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Bullfrog Films
P.O. Box 149
Oley, PA 19547
Tel: 610/779-8226
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A Series of 4 Programs
Edens Lost and Found
4-part series that highlights models for urban transformation in the effort to make Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Seattle into sustainable cities.
228 minutes
DVD version with special features available - see below
Color / Stereo
Closed Captioned
Grade Level: 7-12, College, Adult
US Release Date: 2006
Copyright Date: 2006
ISBN (VHS): 1-59458-391-9
ISBN (DVD): 1-59458-392-7
Directed by Harry Wiland
Produced by Harry Wiland, Dale Bell and Beverly Baroff
Written & Edited by Bevery Baroff
Content Consultant: Andy Lipkis, President, TreePeople
A Media & Policy Center Foundation production in association with Oregon Public Broadcasting
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"An inspiring look at how cities can be transformed." Philadelphia Daily News
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Edens Lost & Found highlights practical solutions and models for urban transformation that go beyond pollution prevention to tackle the challenge of improving the quality of life in cities for ourselves and future generations.
Focusing on Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Seattle -- four cities that face a range of demographic, economic and environmental challenges -- this special documentary series shows how integrated resource planning combined with local community support have come together with bold strategies offering hope to our great American cities.
Many of the problems these cities are confronting pose similar challenges to other metropolitan areas -- of all sizes -- across America. And there is much to be learned from the solutions they are finding.
Showcasing strategies that contribute to a sustainable ecosystem -- including open space and public parks, urban forestry, watershed management, public art, waste disposal, recycling, green architecture, environmental justice, neighborhood development, and mass transit alternatives -- Edens Lost & Found presents the integrated "best practices" that are making a significant difference in these four cities.
The titles in the series are:
Edens Lost & Found - Chicago - City Hall and grass roots groups in Chicago are working on open space, green buildings and an educated citizenry to create a sustainable city.
Edens Lost & Found - Philadelphia - Faced with severe budget limitations, Philadelphia's rebirth is being brought about by a network of community-based volunteer organizations.
Edens Lost & Found - Los Angeles - Is it possible that the City of the Angels can tell a story to the world about environmental rebirth?
Edens Lost & Found - Seattle - Recognizing that the human community is growing faster than the aging infrastructure, the city of Seattle created an Office of Sustainability and Environment.
DVD version: includes 45-page teachers' guide, community action guides for each city, additional interviews, and previews of the other films in the series.
Study guide available
Reviews:
"Wiland and Bell show us that some of the real solutions might just be on our doorstep, our roofs, and in our city halls." Anna Lappé, Co-Founder of Small Planet Institute, Co-Author of Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen
"An inspiring look at how cities can be transformed and how parks and green space can heal the soul of a community." Philadelphia Daily News
"Inspiring examples from Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Seattle show how people can rediscover the natural attributes that made their cities desirable to settle in the first place." Sierra Magazine
"There's something positively redemptive about Edens Lost & Found, the new PBS series about the transformation of dismal urban spaces into gardens and parks, villages and murals that are green and welcoming." Virginia A. Smith, Philadelphia Inquirer
"Fascinating...Edens Lost & Found: Chicago offers a positive look at how individuals as well as whole neighborhoods band together to improve their local communities...Also highly recommended are the other DVDs in the Edens Lost & Found series covering Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Seattle." The Midwest Book Review
"I used Edens Lost and Found to organize a course I taught this summer...What a great class we had! The series proved to be a valuable tool in focusing the student's attention. By highlighting a variety of topics, institutional arenas, and personalities involved with environmental sustainability in four cities, the series alerted my students to the opportunities and challenges available to policy makers. The fact that the series showed the struggle to incorporate environmental values in everyday life, in education, and in public policy agendas at the local level, and the fact that sometimes the best intentions did not work out, provided a realistic sense of the challenge...Several of the grad students had not been exposed to the environment in this way, and told me that the class was an eye opening experience. Two were inspired to do their graduate applied research project on environmental sustainability.
The Edens Lost and Found series is an important addition to material available to introduce students at all levels to environmental values. The presentation of some hard lessons regarding success and failure, and how much time and effort go into trying to change our neighborhoods and cities makes this series unique. I look forward to the next opportunity that I have to use the Edens Lost and Found series, and recommend it to educators at all levels." Greg Andranovich, Professor of Political Science, California State University-Los Angeles
Related Subjects:
American Studies
Anthropology
Art/Architecture
Biology
Community
Design
Energy
Environment
Environmental Ethics
Fisheries
Forests
Gardening
Geography
Green Building
Housing
Outdoor Education
Pollution
Sociology
Solutions
Sustainability
Toxic Waste
Transportation
Urban and Regional Planning
Recycling
Water
Related Links:
Edens Lost & Found web site
The Citizen Forester's Guide
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Chávez Ravine: Don Normark's haunting photographs bring back to life a Mexican American village razed in the 1950s to build Dodger Stadium.
Subdivide and Conquer: Suburban sprawl: causes and remedies.
Save Our Land, Save Our Towns: Examines the causes and effects of -- and then remedies for -- suburban sprawl.
Livable Landscapes: How growth and sprawl affect the quality of life in New England, and some possible solutions.
Ways We Live: New models of community living and building in the US and Canada are featured.
Community by Design: Good design of houses and neighborhoods builds community.
Maps with Teeth: Bioregional mapping by locals communicates a sense of place and regional identity.
The Boundaries of Change: Cities cope with changing demographics.
ReInventing The World: Three 50-minute programs on creating sustainable cities, food systems, and lifestyles.
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