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The Secret Garden

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A very special garden... with a twist! Finalist in the 2008 On Sight & Panasonic short film competition 'BRISTOL'S BEST KEPT SECRET' held at the 2008 Wildscreen Film Festival.
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VBS News - Toxic Brooklyn - Part 5 of 7
Vice correspondent Derrick Beckles is in Greenpoint, Williamsburg to find out the truth behind its trendy reputation and learn why some residents are worried about the area's industrial side. In this part: the Newtown Creek oil spill.
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Arcosanti (Kelly Loudenberg)
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.
08:45
Seeds Of Change
This film-short views “tolerance” from the perspective of the Earth as a living organism, and “being” that may have had to exercise great tolerance toward human beings, as humans have, particularly in the last century, shown an ever-increasing lack of respect, and carelessness toward the earth; our home. Just as human beings of differing race, color, and religious belief deserve each other’s respect, which at times requires “tolerance,” or the act of voluntarily choosing to regard others as ourselves, so-to the earth then, deserves the respect of human beings toward her. At the core of the disharmony we now see on the planet, evidenced by toxic waste being dumped in our water sources, a cocktail of chemical poisons in every breath of air we breath, chemical pesticides sprayed on our food sources, and global warming threatening the balance of the natural world; our home, is the fundamental error in thinking we human beings are separate from earth: Independent, and not interdependent. Its abundantly clear if one is paying attention at all, human beings have “missed the mark.” In our hubris we have forgotten the earth is our home, and even our mother, as most tribal cultures consider earth to be, and as such, we must repay our mothers with gratitude, respect, and honor for her gift of life. With these well-known images of earth as home, and mother juxtaposed with images of ill-health on the planet today, it is clear human beings have lost the profound, and necessary connection to earth that is required to achieve balance, or “homeostasis” and health.
07:00
The Yes Men: The Legendary BBC Bhopal Hoax
Excerpt from The Yes Men fix the World. On the 20th anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy, December 2004, Dow spokesperson 'Jude Finiseterra' makes an unexpected announcement on the BBC. In this alternative reality where major corporations do the right thing, Dow Chemical (the present owner of Union Carbide, the company behind the spill), claimed full responsibility for the tragedy and announced a multibillion dollar compensation package. Dow stock prices lost over $2 billion in value in 20 minutes, before the hoax was revealed.

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Yes Men: Survivaball of the Fittest
Excerpt from The Yes Men Fix the World. Attendees at the 'Catastrophic Loss' conference at the Ritz-Carlton in Amelia Island, Florida, in May 2006 were bedazzled by Halliburton's latest personalized climate change mitigation system - a gated community for one - the Survivaball.

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04:53
New Urbanism: ep 3 - Dumpster pools
From smelly and ugly to fresh and entertaining: Macro-Sea turns three large trash dumpsters into swimming pools on an empty industrial lot in front of the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. This adaptive re-use project presents the neighborhood with new recreational opportunities. For more in this series, check out Babelgum's New Urbanism
06:36
Toxic - Garbage Island - Part 1 of 12
A VBS investigation into the Great Pacific Garbage Patch: an enormous stretch of floating debris and plastic waste in the Pacific Ocean that is damaging marine life.
07:06
VBS News - Toxic Brooklyn - Part 7 of 7
Vice correspondent Derrick Beckles is in Greenpoint, Williamsburg to find out the truth behind its trendy reputation and learn why some residents are worried about the area's industrial side. Concluding with a look at Exxon's remediation efforts.
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VBS News - Toxic Brooklyn - Part 4 of 7
Vice correspondent Derrick Beckles is in Greenpoint, Williamsburg to find out the truth behind its trendy reputation and learn why some residents are worried about the area's industrial side. In this part: a ride down Newtown Creek.
05:58
VBS News - Toxic Brooklyn - Part 3 of 7
Vice correspondent Derrick Beckles is in Greenpoint, Williamsburg to find out the truth behind its trendy reputation and learn why some residents are worried about the area's industrial side. In this part: nuclear waste in NYC.
 

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