Climate Compassion
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Normal Is Over
Screening + Q&A with Renée Scheltema
Normal Is Over
Screening + Q&A with Filmmaker Renée Scheltema
Join us for a special home screening of the Award-winning film Normal Is Over, + Q&A with filmmaker Renée Scheltema, moderated by Yogi Hendlin Elizabeth Ferguson and Jeremy Lent. The film tackles the big picture of what’s happening to the planet through an environmental lens. This independently produced film shows the causes and symptoms, and investigates a variety of SOLUTIONS to reverse global decline. There are many films out there, this one stands above the others for its systems-thinking and solutions approach.
Normal Is Over (103’ min) is a compelling and visually rich film directed by award-winning investigative TV-journalist Renée Scheltema. The film analyzes the big picture of why humans have inadvertently imperiled our planet: climate change, species extinction, the depletion of critical natural resources, and industrial control of our food production.
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The documentary examines how our economic and financial system connects all these issues, and offers solutions, which could be implemented immediately, from practical everyday fixes to rethinking the overarching myths of our time.
Host: Elizabeth Ferguson
Elizabeth is a facilitator and educator in the practices of resilience and wellbeing. Combining the wisdom of psychology, contemplative science, internal martial arts and neuroscience, she offers an approach to leadership that weaves self-compassion, social justice, and community building.