Grey Lynn 2030 Transition Community

We are excited to announce that we’ll be screening the documentary …

Garbage Warrior

A crew of builders explore off-the-grid sustainable building design in the New Mexico Desert.

After the county shut down an ‘Earthship biotecture’ community while under construction,  the founder, Michael Reynolds, went on a quest to get the state to pass a law for a  Sustainable Buildings Test Site.
Earthship n. 1. passive solar home made of natural and recycled materials. 2. thermal massconstruction for temperature stabilization. 3. renewable energy & integrated water systems make  Earthship an off-grid home with no utility bills.
Biotecture n. 1. the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for sustainability. 2. A combination of biology and architecture.

When: Saturday 28th August

Starts: 7PM sharp

Where: Grey Lynn Community Centre

510 Richmond Road

Entry: $2

Come join us for a drink on a cosy winter evening.

Garbage Warrior (the trailer on You Tube)

A very special screening with an introduction by the film’s director Simon Marler!

Saturday, 31st July at 7pm, Grey Lynn Community Centre

$2 entry

New Zealand 2007 / 80min. English, Te Reo Maori with English subtitles.

Director Simon Marler / Producer Simon Marler, Mairi Gunn, Karen Browne

How do you resuscitate the land?
This is a question Simon Marler’s beautiful documentary, Restoring the Mauri of Lake Omapere poses.
Mauri, meaning life spirit, is contained within all objects; trees, rocks, rivers, lakes, us too? Marler takes us back through the history of Lake Omapere, a small Northland Lake effected by colonialism, deforestation, farming, modern agriculture and the resource management policies of government. Through that history Marler shows us the impact we as a people have had on the environment and also the spirit or Mauri of places effected by human behaviour such as Omapere. It also serves as a timely reminder to consider the way in which current conventional agricultural practices and environmental policies are impacting on habitats, natural waterways, living systems and communities as a whole. The issues explored in this film are really a microcosm for much wider systemic trends and problems that are being faced in regions nationwide and around the world. Marler does a good job of showing the multi layered consequences of not exercising greater attention and awareness in the way we treat the environment.

Certainly it’s a thoughtful documentary and artfully produced, one of the questions being posed is whether the voluntary management being undertaken and developed by Lake Ompere’s Trustees, its Kaitiakitanga; meaning guardians for sky, sea and land, will be enough to breathe life back into the lake’s still waters? It’s a poignant thought that also raises the issue of indigenous people and local communities having a greater say in how their natural habitats are managed and whether that can offer greater care and preservation of our natural resources.

Trailer: http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/restoring-the-mauri-of-lake-omapere-2007

When: Saturday 3rd July at 7pm
Where: Grey Lynn Community Centre on Richmond Road
Tickets at the door just $2

Showing: ‘The Yes Men Fix The World’

Described here by Kail from the Green Screen team:
“the sequel to the ‘The Yes Men’ and if you’ve seen that then you’ll have a bit of a clue re the flavour. It’s a smart, funny, provocative satire that will have your eye’s bugging with disbelief & if you’re not broadly smiling or gasping at the audacious mischief designed to prick consciences everywhere it will be because you’ll be laughing out loud at the inspired hi-jinks of these adorable yet formidable pranksters. Practical jokers par excellence they challenge the conventions (literally) of the rapacious exploitation of multinational corporates & expose the character, culture & behaviour of global big business. A tongue in cheek farcical mockery & infotainment at it’s finest. Check out the link to the trailer on youtube below for a preview glimpse of this shockingly absurd reality comedy.”

Hope to see you there!

The Yes Men Fix the World

We are pleased to announce that Green Screen is back for 2010 starting with a screening of Dirt The Movie: A story with heart & soil on Saturday 29th May.

“Floods, drought, climate change, even war are all directly related to the way we are treating dirt. The only remedy for disconnecting people from the natural world is connecting them to it again.”

www.dirtthemovie.org

When: Saturday 29th May at 7pm
Where: Grey Lynn Community Centre

Tickets at the door just $2



Grey Lynn 2030 are pleased to announce our next movie night. We are showing FOOD Inc. , so if eating good food is something you like to do, then please read on.

Here is our food inc  poster food inc grey lynn a4 Poster Oct 14 for the event if you would like to help us publicise the film.

(It is an A4 sized pdf version which you can print out.)

Here is the Trailer link or view below

and here is a review of the film from Variety

We are going to make a night of it…and celebrate with some of our local businesses.
Wednesday October 14th
Bridgeway Theatre
122 Queen St,
Northcote

Complimentary bottle of Monteiths Apple Cider and canapes before the film.

Doors open at 8.00 for drinks, snack, chat and spot prizes and then the movie will get going around 8.30.

We have been kindly donated the following spot prizes which you have a chance of winning from the (hopefully lucky) number on your ticket.

-Annual subscription to Good Magazine

- Yoga clothing from We.ar.it
- Ecostore Cleaning Products – No nasty chemicals-

Two of our local cafes will be tempting you with canapes.
We thank and hope you will continue to support
The Little Grocer and Savour and Devour
Our Grey Lynn Farmers Market coffee provider and organic food producer  Kokako are providing some of their “naughty nibbles”.  Jones the Grocer are bringing a platter of local cheeses for you to sample. Naked Organics are turning up with their chunky and moorish dips for us to try.

Gifts for Biz has given us a treats box to raffle on the night which I will put with the  Christmas Cake donated from Jones the Grocer

Once again the good guys at our local wine shop The Wine Vault are organising the ticketing for us. No door sales. Either call in to the Wine Vault, 453 Richmond Road (West Lynn shops) to get your ticket or buy it on line. Click here.
With the money we made from our last movie night, Grey Lynn 2030 used this to build the new fence for the Wilton St Community Garden, pay for a banner and other signage that we need to use at the Farmers Market, Grey Lynn Festival and other events we are invited to attend.

The funds we make can further our work with environmental projects in our community.

So, please bring your family (the film is a PG), bring your friends, see a great and thought-provoking film, and support Grey Lynn 2030 while you’re at it!

Thanks so much to our supporting sponsors.