Localize! Sebastopol: The Economics of Happiness at Hopmonk

Join the Localize! Bicycle Tour crew on August 10th for The Economics of Happiness and live music in The Abbey at Hopmonk in Sebastopol, 230 Petaluma Ave. Doors will open at 7:00pm, and admission is $10. All Ages.

The event will begin with a brief overview of the tour, a screening of The Economics of Happiness will follow, and finally, Becky White and her whole band will rock the night away.

From August 1st to August 21st, Becky White and James Miller will pedal hundreds of miles to promote and document the Bay Area’s growing movement for economic localization. Staff from the Berkeley office of The International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC), Becky and James will screen the award-winning documentary, The Economics of Happiness, in several cities. They will visit community leaders and project sites throughout Marin, Sonoma and Mendocino Counties. They hope to show that local initiatives like community supported agriculture, farmer’s markets, strong local businesses, and local renewable energy, are not only good for our sense of well-being, but our economy, and our environment.

Five years in the making, The Economics of Happiness is a global tour-de-force—going beyond identifying problems, it outlines realistic solutions to our most serious crises. Localization, the film argues, is a powerful strategy to help repair our damaged ecosystems, our societies and ourselves. The film draws inspiration from the emerging worldwide movement for economic localization—urban gardens in Detroit, Transition Towns, hands-on education in Japan, community farming in India, cultural preservation in Peru.

The Economics of Happiness features acclaimed economists, environmentalists and scholars including Vandana Shiva, Zac Goldsmith, Bill McKibben, David Korten, Juliet Schor, Richard Heinberg, Bhutanese film director Khyentse Norbu, and the first Prime Minister of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, Samdhong Rinpoche.

When: August 10, 7 p.m.
Where: Hopmonk, 230 Petaluma Ave., Sebastopol

Cost: $10

White and Miller will keep a detailed blog during their ride, and they will release a compilation of video footage after the tour. A short clip introducing the tour, images, fundraising, and details about screening events can be found on the blog:

http://theeconomicsofhappiness.wordpress.com

Contact:

Becky White, Tel: 01 510 684 0215, Email: b.white@isec.org.uk James Miller, Tel: 01 415 246 1512, E-mail: j.miller@isec.org.uk Tour Blog: www.theeconomicsofhappiness.wordpress.com

The Economics of Happiness: www.theeconomicsofhappiness.org International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC): www.isec.org.uk