Events
World Centric understands the need to not only provide information to our community, but also to be crucial and involved in it's development. From our beginnings, we've had the desire to offer an environmental lens into the issues we face today. Issues of globalization, environmental destruction, economic and social justice, peace, consumption, biodiversity, sustainable alternatives and many other concerns have all been topics that our organization has focused on since our nonprofit roots. Through our courses, speakers, and more recent film series, we provide a healthy space for community involvement.
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Current Events
February 11 7:15pm: Happy
On Saturday, February 11, 7:15pm the Happy Movie will be viewed by thousands of people around the world. We invite you to come watch Happy with us at World Centric.
Happy explores the following questions: Does money make you happy? Kids and family? Your work? Do you live in a world that values and promotes happiness and well-being? Are we in the midst of a happiness revolution?
Roko Belic, director of the Academy Award® nominated Genghis Blues now brings us Happy, a film that sets out to answer these questions and more. Taking us from the bayous of Louisiana to the deserts of Namibia, from the beaches of Brazil to the villages of Okinawa, Happy explores the secrets behind our most valued emotion.
- A $5 donation is appreciated to cover the $100 screening cost (no one turned away for lack of funds)
- If extra funds are collected, the money will be donated to InnVision.
- Drinks and snacks to share are welcome.
January 26: Film Screening: The Last Crop
Films of Hope and Vision presents The Last Crop
Join Transition Silicon Valley and World Centric for a special showing of a new film about agriculture in the Bay Area. Filmmaker Chuck Schultz will be present for a showing of his film, The Last Crop. This is his story of farmers Jeff and Annie Main, their Good Humus Farm and how they are planning to preserve it as a working, organic farm for future generations. After the film, Chuck will lead a discussion about issues farmers encounter in staying on the land and what we can help them do about them. THURSDAY, January 26, 2012 “Sustainability is the big new catch phrase but what does that mean? Does it mean that we take care of our soil? Does it mean we take care of our water sources and our air? The true issue to me is sustaining farmers” - Annie Main, Good Humus Farm |
