A Crack In The Pavement: Growing Dreams

A Crack In The Pavement: Growing Dreams

New Stories From 'Urban Agriculture Notes'

Linked by Michael Levenston

A Crack in the Pavement: Growing Dreams, Gwynne Basen & Jane Churchill, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

A Crack in the Pavement is a two-part video set that shows children, teachers, and parents how they can work together to ‘green’ their school grounds and make positive changes in their communities.

Gwynne Basen & Jane Churchill
2000 | 19 min

This short documentary shows initiatives kids take to transform bare pavement into dream schoolyards. Some grow trees for shade, and vegetables for a food bank. Others build a greenhouse or a rooftop garden, while others yet construct a courtyard pond as an outdoor classroom and refuge for wildlife.

A Crack in the Pavement: Digging In

A Crack in the Pavement: Digging In, Gwynne Basen & Jane Churchill, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

Gwynne Basen & Jane Churchill
2000 | 18 min

This short documentary follows students from Toronto’s Jesse Ketchum School as they take steps towards the greening of their schoolyard. Along the way they get how-to advice and inspiration from kids across the country; from Pauline Public School, where students raised $10,000, to Broadacres School, where a family of wild ducks found a home in their pond.