[D66] What A Way To Go: Life at the End of Empire

R.O. jugg at ziggo.nl
Fri Jul 31 08:22:31 CEST 2020


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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_a_Way_to_Go:_Life_at_the_End_of_Empire


/*What A Way To Go: Life at the End of Empire*/ is a 2007 documentary 
film about the current situation facing humanity and the world 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World>. It is written, directed and 
narrated by Timothy S. Bennett.

It discusses issues such as peak oil 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_oil>, climate change 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change> and the effects of global 
warming <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_global_warming>, 
population overshoot 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_overpopulation> and species 
extinction <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species_extinction>, as well 
as how this situation has developed. The documentary features supporting 
data and interviews of Daniel Quinn 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Quinn>, environmental activist 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_activist> Derrick Jensen 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Jensen> and academics such as 
Richard Heinberg <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Heinberg> and 
many others.

The tagline of the documentary is, "A middle-class 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_class_in_the_United_States> white 
guy comes to grips with Peak Oil, Climate Change, Mass Extinction, 
Population Overshoot and the demise of the American lifestyle."


    See also

  * Holocene extinction <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction>
  * Extinction debt <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinction_debt>


    External links

  * Review
    <http://www.thesocialcontract.com/artman2/publish/tsc_19_3/tsc_19_3_elbel2.shtml>
    on The Social Contract Press
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Contract_Press>
  * "Meet the Filmmakers", interview of Sally Erickson and Tim Bennett
    <http://www.peakmoment.tv/conversations/72.html>
  * /What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire/
    <https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1413259/> on IMDb
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMDb>

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