Hooked on growthdirector, dave gardner, is not afraid to stand up to growth. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. He asks one of the most critical questions of our time. From toms reading list new york times born in 1936, consumer reports had a very happy 75th. Growthbusters a film that challenges our belief in. Hooked on growth trailer cynthia shahan november 21, 2011 if i have one goal on this planet, it is to make it okay to question growth, dave gardner tells climate progress. Growthbusters a film that challenges our belief in growth. Hooked on growth, our examination of population, consumption and urban growth ultimately leads us to the root cause of these challenges.
For more information about this project and to sign up for email updates, visit. Hooked on growth looks into the psychology of denial and crowd behavior. Msn new zealand latest news, hotmail, outlook, photos. Garden for the environment gfe san francisco, ca maintains a nationally acclaimed oneacre urban demonstration garden and offers environmental education programs about organic gardening, urban compost systems and sustainable food systems. Jan 29, 2010 this is an older 2010 trailer for hooked on growth, a documentary examining the superstitions and addictions we need to leave behind in order to become a sustainable civilization. This film is a nonprofit project possible only with the help of enlightened supporters like you. Best green burial podcasts we could find updated may 2020. In charts illustrating growth rates of various phenomena, the exponential factor accelerated growth appears as a hockeystick form, as illustrated in the two charts above, showing the exponential correlation between energy consumption plus all natural resources and population growth.
In production now, this nonprofit project examines the sustainability of a system that seeks and accelerates urban growth, population growth, consumption growth and economic growth. Hooked on growth is a 54minute documentary examining the beliefs and behaviors preventing us from becoming a sustainable civilization. Hooked on growth in the face of the 6th great mass extinction, man swarm is a loud cry for help by the silent suffering wildlife as our growing population, with its inevitable consumption, drives them off the face of the earth. The growth net summit was created in 20 to reflect the new realities in the global economy as a result of the growing importance of a group of emerging market countries, which despite the slowdown, will remain the most dynamic group of economies in the world with gdp growth rates expected to continue to be two to three times higher than those of the developed countries. We know that growth in gdp is a lousy measure of performance.
Stanford biologist paul ehrlich reflects on more than 50 years of effort to educate the public about the unsustainability of endless economic and population growth. Economic growth, population growth, increasing growthbusters. Hooked on growth, and many informative and entertaining. Economic growth job growth, increasing production and more consumption holy grail or siren songs leading us to destruction. Download dave gardner is a us filmmaker who recently directed the documentary growthbusters. Up close with chris tinney free podcasts podomatic. Humanitys challenges will be of growth and abundance.
Dave foreman pulls no punches and serves up a heaping helping of history, science and bold truth. Is there a pot of gold at the end of the growth rainbow. The film also takes a broader theoretical look at the overall failure of economic growth to solve the global economic crisis. Jan, 2018 dave gardner is the director of growthbusters. Hooked on growth trailer cynthia shahan november 21, 2011 if i have one goal on this planet, it is to make it okay to question. To find a screening near you, order the film, or support the project, visit.
Its the first in a series of films planned by the nonprofit growthbusters public education project. Busters explores our modern cultures worship of growth everlasting. Podcast overpopulation population growth sustainability sustainable population family size. It does not shy away from any of the issues that people find incendiary about discussing human overpopulation, like immigration and one child policies. Have you ever questioned the conventional wisdom that growth will solve our problems. Simply painting growth green doesnt do the trick, however. Dave gardner, director of the documentary, growthbusters. Hooked on growth, a documentary about overpopulation and growth. Transition us newsletter november 2011 transition us. Jun 21, 20 today when a news story is published about population growth, the headline and story frequently assume population growth is good news. Hooked on growth is guaranteed to provoke conversations. Hooked on growth, which stanford biologist paul ehrlich declared could be the most important film ever made.
Dave gardner is a us filmmaker who recently directed the documentary growthbusters. Challenges of growth and abundance what we have to look for, encourage and harness is the human response to challengesthe thing we have to recognize is that we are going to face enormous challenges but they wont be the challenges of collapse, decline and decay, but. Hooked on growth thats what america is all about going out there and getting rich. For another witty interpretation of this topic especially on exponential growth and following collapse, there is the book the five stages of collapse. Economic growth, population growth, increasing consumption, and urban growth. Related events the economics of happiness conference march 2224, 2011 berkeley, california hosted by the international society for ecology and culture isec, the conference will cover a range of interconnected topics, including public policy choices. Small is beautiful after all by growthbusters growth. Mar 31, 2014 growthbusters is the inspiring story of dave gardners efforts to challenge conservative colorado springs failed growth promotion policies. Dave gardner, documentary filmmaker of growthbusters, talks to us about taking on city hall, wall street, and the pope as he questions societys most fundamental beliefs about prosperity. I puts a spotlight on the powerful forces that keep us in pursuit of growth even though evidence is abundent we have outgrown our planet. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title growth. Garden for the environment gfe san francisco, ca maintains a nationally acclaimed oneacre urban demonstration garden and offers environmental education programs about organic gardening, urban compost systems and. From toms reading list new york times born in 1936, consumer reports had a.
Apr 03, 2020 dave gardner of world population balance asks. Hooked on growth trailer 2012 04 20 8,156 views 8 years ago growthbusters explores our modern cultures worship of growth everlasting. Current rough cut of growthbusters economic growth autotune segment. Hooked on growth is a 54minute documentary available on dvd, bluray, and for digital download purchase or rental today.
Growthbusters is the inspiring story of dave gardners efforts to challenge conservative colorado springs failed growth promotion policies. The answer just might surprise you, as the filmmaker asks the most critical question of our. Inspiration and tools to live sustainably and get the world unhooked from growth addiction. Dave gardner population and the future of the planet. The movie shows how from las vegas to atlanta, mexico city to mumbai, the white house to the vatican, growthbusters we are all focused on growth. But on a planet with limited resources, is that growth sustainable. This is an older 2010 trailer for hooked on growth, a documentary examining the superstitions and addictions we need to leave behind in order to become a sustainable civilization. Small is beautiful after all by growthbusters published on 20180401t18.
Dave gardner, producer, director, and writer of the film. Animal and environmental social activist organizations listing gi. We need to accelerate our economic growth so that we are producing jobs at a faster pace. It explores our obsession with urban and economic growth, and our reluctance to address overpopulation issues headon and holds up a mirror, encouraging us to examine the beliefs and behaviors we must leave behind and the values we need to embrace so. Jeanie fitchen love flows like a river carry it on cp 4636 1999 jeanie fitchen roads carry it on cp 4637 1999 since she was a teenager, jeanie fitchen has been quietly making a name for herself in regional folk festivals with original ballads about the history and environment of her native florida. We live in a global society that measures success on economic growth.
Msn new zealand latest news, hotmail, outlook, photos and. Hooked on growth explores why our economy and footprint and population cant keep on expanding forever. In the new documentary growthbusters, one man takes on city hall, wall street and the pope as he questions societys most fundamental beliefs about prosperity, and tries to understand how we became a society hooked on growth. Stream download audio at bottom of page the very subject of human population is so controversial and even taboo that it is almost impossible to discuss in any meaningful or objective manner. Hooked on growth is a nonprofit documentary examining what may be the most critical issue of our time. Over eight years after it originally premiered, its still being screened. Hooked on growth trailer from dave gardner on vimeo the movement encouraging shoppers to refrain from black friday madness is not. May 27, 2012 download dave gardner is a us filmmaker who recently directed the documentary growthbusters. A message from the filmmaker and interview clips from the documentary hooked on growth.
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