Friday, September 29, 2006, 7:00pm
Cedar Rapids Peace Center
1029 3rd Street SE, Cedar Rapids
Free Admission & Discussion

The Rainbow Gathering is an offering of an Independent Way in our American Culture, it is a Gathering Folks have heard about and are Curious about but have rarely seen , it represents the nomadic part of our American Culture, it is a REAL slice of Our American Pie completely alternative to any conventional Lifestyle you have seen before, this Culture has captivated millions in one form or another, one really needs to EXPERIENCE the Rainbow Gathering in order to know what is
going on. “The only criteria for being Rainbow is that you have a belly button.” The human diversity seen at the 1992 Rainbow Gathering seems to substantiate these claims.

This film covers the 1992 Coming Home Rainbow Gathering held on the Western Slope in the HIGH Colorado Rockies at 10,000 ft near Paonia, CO in early July during the Cherry Festival attended on July 4th by over 18,000 People. This very rare film covers the Joyful, Youthful Celebration of Life in Nature covering many aspects of the Rainbow Community and Culture with ecstatic dancing, music and singing, the repressed collective unconscious of the American Psyche is allowed Full Freedom to come out and PLAY, “Welcome Home!” Come and Celebrate Play and Joy as our Inheritance and Birthright and see and Enjoy the film. Discussion to follow. Fresh hot popcorn!

For more information, call John at #319-247-2612
or go to http://www.welcomehome.org/rainbow/index.html

Presentation by Mark Kresowik
of Community Energy Solutions & the Sierra Club

Thursday, September 28, 2006 7:30pm
Hiawatha Public Library
150 W. Willman Street, Hiawatha, Iowa 52233
Free Admission & Discussion

An out-of-state company plans to build a coal-fired power plant just east of Waterloo. Most of the power will be sold outside of Iowa, but Cedar Rapids and all of northeast Iowa will bear the unhealthy effects of emissions from this plant. Mark will discuss Iowa’s alternative energy future powered by clean, renewable power and improved efficiency….click here for more!

For more information on Free Green films & lectures, or to schedule for your group in your community, call #319-360-5119.

Friday, September 15, 2006, 7:30pm
Cedar Rapids Peace Center
1029 3rd Street SE, Cedar Rapids
Free Admission & Discussion

The film, “The Global Brain”, will be shown at 7:30PM on Friday, September 15, 2006 at the Peace Center at 1029 3rd Street SE, Cedar Rapids. The film and following discussion are free and open to the public.

“Global Brain” will be the first in a series of free films at the Peace Center in Cedar Rapids.

This moving audio-visual presentation explores the idea that the Earth is an integrated, self-regulating living organism and asks what function humanity might have for this planetary being. It suggests that we stand on the threshold of a major leap in evolution, as significant as the emergence of life itself, and the essence of this leap is inner spiritual evolution. Moreover, Peter Russell maintains that it is only through such a shift in consciousness that we will be able to manage successfully the global crisis now facing us. Using a rich variety of visual images and specially generated graphics, this award-winning video presents an inspiring and optimistic vision of humanity’s future in a dynamic and captivating form. Praised by educators and politicians, and used by many international corporations, “The Global Brain” is compelling, challenging and above all timely.

For more information, call John at #319-247-2612.

Saturday, September 9, 2006, 5:00 pm
Solon Public Library
320 W Main St, Solon, IA
Free Admission & Discussion
Presented by the Iowa Green Party

The sprawling suburban way of life that exploded after World War II was based on the availability of cheap fossil fuels. But now that the end of “easy energy” is so close at hand, how will the populations of suburbia react to the collapse of The American Dream? Join us for this provocative documentary featuring James Howard Kunstler and others, and stay afterwards for discussion.

Since World War II North Americans have invested much of their newfound wealth in suburbia. It has promised a sense of space, affordability, family life, and upward mobility. As the population of suburban sprawl has exploded in the past 50 years, so too the suburban way of life has become embedded in the American consciousness.

Suburbia, and all it promises, has become the American dream.

But as we enter the 21st century, serious questions are beginning to emerge about the sustainability of this way of life. With brutal honesty and a touch of irony, The End of Suburbia explores the American Way of Life and its prospects as the planet approaches a critical era, as global demand for fossil fuels begins to outstrip supply. World Peak Oil and the inevitable decline of fossil fuels are upon us now, some scientists and policy makers argue in this documentary. The consequences of inaction in the face of this global crisis are enormous. What does Peak Oil mean for North America? As energy prices skyrocket in the coming years, how will the populations of suburbia react to the collapse of their dream? Are today’s suburbs destined to become the slums of tomorrow? And what can be done NOW, individually and collectively, to avoid The End of Suburbia?

http://www.irenew.org/expospec2006.html

For more information, or to schedule a screening in your community, write Linn County Green Party, PO Box 2151, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52406-2151 or call Bob at #319-360-5119