The Green Reel Collaborative will kick off its fourth annual film series on January 8.  As in previous years, the films will be shown on Sundays at 7:00 pm at Congregation Agudas Achim, 901 North Main Street, Attleboro.  (From Route 95, take Exit 5 to Route 152.  Turn north on Route 152 and take an immediate left.)  This year the series will run for six consecutive Sundays. Admission is free.

I am particularly looking forward to two films:

• The Economics of Happiness (Jan. 29), which explains why our global economy is broken and how to move toward a green economy, just as this website has tried to do in a small way.
• Journey of the Universe (Feb. 12), featuring physicist Brian Swimme, who, for those of us who feel a spiritual connection with the Earth, weaves a breathtaking creation story grounded in the facts emerging from the fields of evolutionary science and cosmology. Swimme's insights are based in part on the work of Father Thomas Berry, whose book The Dream of the Earth described a "new story" that imparted a sense of the Earth's sacredness by relying on scientific theories for the creation of the universe, rather than the sacred texts of the world's major religions.…

Don Doucette recently delivered a slide presentation on the history, geography, and natural features of the Ten Mile River Watershed at the annual meeting of the Attleboro Land Trust. Don's presentation included many old postcards with views of the watershed dating back to the early twentieth century. The local cable provider AACS recorded Don's presentation and it can be viewed here.