Hilarious Winner of the Congress of New Urbanism Video Contest!

Hilarious Winner of the Congress of New Urbanism Video Contest!

June 08, 2009

Click HERE for a must-watch, hilarious video! The Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU), the leading international organization promoting walkable, neighborhood-based development as an alternative to sprawl, announces the winner of its 2009 video contest. The team of First + Main Media from Julian, CA and Paget Films from Buffalo, NY, award-winning documentary film producers, won for their short film entitled Built to Last.

The outstanding 3-minute video asks the question “What’s the greatest threat to our planet?” and shows how reimagining our cities and suburbs to be sustainable and walkable will cut carbon emissions, commutes and calories. "When it comes to saving the planet, what we build is the greatest threat…or the greatest hope," say the filmmakers in Built to Last.

 

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Posted by Katie Throne

Tags: New Urbanism


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