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The Suzuki Diaries: Future City

Eighty percent of us now live in an urban setting. How we tackle food, land use, energy, housing, and waste issues will determine whether our cities evolve, or decline.
Father and daughter environmentalists, David and Sarika, embark on a cross-country journey of exploration, housed within a compact, 'off-the-grid' Airstream trailer. It's a small space with little room for excess or waste, making it a perfect metaphor for an efficient way of living.

In Montreal, they discover both large and small operations trying to revolutionize the production and distribution of food in urban settings. In Toronto, they find the 'natural world' is included as the city grows. The Edmonton Waste Management Centre is a world leader in recycling and composting - they'll soon be turning waste into biofuel. And Vancouver has found new ways of thinking about energy, transit and housing.

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