Green Steps Summer Cinema invites you to watch and discuss the 2016 film Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things "...How might your life be better with less? Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things examines the many flavors of minimalism by taking the audience inside the lives of minimalists from all walks of life-families, entrepreneurs, architects, artists, journalists, scientists, and even a former Wall Street broker-all of whom are striving to live a meaningful life with less." Minimalism trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Co1Iptd4p4 We will start with a short introduction, watch the documentary, and discuss our ideas about the film and the topic, all of that around a bonfire, under the starry sky in the friendly environment of The Tipi Community Center. ------------------------------ Time: Saturday July 27, 19:30 Place: The Tipi (https://goo.gl/maps/duChxEkir38ztfNaA) Free event (bring your own drinks and snacks too!) Topic: Waste and Consumption: Want or need? Movie: Minimalism (79 min) (trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Co1Iptd4p4) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Minimalists) ------------------------------ Come and get more knowledgeable about environmental issues, discuss what can or can not be done, how to talk about these topics with your friends and family, share what concrete steps you took in your life to make a change! 19:30 Short presentation about the topic, 19:45 Screening of Minimalism 21:00 Discussion Green Steps Summer Cinema will be screening 13 documentaries in 3 locations around the world (2x Shanghai, 1x Koh Phangan) every Saturday evening from June 29 2019. The Thailand incarnation will be taking place in an amazing ecology and sustainability focused community, The Tipi, under the starry skies of Koh Phangan, around a bonfire. Bring your own drinks and snacks! Free event :-) Green Steps Summer Cinema 2019 Koh Phangan program: June 29: Climate Change & Global Warming; Film: Before the Flood (https://www.facebook.com/events/1457099464415113/) July 6: Diet & Health - Let Food Be Medicine; Film: Planeat (https://www.facebook.com/events/335189937382438/) July 13: Food production - Don't be Greedy with the Soil; Film: Tomorrow (https://www.facebook.com/events/2072003483096457/) July 20: Textiles - Our Second Skin; Film: The True Cost (https://www.facebook.com/events/2121273371334187/) July 27: Waste & Consumption - Want or Need; Film: Minimalism (https://www.facebook.com/events/836504133399261/) August 3: Energy & Mobility - Letting go or being driven?; Film: Fuel August 10: Overview Effect - Earth, our common home; Film: Home August 17: Learning & Knowledge - Unfolding human potential; Film: Alphabet August 24: Work & Vocation - Time spent well; Film: A Quest for Meaning August 31: Money & Ecological Responsibility - Is more better?; Film: The Human Scale September 7: Cities & Urbanization - Future or past?; Film: The Human Scale September 14: Body & Mind; Film: The Connection