, Movies/Documentaries on November 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last week we watched The Bucket List on DVD again. For those that haven’t seen it, it’s about two strangers who meet each other in hospital, where they are both told they have only months to live. They decide that there are things in life that they would like to do and see before they kick [...]
God Grew Tired of Us
Posted in Happiness, Inspiration, Movies/Documentaries, Simple Living, Travel on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last night we watched the 2006 documentary called God Grew Tired of Us. It’s about the Lost Boys of Sudan, a group of some 25,000 young men and boys who have fled the war in Sudan since the 1980’s. It follows three of the boys on their journey as they escape across East Africa, spend [...]
