Rethinking Transportation - January 5

Films, and panel discussion. 7:30pm $5/person. 911 Media Arts Center, 402 9th Ave N Seattle, http://www.911media.org (South Lake Union)

Easy Rollin': A community of cycling enthusiasts in Vancouver, BC, finds funky ways to bring together their environmental and artistic ideals to promote green transportation and alternative ways of engaging within our car-congested society. Bio-Diesel and Pedal-Powered Generators are only a few examples of how to rethink the way we live and move through this world. Join us for a community-building street festival with some of the most creative and fun transportation options you'll ever see. A humourous and light-hearted look at creative alternatives.

(We Aren't Blocking Traffic) We Are Traffic! :

We Are Traffic! chronicles the history and development of the "Critical Mass" bicycle movement, one of the most spirited and dynamic social/political movements of the apathetic 90's. In over 200 cities in 14 different countries, Critical Mass has now become a monthly ritual of reclaiming the streets by bicycle activists riding en masse.With traffic congestion, pollution, and road rage on the rise, growing numbers around the world are advocating for transportation alternatives, and Critical Mass is at the cutting edge of this mindset.We Are Traffic! tracks this leaderless, grassroots movement from its beginnings in San Francisco in 1992 to its spread across the globe. With a radical direct-action approach the participants of Critical Mass are celebrating the bicycle and in turn taking on perhaps the century's most sacred cow: the automobile.

http://www.tedwhitegreenlight.com/cm.htm

A panel discussion will focus on the Seattle Bicycle Master Plan. Panelists include Chuck Ayers from the Cascade Bicycle Club andRachel Smith of Transportation Choices Coalition

Co-sponsored by the Seattle Group, 911 Media Arts Center and Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Network http://www.hazelfilm.org.

For details, please contact
HWEFN: Cassy Soden,
Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Network
Phone: 206.322.0111
cassy@hazelfilm.org