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SIERRA CLUB VIDEO PRESENTATION OF AFFLUENZA BALDWIN PUBLIC LIBRARY, 300 WEST MERRILL in TONIGHT (THURSDAY, JANUARY 27TH) at 7pm Af-flu-en-za n. 1. The bloated, sluggish and unfulfilled
feeling that results from efforts to keep up with the Joneses. 2. An
epidemic of stress, overwork, waste and indebtedness caused by dogged pursuit
of the American Dream. 3. An unsustainable addiction to economic
growth. 4. A television program that could change your life. (taken
from http://www.pbs.org/kcts/affluenza/)
Join the Sierra Club for the viewing of Affluenza, a PBS television special, which
focuses on the repercussions affiliated with over-consumption and
materialism. The PBS special explores how materialism and
over-consumption are taking over our lives and weakening our families,
community, and environment. Affluenza
questions the typical American Dream and looks at a number of people who are
looking for alternative lifestyles. Melissa Damaschke Sierra Club
Student/Conservation Organizer melissa.damaschke@sierraclub.org Phone: (248)
435-5277 Fax:
(248) 435-4371 |