I’ve already seen it five times - more than Blade Runner and High Noon! "[55], The Indian Physicist and recipient of the Right Livelihood Award, Vandana Shiva, is cited as saying that "This precious film is about shaping the future here and now. I’m more excited about this film than any of the others looking at these topics. The film claims that the Cuban capital Havana is able to source 70% of its fresh vegetable needs directly within the city or its immediate surroundings,[2][11] with a yield of up to 20 kg per square meter. According to the interviewees in the film the trees themselves could provide a counterbalance to the deficit of wood in European countries, act as carbon sinks and contribute to the value of the land. [16] Aguilar, born 1980 in Tübingen,[5] started the project with a Co-Director who left the film early on as he "…didn't really believe in it. As a result, the later can still be harvested using large-scale machinery, while the trees provide a better microclimate by providing living space for animals, much higher rates of biodiversity and a replenishing of the soil as a result of the regular loss of root structures. Fascinating in both content and delivery. PARIS (Reuters) – France on Tuesday moved away from backing a civilian-military transition in Chad calling for a civilian national unity government … A masterpiece! As experts on these matters the film presents Christian Dupraz[7] from the French Institut national de la Recherche Agronomique as well as French soil scientist Claude Bourguignon. It makes clear that these current and impending crises are, in fact, positive challenges! It explores agroforestry models in France, permaculture and TRANSITION TOWN initiatives in England and the organic farming revolution in Cuba. He explains the high productivity rate and efficiencies realised through the use of these Permaculture principles. We meet scientists, agronomists, permaculture designers and Transition Town pioneers. I'm so glad that I pushed forward and popped the disc into my player. Our Mission Statement; GPF Board & Team; Closed Caption Quality | Certification; Filmmaker Services; Films. - Rob Hopkins, co-founder of the Transition movement View book at Fabrica Store. Voices of the Transition is an enthusiastic documentary on farmers- and community-led responses to food insecurity in a scenario of climate change and peak oil. Furthermore, the film argues that the overuse of inorganic fertilizers has been responsible for the loss of soil fertility and threatens the complete loss of usable soil within the next decades through soil erosion and sinking crop yields. ", "Voices of Transition – Praise & Festivals", "Inspiring New Film, "Voices of Transition," on the Agriculture That We Need", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Voices_of_Transition&oldid=1004303796, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Festival internacional de cine de Derechos Humanos de, The South African Eco film Festival, Cape Town 2014, Life Sciences Film Festival, Prague, Czech Republic, 2014, Ecofest International Festival of Ecology Films, Festival International du Film de l'Environnement FIFE, Environmental Film Fest (in the Nation's capital), Greenme Festival im Vorfeld der Berlinale, 8e Festival International du Film Ecologique de, This page was last edited on 1 February 2021, at 23:48. There was something about the film title and artwork that made me reluctant to give this movie a chance. All Titles All films in our collection; GLOBAL Environmental issues and their global impact. 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