Subject: Re: [permaculture] Urban High School Audit and Class
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 23:00:39 -0700
Mike Snow wrote:
They are also very street smart. Yet in some ways we're starting
from scratch with these kids. All ideas are welcome - from simple
lessons to projects to movies to watch to places to visit or speakers
to present.
Are there any community gardens they can get involved in? Or speakers
from community gardens? I think one of the best connections is food.
Great movie (documentary) -- lots of humor, has a plot!, connects
lots of issues: Blue Vinyl.
http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/bv.html "With humor, chutzpah and a piece of vinyl siding firmly in hand,
Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand and co-director and
award-winning cinematographer Daniel B. Gold set out in search of the
truth about polyvinyl chloride (PVC), America's most popular plastic.
From Long Island to Louisiana to Italy, they unearth the facts about
PVC and its effects on human health and the environment.
"Back at the starter ranch, Helfand coaxes her terribly patient
parents into replacing their vinyl siding on the condition that she
can find a healthy, affordable alternative (and it has to look good!).
"A detective story, an eco-activism doc, and a rollicking comedy,
BLUE VINYL puts a human face on the dangers posed by PVC at every
stage of its life cycle, from factory to incinerator. Consumer
consciousness and the "precautionary principle" have never been this
much fun."