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Sustainable City Living on 1/10th of an Acre – Degrowth in the Suburbs

This film tells the story of one small family practicing urban sufficiency. They live on 1/10th of an acre in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. By living more simply and utilizing alternative technologies this household draws 75-80% less electricity from the grid than the Australian average (per capita). At the same time they’re exporting five times that amount in solar energy back into the grid.

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Watch our feature-film Living the Change – https://livingthechangefilm.com

Samuel Alexander’s new book Degrowth in the Suburbs: A Radical Urban Imaginary – https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9789…

Thanks to Charlie Kilman for working with us on this film! Check out his YouTube channel Our Changing Climate – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNXv…

Some useful resources (please note that neither Happen Films nor Sam and Helen, the subject of this film, have any affiliation at all with the companies linked to below):

The biodigester unit Sam and Helen have: https://homebiogas.com/

Two articles by Sam on this particular unit: http://theconversation.com/home-bioga…

http://simplicitycollective.com/home-…

The parabolic dish Sam and Helen have: https://www.oneearthdesigns.com/solso…

The solar oven Sam and Helen have: http://www.sunoven.com/all-american-s…

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