Piece Description

Urban Green explores the ribbons of greenery in our city environments. The one hour documentary looks at the relationship between urban watersheds, community gardens and farmers' markets and shows how they all connect us to the cycles of life: the cycles of growing food, eating what's in season and the changing water levels of the rivers and creeks that flow through our communities. Urban Green challenges the ways that we look at and interact with our urban communities: such as thinking about stormwater run off from streets as tributaries to the rivers that flow through our cities or recognizing that preserving farmland close to cities not only provides sustainable food systems, but also improves watershed health. The documentary focuses on watersheds, gardens and farms around Portland, Oregon, but the stories it tells are relevant to communities everywhere. We hear the voices of nationally known environmental leaders like Mike Houck (who is based in Portland), as well as authors Michael Pollan ("The Omnivore's Dilemma") and Richard Louv ("Last Child in the Woods").