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The New Alchemists
197428 min 34 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Dorothy Todd Henaut
Production: Colin LowLen Chatwin
Script: Stanley Jackson
At a farm in Massachusetts, a small group of people, including some scientists, explore possibilities for more humane, self-sufficient lifestyles involving interrelated food-producing systems and small-scale solar and wind technology. Their work is a model for others with the vision of a greener, kinder world and a taste for inventing the future. "Think small," say the New Alchemists. "Look what thinking big has done."
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- Agriculture > Crops - Cultivation and HarvestingFood IssuesForeign CountriesOrganic farmingSocial Issues
- Environment and Conservation > Energy ResourcesFood and Population
- Technology > Energy Sources
- Food and Food Industries > Food HabitsFood Issues
- Social Issues > Foreign SocietiesSub-cultureTechnology and Society
- Foreign Countries > United States
- History and Citizenship Education > Culture and Currents of Thought (1500-present)
- Civics/Citizenship > Ideologies
- Geography > Natural ResourcesTerritory: Regional
Credits
- director
- Dorothy Todd Henaut
- producer
- Colin Low
- executive producer
- Len Chatwin
- commentary
- Stanley Jackson
- camera
- Martin Duckworth
- sound
- Hughes Mignault
- editing
- Torben Schioler
- sound editing
- Gérard Sénécal
- music
- Marsha Johnson
- Joe McIlvine
- Mary Lou McIlvine
- Robert Karstens