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Subject: [permaculture] New Film Available from Permaculture Activist
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:03:31 -0400
A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil
52 min., DVD, 2007, $25
This new film is an informative, inspirational documentary aimed at
sharing ideas to provoke environment-friendly and cost-effective changes
in cities worldwide. The documentary focuses on innovations in
transportation, recycling, social benefits including affordable housing,
seasonal parks, and the processes that transformed Curitiba into one of
the most livable cities in the world. Cities should be a solution not a
problem for human beings. The city of Curitiba has demonstrated for the
past 40 years how to transform problems into cost-effective solutions
that can be applied in most cities around the world.
Includes exclusive interviews from world renowned Curitiba’s mayors
Jaime Lerner and Cassio Tanigushi, as well as other brilliant minds who
made Curitiba a world class model.