We had Daanish Ali, the producer of the video below, come to our school and share his film with us (embedded below). I strongly recommend that if you live in an urban centre, you should watch this video. While it talks about water issues in the downtown East Side of Vancouver, I’m sure that similar issues exist in every major city in the world.
It is a great starting place for a discussion about urban water use, and very accessible for your students. Our kids finished watching the video and had some great questions.
Most Livable City from Pull Focus Films on Vimeo.
Cindy says:
David,
Thanks so much for sharing this link. It’s an incredibly powerful piece of text. I live in a small northern community and the same issues arise here – no place to get a drink, nowhere to go to the bathroom… Then the community complains that people use inappropriate spaces to relieve themselves. We leave them little choice. I’m planning on doing a social justice/global research project later this year with one of my classes – this will be an excellent intro. Thanks.
April 14, 2011 — 7:41 pm