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Description of Growthbusters Project – Brief
GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth is a 54-minute documentary examining the beliefs and behaviors preventing us from becoming a sustainable civilization. It’s the first in a series of films planned by the non-profit GrowthBusters public education project. The film is available for purchase or rental at www.growthbusters.org and Amazon.com.
Description of Growthbusters Project – Long
GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth is a documentary film that asks the most critical question of our time: How do we become a sustainable civilization? It takes a unique approach among modern environmental documentaries: Rather than dispensing facts about climate change; peak energy, food and water; and bio-diversity loss, it examines the cultural barriers that prevent us from acting rationally. It asks why population conversations are so difficult to have, and why a roaring economy is more important to us than a survivable planet. It explores our obsession with community growth and economic growth. GrowthBusters holds up a mirror, encouraging us to examine the beliefs and behaviors we must leave behind, and the values we need to embrace, in order that our children can survive and thrive.
It’s the first in a series of films planned by the non-profit GrowthBusters public education project. The film is available for purchase or rental at www.growthbusters.org and Amazon.com
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