EnvironMENTALISM

Will Stephens (London) · Economics, Business & Globalization

For those of you in London, there’s a free showing of a new film on Wednesday looking at "the dark side of environmentalism". I saw Tom Clougherty on the internet TV station 18 Doughty Street (view recording) discuss the film against some statist from the Green Party. Clougherty’s view was that while there is something of the Michael Moore about this film, it makes an important point. It’s about an underdeveloped town in Romania full of unemployment and poverty. Capitalists want to create jobs by building an environmentally-friendly mine, but Western environmentalists swoop in from overseas and try to force the locals to stay poor, saying that the locals are happy being poor. The showing is at One Great George Street, Westminster, London SW1P 3AA. Doors open at 6:30pm, the film starts at 6:45pm, there is a Q&A session at 7:50pm, and there is a drinks reception at 8:15pm. RSVP to iea@iea.org.uk. View the trailer here:

The film is also available on DVD from here.

5 comments to EnvironMENTALISM

James Waterton

October 29, 2006 at 9:40 am

I’m expecting my copy of Mine Your Own Business to arrive in the letter box any day now…

Okay, it probably wouldn’t pay to use this movie as a principal source for one’s doctoral thesis, but that’s not what I want it for.

I’m going to have enormous fun inflicting it on my green-left friends.
Johnathan Pearce

October 29, 2006 at 12:48 pm

Thanks for this. I may go along.
Bruce Hoult

October 29, 2006 at 10:23 pm

Wow! Looks Very good. And not before time.
Jono

October 30, 2006 at 5:02 am

Terrific film, its about time the message got out.
jk

November 3, 2006 at 11:23 pm

I got my copy last week and watched it a few days ago. It is an excellent film.

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