Saturday Nov 28, 2009 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Location: Rossland, BC
The Old Castle Theatre
185 Columbia
The Old Castle Theatre
185 Columbia
Locally Produced Green-Building Documentary Comes To Castlegar Saturday, November 28th, "Greening the Cube: 100-Mile Housing" will be presented by Rossland-based director and producer Tyler Austin Bradley, the Columbia Basin Trust, and Kootenay Association for Science and Technology at the recently restored Old Castle Theatre. Show time is set for 8pm. Tickets are $10 for general admission, and $5 for students with valid ID. Tickets will be available at the door. The film run-time is 83 minutes, and the screening will be followed by a Q&A session with the director and others involved in the production of the film (visit www.greeningthecube.com for more information on the film and crew).
Film synopsis:
'Greening The Cube: 100 - Mile Housing' is a feature length documentary film that follows the efforts of green-builders Pete Matheson and Sean Sands as they strive to imagine and construct homes that are affordable, habitable, ethical, and environmentally responsible - in a word, SUSTAINABLE.
Tracing the contrasting origins of these two unique builders, the diversity of design and near limitless possibilities for experimental housing is explored through their personal histories and the homes they have created. Taking inspiration from the local-food treatise 'The 100 Mile Diet,' a concept for '100 - mile housing,' localized solutions for house and home, begins to take shape in the backwoods of Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada.
With appearances made in the film by author JB MacKinnon (co-author of The 100-Mile Diet), Professor William Rees (Ecological Footprint Analysis), and other proponents of sustainable living, a case for experimental building and whole-systems solutions to the sustainability question is taken from the wilderness out... Combining integrated approaches to food production, meeting energy needs, responsible management of the waste stream, and other considerations pertinent to our homes and lifestyles, the extremes gone to by the featured builders serve as a counterpoint, a challenge to modern western consumerism.
Ultimately, the lifestyle and movement documented poses but one question; what kind of future will you build? *Also of note to Castlegarians is the appearance of numerous local proponents of green-building/ecological living in the film; Paula Kiss from The Building Tree in Nelson, architect Thomas Loh, strawbale home builder Mike Bowick, Kootenay Co-op Radio and West Kootenay Eco-Society’s Matt Lowe, and others.
Help the filmmakers raise submissions-fees for film festivals around the world, and be part of the dialogue around local housing solutions. Take advantage of this great opportunity to explore new ideas around sustainable living, and to explore a part of Castlegar’s storied past at The Old Castle Theatre.
Contact: Tyler Austin Bradley thegreenlane@gmail.com
Website: greeningthecube.com
Cost: $10 Tickets
