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Contemplating ‘The Genius of a Place’

November 10, 2011 by Chuck Wolfe
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The genius of the old ways, near Cortona in the 1950's If universal questions about the dynamics of place need a stage to be answered, there is no better theater than Cortona, Italy, home to Frances Mayes’ Under the Tuscan Sun, and a symbol of the romantic ambience of a simpler life. There, American expatriate and film producer Sarah... [read more]

Screening Urbanized in the Capitol City

November 3, 2011 by Next American City
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Credit: Brendan LynchI love visiting a city for the first time – seeing something entirely new, experiencing another way of life, and stumbling upon something that reminds me of home. I love how in older cities you can see the history of the place unfold before your eyes whether it’s through rust-covered structures serving new purposes,... [read more]

Go See 'Urbanized'! New Urban Planning Film Garnering Buzz

October 4, 2011 by Kaid Benfield
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     This new documentary about cities, planning, and architecture really looks promising.  Christopher Hawthorne writes in the Los Angeles Times: “The film, which premiered this month at the Toronto International Film Festival, features interviews with the architects Rem Koolhaas, Yung Ho Chang, Alejandro Aravena and... [read more]

How the Imagery of 'Urbanized' Motivates Better Places

October 1, 2011 by Chuck Wolfe
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Seattle-based writer and futurist Alex Steffen (left) joins Gary Hustwit on stage As a survey text in visual form, Gary Hustwit’s Urbanized is a frank introduction to the buzz about cities in our age of right-minded sustainability. Lurking amid the narration and vignettes is a scalable world view where the car is no longer king, and... [read more]

The ultimate sustainable city

July 9, 2009 by Lisa Town
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I recently saw The Science of Sleep, a fabulous film for those of us dreamers out there who don’t always see the world as it is. And with all the talk all over the web about creating sustainable cities….I think everyone is just making things far too complicated and perhaps this movie has it all figured out. Just build the entire... [read more]

HOME (Trailer)

June 7, 2009 by Don Zeigler
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CPA, Greenhills society co-sponsoring world premiere of 'green towns' film this Friday

May 27, 2009 by Kevin LeMaster
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Cincinnati Preservation Association (CPA) and the Greenhills Historical Society are co-sponsoring the world premiere of "Green Towns USA: A New Deal" on Friday ay 7:30 p.m. at the Sharonville Fine Arts Center, 11165 Reading Road.Focusing heavily on the community of Greenhills, the 56-minute film explores the three "green towns" built... [read more]

Premier of Our New Film

January 30, 2009 by Mark Lazen
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At Social Media Today, we've been focused on the issues surrounding urban sustainability for a long time. It was that interest that drove us to create The Energy Collective more than a year ago.Among the many things we've learned from being part of the electric dialogue at The Energy Collective, two stand out. First, the technology and... [read more]