In grave danger of falling food

Australia, 1989

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Episode of Series “Visionaries”.
Bill Mollison believes that the single most destructive force on the planet is modern agriculture. It is destroying our soils, poisoning our water and producing toxic food. Instead, he has proposed a system of agriculture - permaculture - that uses the principles of Nature itself. He combines hundreds of species, plant and animal, into a fertile, self-regulating ecosystem. These permaculture systems can be applied to the city as well as the country, and can work in any climate.

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Credits

co-producers/directors

Julian Russell

Tony Gailey

production company

220 Productions

Duration

00:50:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1989

Appears in

Visionaries

Group of items

Visionaries

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

303196

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Agriculture

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Permaculture

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Mollison, Bill

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

People → Mollison, Bill

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

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Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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