Documentary to be screened

By Edward Lawrence
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Posted 8/29/07

The First Saturday Documentary at the Fairhope Unitarian Fellowship on Sept. 1 will be “The Next Industrial Revolution.” In this 2002 film architect Bill McDonough, a leader in a growing movement to transform the relationship between commerce …

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The First Saturday Documentary at the Fairhope Unitarian Fellowship on Sept. 1 will be “The Next Industrial Revolution.” In this 2002 film architect Bill McDonough, a leader in a growing movement to transform the relationship between commerce and nature, proposes a hopeful and exciting future in which we reinvent technical enterprises to be as safe and renewing as natural processes.

“When we follow nature’s rules, growth is good,” says McDonough. “The question before us is not growth versus no growth. It is what would good growth look like? And this is a question of intent, of design. What if we grow health instead of sickness, home ownership instead of indigence, education instead of ignorance?”

Using the stories of five projects that represent a revolutionary change in the direction of the human economy, “The Next Industrial Revolution” inspires people to: reconsider their current efforts for the environment, reinvent their businesses and institutions to work with nature and redefine themselves as consumers, producers and citizens to promote a new sustainable relationship with the Earth.

The Fairhope Unitarian Fellowship is located at 1150 Fairhope Ave., across from the Baldwin County Satellite Courthouse.

The movie starts at 7 p.m., and everyone is welcome; admission is free, but contributions will be accepted.