Heather Rogers - "Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage"

Fri, Nov 4
7:00pm-9:00pm
Free

Author and filmmaker Heather Rogers will talk about her new book "Gone
Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage", a political history of rubbish
in the United States. Joining her will be organizer and activist
Monica Wilson from the grassroots group Global Anti-Incinerator
Alliance, who will discuss recent Bay Area struggles against new
garbage incinerators and the importance of addressing waste disposal
issues in the context of race and class.

We will also be playing Heather's recent documentary of the same name.

Every day a phantasmagoric rush of spent, used and broken riches
flows through our homes, offices, and cars. The US is the planet's
number one producer of garbage, and over the past 30 years America's
garbage output has doubled. Rogers explains that, despite popular
wisdom, this torrent of trash is not primarily the responsibility of
the individual consumer, instead it's the outcome of a free market
system that needs waste to maintain high consumption levels. To
understand the roots of today's waste-addicted culture, Rogers
examines the grisly, oddly fascinating underworld of trash.

Communities around California are fighting a new wave of incinerators
marketed as "green energy" sources. Not only do these plants charade
as environmentally friendly, they clearly violate principles of
environmental justice, putting a disproportionate pollution burden on
low-income communities of color. GAIA recently worked with residents
of Alameda, San Leandro and Oakland to stop the city of Alameda from
building a new incinerator in San Leandro. A key part of GAIA's
approach is emphasizing that there are other solutions: we don't have
to bury or burn garbage. GAIA members around the world advocate zero
waste, which means eliminating both the volume and toxicity of waste.

Venue:

AK Press
674-A 23rd St
Oakland
510 2081700
http://www.akpress.org

AK Press 674-A 23rd. St Oakland, CA
b/t MLK and San Pablo - near 19th St. BART and West Grand Exit of
80/980
For more info contact:
AK Press at 510.208.1700, or visit www.akpress.org
All events at AK Press are wheelchair accessible.

Additional Info:

510 2081700
http://www.akpress.org