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October Movie Night – Revenge of the Electric Car

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Our next monthly movie night will be ‘Revenge of the Electric Car’. Made by the same director as ‘Who Killed the Electric Car – 2006’ it follows the race to get electric cars to the market.

Tuesday 15th of October (Apologies for the date change, but due to a venue clash the October and November movies will be on the 3rd Tuesday of the month).

Please join us for food, drinks and electric cars on display at the Stirling Arms hotel from 6 pm. There will be Factory (Nissan Leafs), DIY electric conversions and professional transformations present to look at.

Film screening at 7 pm, followed by more time to socialise and chat. 

Entry by donation to cover film license.

Bring a friend, we hope to see you there.

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Economics of Happiness Movie Night

Join us for our next Monthly Movie night and ‘The Economics of Happiness’

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Summary
‘The Economics of Happiness’ features a chorus of voices from six continents calling for systemic economic change. The documentary describes a world moving simultaneously in two opposing directions. On the one hand, government and big business continue to promote globalization and the consolidation of corporate power. At the same time, all around the world people are resisting those policies, demanding a re-regulation of trade and finance – and, far from the old institutions of power, they’re starting to forge a very different future. Communities are coming together to re-build more human scale, ecological economies based on a new paradigm – an economics of localization.

Watch the Trailer Here

Reviews
7.5/10 on IMDb

100% Renewable Energy Forum

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Is 100% renewable energy in Perth possible? If so, what would it look like?

Come join Transition Town Guildford and the Hills Sustainability Group as we host an eastern suburbs forum on the Energy 2029 plan. Hear from Sustainable Energy Now (SEN) and Senator Scott Ludlam on how we can transition to 100% stationary energy by 2029.

Prior to the March State Election SEN was commissioned by the WA Greens to provide a brief of scenarios which would demonstrate the potential for WAʼs South West Integrated System electricity grid demand to be fully met by a combination of renewable energy generation, efficiency, storage and demand-side management within the SWIS grid, by 2029.

Presentations by Senator Scott Ludlam, SEN secretary Steve Gates, followed by Q & A.

 Date: Thursday, 22nd August

Venue: Old Midland Courthouse, 43 Helena street, Midland

Time: 6:30 pm for a 7 pm start. Finish 8 pm.

Tea, coffee and supper will be provided.

Entry by donation

Presented in collaboration with:

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About HSG: The Hills Sustainability group is made up of people living in the hills who are interested in environmental and sustainability issues. We have a mailing list of some 100 members and our goal is to encourage the community to adopt a more sustainable lifestyle.  We are an apolitical organization that wishes to work with the community and the Shire of Mundaring. We are not interested in adversarial dialogue on issues. We believe a conciliatory approach based on trust and goodwill will better serve the community. http://www.hsg.org.au/

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About SEN: Sustainable Energy Now, Inc. is a community based think tank formed in 2007 with the aim to promote practical, affordable strategies for the adoption of renewable energy toward a sustainable global future. SEN has a broad membership of over 200 and supporters of over 1000 ranging from energy professionals, engineers, economists, doctors and academics to politicians, retirees and students. Our endeavours are to: Research; Promote; Advocate and Simulate the renewable energy potential of WA. http://sen.asn.au/