Full Title: Made-in-Alberta – “Smart Growth Part One”

Description:
MIA (Ch.15) New Urbanism (Ep.2) Smart Growth Part One (4 min)

It looks like Edmonton is undergoing some major shifts in thinking about two of the ways we grow: municipal development and transportation. Could 2009 signal our change of course from a car-dependant, sprawling city to a future network of self-contained communities, linked to each other and commercial areas with bikeways and public transit? We go downtown and hear from Edmontonians and get primed with “Is Edmonton Growing Smart?”

About Chapter 15: “New Urbanism”
Alberta’s cities are booming, thanks to our strong economy, but wasteful, sprawling growth is not good human habitat. Some Albertans are planning or redesigning sustainable communities. How are they doing this, and what are the results so far?

About Made-in-Alberta (MIA) Series
Energy, water and climate, these are hot topics for the 21st Century. With conventional fuel reserves running out, water tables running low, and global temperatures running high, 96 percent of Albertans now want new energy solutions. Since 2004, Barb Allard and her Made-in-Alberta team have been finding these solutions and bringing them to community television and the world-wide-web.

For more information about Made-in-Alberta, visit http://madeinalberta.ca

Locations: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Links:

http://www.sierraclub.ca/prairie
http://shaw.ca
http://fava.ca
http://rbcc.ca
 

Length: (4 min)

Date Produced: January 2009

Production Company: RBCC

“Is Edmonton Growing Smart” produced in partnership with:

 Sierra Club of Canada, Prairie Chapter

Production services donated by:

Clinton Carew

Shaw TV, Capital Region

 
Broadcaster: Shaw TV, Capital Region

Aired/Screened/Webcast:
Broadcast Shaw TV, Capital Region, February 2009
Uploaded to RBCC WebTV, February 2009
Uploaded to YouTube, February 2009

Available on DVD? – pending

Credits:
Executive Producer for RBCC: Barb Allard
Host & Narration: Barb Allard, Clinton Carew
Written & Directed: Barb Allard
Writing assistance: Clinton Carew

Researchers: Sonja Martens, Angela Miskuski

Additional research assistance: Charlie Richmond
Cinematography & DOP: Jimmy Bustos, Ric Gustavsen, Shaw TV production personnel
Editors: Jeremy Rittwage, Clinton Carew
Intro Sequences: Kyle Schneider, Wes Borg
Original Music: Clinton Carew, Kyle Schneider with licensed music from Final Cut Soundtrack Pro

Alberta Speaks interviewees (in order of appearance):
Hedda Harvag, Student
Lonny Killips, Salesperson

Additional Thanks to:

Film & Video Arts, Alberta

Chuck Chamberlin, Environmental educator & Smart growth campaigner (deceased)

Philip Jager, Production still photography

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