Planet Local: A Quiet Revolution
Presented by Phoenixville Area TransitionProof of vaccination is no longer required. Masking remains encouraged but optional.
This is a Pay-What-You-Wish screening.
About
Please note that the Phoenixville Area Transition will host a panel of speakers for a discussion after the screening.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Monica Medina-McCurdy will Moderate and participate on the panel of speakers. The Planet Local panel originally was to include Judy Wicks, Philadelphia’s iconic Farm to Table pioneer with the White Dog Café, author of GOOD MORNING BEAUTIFUL BUSINESS and cofounder of the Sustainable Business Network. While she was excited to participate, Judy now regrets to inform us that she is unable to attend due to a family medical emergency. In her place will be Monica Medina-McCurdy, Executive Director of Judy’s nonprofit All Together Now PA, which Judy created in 2019. Says Judy, “I’m thrilled to be working with Monica. Her deep passion for economic & racial justice and her capacity to lead with love will be at the center of our work to build an economy that works for all.”
Liz Andersen has been involved in local food in the Phoenixville area for over 20 years. She developed an interest in food and the environment in the late 1970s after reading Diet for A Small Planet. In 2002, she and her family founded Charlestown Farm, a community-supported farm that uses regenerative practices to provide the local community with healthful vegetables, herbs, and small fruits. That same year, her husband Bill worked with The Food Trust to start the Phoenixville Farmers’ Market. Liz manages the market with a mission to support local farms and the Phoenixville community.
She and her family live at Broadwater Farm in nearby Charlestown, where they have an orchard, raise Black Angus cattle and keep a flock of home chickens. She believes that active use of open space using sustainable agricultural practices is critical to preserving farmland and improving community and environmental health. Liz served on the board of Lundale Farm and continues to serve on its property committee. She is also a member of the board of the French and Pickering Conservation Trust.
She is a graduate of Amherst College and received an MBA from the Wharton School in 1985.
FILM SYNOPSIS
This 50-minute film gives voice to a growing number of people building a more beautiful world. From restoring topsoil, to sharing traditional knowledge, to opposing free trade treaties and innovating new ways of supporting local businesses, their actions are forging a new path forward for humanity.
‘Planet Local: A Quiet Revolution’ features grassroots activists from every continent alongside internationally known figures like Russell Brand, Noam Chomsky, Vandana Shiva, Naomi Klein, Jane Goodall, Gabor Maté and Helena Norberg-Hodge – all of them bringing inspiration and clarity to a world full of dark news.
Away from the screens of the mainstream media, the crude ‘bigger is better’ narrative that has dominated economic thinking for centuries is being challenged. Countless initiatives are already underway to protect and restore human-scale local economies, communities and the natural world, demonstrating that human beings need not be the problem – we can be the solution.
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Information
- Genre Documentary
- Director Helena Norberg-Hodge, Henry Coleman, John Page
- Released 2022
- Runtime 50 min
- Rated NR
- Studio Local Futures
- CountryUnited States
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