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An enthusiastic audience of around 95 people attended the latest film in the Green Film Series sponsored by Sustainable Coast Magazine and The Gibsons Green Team as a project of the Sunshine Coast Film Society at the Gibsons Heritage Playhouse on Monday, October 24. The film "In Transition" led the audience through the beginnings of the Transition Movement which began in 2006 in the UK.
Transition Towns from around the globe told their stories and how they are working to make their communities self-sufficient and independent from oil. Featured were stories of working with school children, planting community gardens and orchards, recycled art, alternative energy systems and transportation. The theme was "do it yourself, do not wait for the government or corporations".
Members of the Transition Town Powell River, Kevin Wilson and Julie Thorne, were in attendance along with locals Nadi Fleschhut of One Straw Society and Food Action Network and Mark Lebbell with Sea to Sky School and a Transition trainee. All of these people have worked on the local level towards community sustainability in one area or another.
Wilson and Thorne related the story of forming the TTPR and told of their many projects and workshops. They are considering publishing their own local currency to be used among residents and small businesses. They said their progress was steady but slow and it takes time to bring about change.
The formation of a local Transition Town Initiative Group was discussed as a possible hub for the already varied organizations and projects working towards sustainability on the lower coast. A number of the audience signed up as interested in forming such a group.
After drawings for door prizes of composted soil from Salish Soils, calendars from the Sunshine Coast Conservation Association and a t-shirt from Sustainable Coast Magazine, the discussions continued among the guests, audience and local politicians.
The next film in the Green Film Series, "White Water, Black Gold" will be shown on November 28.
