Autonome school Knallerbse // Pfeifferhof Graz

The private school Knallerbse has been established 20 years ago by a group of teacher and parents. After having a kindergarden, where the children could  learn according to their times and needs the parents of the children decided that it would be wrong to destroy all the achievements of this alternative learning model by sending their children to a public school.

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The Univercity of the Commons San Francisco

Interview with Ph.D Molly Hankwitz at a Lab in the Mission where her class basic computer skills of the University of the Commons takes place. The University of the Commons creates opportunities for learning, camaraderie, and critical thinking by and for the diverse San Francisco Bay Area community.

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Bio Fuel Oasis A worker-owned co-operative

“BioFuel Oasis was founded in 2003 to provide greater access to biodiesel, a renewable fuel that reduces harmful tailpipe emissions. We are a women/worker-owned & operated cooperative that values sustainability, local production, and community.”

I met Amy one of the worker owners in March 2012 and she told me her personal story how she got to be part of this co-op in Berkeley.

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The San Francisco Urban Agriculture Alliance (SFUAA)

Antonio Roman-Alcala  activist, filmmaker and one of the founders of The San Francisco Urban Agriculture Alliance (SFUAA) talks about the necessity of such an alliance for graasroots initiatives, as a way to make it into politics. The SFUAA works with outside organizations and governmental agencies.

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Agroelliniko – Athens

Agroelliniko is a citizen based initiative in Athens, which made use of a small part of the enormous old airport and started a communal orchard. The allotment was given to the citizens involved by the sub-prefecture through a concession, and is now an inspiring model for possible future uses of an airport which has served foreign military purposes and hosted parts of the Olympic Games in 2004.

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MIGHTY SMALL FILMS

our Partner in Berkeley JJ Noire at MIGHTY SMALL FILMS.

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San Francisco Urban Agriculture Alliance

show gallery San Francisco Urban Agriculture Alliance
San Francisco Urban Agriculture Alliance

 

The San Francisco Urban Agriculture Alliance (SFUAA) promotes the growing of food within San Francisco and the associated goals of our member organizations, through advocacy, education, and grassroots action.
San Francisco Urban Agriculture Alliance – Home.

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Living Utopia // the anarchists and the spanish revolution

This film directed by juan gamero shows us the context the anarchist movement in spain was inserted in, its development and crash. during its development, initiatives in all domains have arisen: public assemblies and politics taken over by non hierarchical models, local farming, produce exchange, local currencies and coupons systems, free schools, etc.

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The Power of Community // How Cuba survived peak oil

This documentry responses to soviet crisis and fossil fuel shortage in the 90s ranged from growing food to the import of bicycles from china.
“we can all plant fruit trees or water catcher, we can all have water catching devices on our roofs.

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The Take // worker coops Argentina

The Take from raph on Vimeo.

The Take is a documentary film by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein.“Occupy, Resist, Produce.” is the slogan of the workers of argentina who are forced out of their jobs but refuse this fate and fight for their workplaces.

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