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Arcosanti (Kelly Loudenberg)

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Began in the 1970s as an experimental city and urban laboratory, Arcosanti continues its mission today by proposing an alternative to urban sprawl. Arcosanti seeks to give the urban system a boundary, keeping the natural countryside in close proximity to its urban dwellers. Located in the high desert of Arizona, just 70 miles north of Phoenix, Arcosanti will house 5,000 residents and will occupy only 25 acres of a 4060-acre land preserve when complete.

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Lunar Healing (Kelly Loudenberg)
The Interstellar Light Collector is a 25-ton, five-storey-tall array of 84 mirrors that concentrates the moonlight into a small area. Each month, people come to bathe in the concentrated moonlight as part of their moonlight therapy. Co-Founder/Inventor Richard Chapin is convinced that his invention can help people conquer depression, arthritis, and even some types of cancer. Scientists say no real research has been conducted and what people are experiencing may be the placebo effect.

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Swing State (Cameron Hickey)
Tuesday mornings are reserved exclusively for women golfers at the Llanerch Country Club in the Main Line section of suburban Philadelphia - a key region in this swing state for the 2008 election. Mary Pat McClatchey and her friends golf every Tuesday morning at 8am before having lunch at the clubhouse, an event which you can "hear all across the club" says fellow Llanerch club member Thomas Feeney. We'll follow Pat and her golf foresome through eighteen holes of golf and their ladies' lunch afterward. We'll ask them how "historic" they feel this election is, how they and their respective families feel about the candidates this year, and what this means for their children's future. As a critical swing area in a critical swing state, the Main Line is part of the broad center in American politics, and these women are at the heart of this pivotal battleground.

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New Urbanism ep 13: Mobile Office
Kyle Minor, a San Francisco-based designer and artist, bought an industrial-grade double wide trailer from some fisherman with the intention of moving it onto a piece of land and living outside of the city. When he dragged it down to the end of a pier on San Francisco Bay next to his shop, he realized it worked better right where it was. Now he has sold it as an alternative office space to a group of prolific inventors.Stills courtesy of Karolirene at www.atelierkism.com and Kyle Minor at www.kyleminordesign.com. For more episodes in this series, visit: New Urbanism

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New Urbanism ep 7 - Grow Shelter
The Grow Shelter is a living environment where humans, plants, and animals co-exist. It consists of three connected spheres covered in earth and seeds. The habitat evolves with the seasons showing the cycle of life. The concept is to bring people closer to the environment. For more episodes in this series, visit: New Urbanism

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Ms. Salmon (Valerie Shields)
"Grey Gardens" meets "The Cove"… Kooky British marine philanthropist, whose real name is Melanie Salmon, makes sea conservation more glamorous with London Fashion Week, movie-star Sharon Stone, and boxing-champ Chris Eubank. "Save the dolphins!"

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My Girl Can Fight (Justin Frimmer)
Father and daughter in East Los Angeles discover they are fighting for each other inside and outside the ring.

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Inspired by Design: A House for Blake
Building a house for her son Blake started off as an antidote to city life when mom and music industry executive Debbie Gibbs embraced the idea of a prefab home. The stigma of these houses has drastically changed over the last 10 years. It is now about mass customization where each house responds to each individual. Thanks to the folks at RESOLUTION: 4 ARCHITECTURE, Debbie was able to customize a home that enabled her family to have their indoor and outdoor lifestyle flow together seamlessly with high design and a low environmental impact. Having spent a winter in their new home Debbie has come to realize that she is getting as much pleasure out of it as her son.

To find out more, visit babelgum.com/inspiredbydesign.

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Inspired by Design: New Gen, Next Gen
The 100K house, led by Brain Phillips of IS Architects and developer Chad Ludeman of PostGreen, is a modern case study in housing design that aims to prove that building green can be more affordable than traditional construction. Built mainly on vacant city sites and costing a mere 100 dollars per square foot, it is the highest level of sustainable home currently being built in the United States. Designed for an emerging creative class that has an eye for design but also a desire for sustainability, the 100k house creates a social and functional home that poses an important question: How much space does an individual really need?

To find out more, visit babelgum.com/inspiredbydesign.

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New Urbanism ep 8 - Rooftop Dwelling
Terreform, a nonprofit architecture collective transforms the rooftop of a building in downtown Brooklyn into a shelter and farm for urban refugees- people displaced by the mortgage crisis. Their two-week project, called Terrefarm, used only materials found in the building, and involved students and teachers from around the world. For more episodes in this series, visit: New Urbanism

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Love In The Streets (Jerry Rothwell)
Our collective imagination of homelessness is shaped by the idea of someone who is single and lonely. Roy and Morag explode that myth and take in companionship, humor and love, alongside the dirt, noise and damp of London’s pavements –a warm look at the chill of a (love) life lived on the outside.

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