G 8-12
Alison Bowman
"Green
Dreams is an inspiring film that shows people making a tangible difference in the city. An excellent tool for any group working on gardening, environmental awareness, or finding solutions to urban decay."
- Library Journal
"The efforts of the San Francisco League of Urban
Gardeners (SLUG) to teach job skills, provide employment, and improve
the lives of low-income, at-risk city residents is the subject
of this video. SLUG employee Leroy Musgraves details his work with
children, fostering both self-respect and respect for the rest
of creation.
A tour of the Garden of the Environment shows an organized
education center where grade-school children learn about the soil
and the importance of doing one's part to heal the earth. At Hunter's
Point, teens who would otherwise be lost to the streets are getting
a new perspective on life. Lives are also changed as reading skills
and basic math skills are taught in a practical, nonjudgmental
context, thus providing the education that so many participants
lack.
This demonstrates a local approach to solving social and
environmental problems that are linked, as noted by several leaders
and participants in the Garden Program. The project isn’t presented as a "cure-all," but
it does provide reasonable wages and an alternative to dealing
on the street. This is a delightful, informative production that
provides ideas other communities could use. Recommended for academic,
public, and special libraries."
- Video Librarian