''Escape from Suburbia: Beyond the American Dream'' is a 2007

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written and directed by Gregory Greene, as a sequel to Greene's film ''

The End of Suburbia ''The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of The American Dream'' is a 2004 documentary film concerning peak oil and its implications for the suburban lifestyle, written and directed by Toronto-based filmmaker Gregory Greene. Desc ...

'', and set to address what is termed "the upcoming energy crisis". Through interviews with individuals, Gregory Greene outlines potential solutions to the coming energy crisis.

Cast

Among the interviewees are former

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, author

Matthew Simmons Matthew Roy Simmons (April 7, 1943 – August 8, 2010) was founder and chairman emeritus of Simmons & Company International, and was a prominent figure in the field of peak oil. Simmons was motivated by the 1973 energy crisis to create an invest ...

, author

Richard Heinberg Richard William Heinberg is an American journalist and educator who has written extensively on energy, economic, and ecological issues, including oil depletion. He is the author of 14 books, and presently serves as the senior fellow at the Pos ...

, author

Michael Ruppert Michael Craig Ruppert (February 3, 1951 – April 13, 2014) was an American writer and musician, Los Angeles Police Department officer, investigative journalist, political activist, and peak oil awareness advocate known for his 2004 book ''Crossi ...

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, author

Thomas Homer-Dixon Thomas Homer-Dixon (born 1956) is a Canadian political scientist and author who researches threats to global security. He is the founder and Executive Director of the Cascade Institute at Royal Roads University in Victoria, British Columbia. He is ...

, U.S. Representative from

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, former

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, author and speaker James Howard Kunstler, and political activist and journalist Kate Holloway.

Background

The film resulted from director Gregory Greene having attended a Paris conference on

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in 2003. Returning to Canada, he devised a trilogy of non fiction films addressing the issues global peaking of oil supplies adversely affecting modern civilization. The first of his trilogy, '' The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream'', deals with the problem of rising world costs in the face of dwindling supplies. The second in the trilogy, ''Escape From Suburbia: Beyond the American Dream'', outlines how the issue will affect modern life styles and speaks toward solutions. The film first aired on

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in 2007, and re-aired as part of their '' The Green'' television series.

References

External links

''Escape from Suburbia: Beyond the American Dream''
at the

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