Urban Food Growing in Havana, Cuba Urban Food Growing in Havana, Cuba
Posted by: alfski

Video duration: 520 seconds

A clip from the BBC's "Around the World in 80 Gardens" (2008) showing some of the urban food gardening in Havana, Cuba.
http://www.bbc.co .uk/gardening/tv_and _radio/aroundtheworl d_index2.shtml#progr amme_one

Related: bbc, cuba, food, gardening, havana, organic, permaculture, urban

River Cottage Urban Smallholding (1 of 5) \"Beginnings\" River Cottage Urban Smallholding (1 of 5) "Beginnings"
Posted by: alfski

Video duration: 501 seconds

Hugh brings River Cottage to the City.
Segment 1 of 5 - the start.
From "River Cottage Spring" Series 1 broadcast June 2008 on Channel 4 (UK).

Related: cottage, food, growing, holding, permaculture, production, river, small, urban

River Cottage Urban Smallholding (2 of 5) \"Pigs\" River Cottage Urban Smallholding (2 of 5) "Pigs"
Posted by: alfski

Video duration: 344 seconds

Hugh brings River Cottage to the City.
Segment 2 of 5 - Pigs.
From "River Cottage Spring" Series 1 broadcast June 2008 on Channel 4 (UK)

Related: cottage, food, growing, permaculture, production, river, smallholding, urban

Joanna Macy on The Great Turning Joanna Macy on The Great Turning
Posted by: alfski

Video duration: 337 seconds

Eco-philospher Joanna Macy, from her DVD "The Work That Reconnects". Talking about the concept of a Great Turning.
For more info visit http://www.joannamac y.net/
Video by Leo Daedalus
(c) 2005 Joanna Macy

Related: deep, ecology, great, joanna, macy, philosphy, turning

River Cottage Urban Smallholding (3 of 5) \"Chickens\" River Cottage Urban Smallholding (3 of 5) "Chickens"
Posted by: alfski

Video duration: 302 seconds

Hugh brings River Cottage to the City.
Segment 3 of 5 - the Chickens arrive.
From "River Cottage Spring" Series 1 broadcast June 2008 on Channel 4 (UK).

Related: chickens, cottage, food, growing, permaculture, production, river, smallholding, urban

River Cottage Urban Smallholding (4 of 5) \"First Harvest\" River Cottage Urban Smallholding (4 of 5) "First Harvest"
Posted by: alfski

Video duration: 317 seconds

Hugh brings River Cottage to the city.
Segment 4 of 5 - First Harvest.
From "River Cottage Spring" Series 1, broadcast June 2008, Channel 4 (UK).

Related: cottage, food, growing, production, river, urban

River Cottage Urban Smallholding (5 of 5) \"Pig Show\" River Cottage Urban Smallholding (5 of 5) "Pig Show"
Posted by: alfski

Video duration: 590 seconds

Hugh brings River Cottage to the city.
Segment 5 of 5 - Blossom goes to a show :)
from "River Cottage Spring" Series 1 broadcast June 2008 on Channel 4 (UK).

Related: cottage, food, growing, permaculture, pig, production, river, show, urban

How many environmentalists does it take to change a lightbulb? How many environmentalists does it take to change a lightbulb?
Posted by: alfski

Video duration: 78 seconds

Activist and author Derrick Jensen answers the question: How many environmentalists does it take to change a lightbulb?
The full video can be seen at http://www.archive.o rg/details/Philosoph erSeed-DerrickJensen EndgamePartOne803

Related: activist, deep, derrick, ecology, environmentalist, humour, jensen

Niall Ferguson - Mary Poppins & Financial History Niall Ferguson - Mary Poppins & Financial History
Posted by: alfski

Video duration: 401 seconds

Excerpt from Niall Ferguson speaking about his book and TV series "The Ascent of Money" at the London School of Economics and Political Science on 6 November 2006. Broadcast on BBC Parliament, 14 December 2008.

Related: credit, crunch, economics, ferguson, financial, history, mary, niall, poppins

Rural Chinese Farmers Rural Chinese Farmers
Posted by: alfski

Video duration: 220 seconds

A clip of Chinese rural "peasant" farmers from the series The Global Nomad - China. Presenter is Manchan Magan. Produced in 2003, so the 1.3billion population figure isn't quite accurate these days!

Related: chinese, farmers, organic, peasant, permaculture, rural

Suburban Farming in LA Suburban Farming in LA
Posted by: alfski

Video duration: 413 seconds

An amazing family doing it well in suburban LA.
Story from ABC News.
http://www.abcnew s.go.com/Nightline/s tory?id=4863733

Related: agriculture, permaculture, suburban

Impact of Urban runoff Impact of Urban runoff
Posted by: alfski

Video duration: 286 seconds

A segment from the "Climate Change Britain Under Threat" (BBC 2007), talking about urban flooding and the impact of paving over of the front-yard sponge!

Related: front, london, over, paving, rivers, urban, yards

Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology
Posted by: alfski

Video duration: 555 seconds

Eric Brende interviewed about his book "Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology".
Clip originally from illusionjunkie.com.< br /> So stop watching, turn off the computer and go for a walk :)

Related: balance, brande, eric, life, technology, work

Alf\ Alf's Backyard
Posted by: alfski

Video duration: 77 seconds

A video capture of a very quick slideshow I did for a permie workshop in Feb'08. Shots of the backyard over the past year or so. Cheers to Apple iPhoto for the music :) Location - Emu Plains, Sydney, AU.

Related: backyard, garden, permaculture, suburban, vegetable

projection video wall at work projection video wall at work
Posted by: alfski

Video duration: 33 seconds

"testing" accessgrid video wall, with vlc multicast video streams.
generators: 9 source streams + 2 mosaic streams.
clients: 3 display clients + 1 audio.

Related: access, astley, computing, grid, it, multicast, rick, rick-roll, scm, stream, uws, video, vlc, wall