Homegrown Revolution (Award winning short-film 2009)- The Urban Homestead, Dervaes

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This film features: Jules Dervaes, Justin Dervaes, Anais Dervaes and Jordanne Dervaes
Homegrown Revolution is a short introduction to the homegrown project that has been called a new revolution in urban sustainability.
In the midst of a dense city setting in downtown Pasadena, radical change is taking root. For over twenty years, the Dervaes family have transformed their home into an urban homestead and model for sustainable agriculture and city living.
Through the creation of the "Urban Homestead" the Dervaes family shows that change is possible -- one step at a time. They harvest 3 tons of organic food annually from their 1/10 acre garden while incorporating many back-to-basics practices, solar energy and biodiesel in order to reduce their footprint on the earth's resources.
Through the creation of the "Urban Homestead" the Dervaes family shows that change is possible,
Homegrown Revolution is a short film that was never created for a film festival circuit but has a true homegrown, homemade story behind its creation.
The original version of Homegrown Revolution was made in three days for a lecture Jules Dervaes gave at the University of California Los Angeles in October 2007 on the topic of Slow Food (SEE ORIGINAL VERSION: • Urban Homestead Video ... ). It received a wildly enthusiastic response from the students and, subsequently, attracted an avid following on KZbin, with over 500,000 views to date.
This new version of Homegrown Revolution was created in 2009 and went on to screen at many film festivals throughout the world.
It is a collaborative project done by Jules, Anais, Justin and Jordanne with each member taking part in the filming, editing and structure of the film. No one had any previous film editing / filming experience but they hope the passion and enthusiasm of their lifestyle and project show through any technical flaws.
Made in-house on computers powered by solar/green sources. All transportation was done in a biodiesel-fuled car and All camera/mic batteries were rechargeable and charged with solar energy. Waste was kept to a minimum -- paper composted or recycled and all publicizing materials printed on post consumer paper.
Some of the honors Homegrown Revolution (2009) won are:
WINNER
Best Environment & Ecology Film North America,
Swansea International Film Festival, UNITED KINGDOM
Prize of the Mayor of the Capitol City of Slovakia
Ekotop Film Festival of Sustainable Development, SLOVAKIA
Best Short Documentary
Southern Appalachian International Film Festival, TENNESSEE
El Capitan Film Award
Yosemite International Film Festival, CALIFORNIA
Best Sustainability Film
Green Screen Environmental Film Festival, CALIFORNIA
Robert T. Nanninga Award for Excellence,
Cottonwood Creek Film Festival, CALIFORNIA
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HONORABLE MENTION - Westpac Award Best Short Film
Reel Earth Environmental Film Festival, NEW ZEALAND
NOMINATED - Best Film, Climate Change & Sustainable Technology
CMS Vatavaran Environmental & Wildlife Film Fest, INDIA
FINALIST - European Spiritual Film Fest, FRANCE
Clips were also feature on OPRAH's 2009 Earth Day show.

[@rmartin2155]

This family's story changed our lives! We've completely overhauled our house into an Urban Farm. I hope this video inspires others to do the same thing! Growing your own food REALLY is the doorway to freedom.

[@mayawisham5435]

the grass is too expensive, takes too much water, and will never look that good..

[@nathanpontino4937]

What a life.... No hunger. No stress... Life so simple...

[@rawutah]

first watched this in 2007. planted my backyard and front yard garden in 2008 and haven't looked back. thank you dervaes family. you changed my life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@DeirdreSkystone]

Let's stop with growing lawn everywhere! Plant something useful!

[@chriswells712]

He was the first the father of this movement. Gods workmen thank you so much I will always remember you and give you credit.

[@originalkikisound]

I think it is more important to meet people like this family all over, than meeting this specific family, my deepest respect for them same way, and for everybody making a change we have been idiotized and we´ve lost our ancestor´s knowledge in 2 or 3 generations...

[@melovescoffee]

I have seen this garden before in some other documentary. I am in awe of the vigor and productivity that soars miles above what a regular farm could ever do. I too live in an urban desert but i have finally found my Eden 5 years ago, abandoned, overgrown, derelict buildings, poor, poor soil. Even grass had a hard time there, 10 miles away and while it has not reached it's peak of productivity yet, a lot of my food comes from it and in the last year i have quadrupled my yield. It took me 3 years of clearing and amending to get anything going there. I definitely feel you. I share it with my new friend who showed up at my fence with a dream of food security and shook hands. We now work together to make it a better place. I'm so grateful for him and the simple joy of friendship he brought to my life. The freshness of the food made such a difference healthwise. You can taste it. No matter what anyone says. I guess they have never had fresh food before. Not just organic. Fresh! That chef is a lucky man! Gosh, that looks delicious!

[@AXSLKRVS]

Jules Dervaes, rest in peace ... Your teaching must be multiplied to the world ...

[@Spiritfba]

This is inspiring. My husband and I have wanted to homestead for years, but were always held back by the fear of leaving a comfortable corporate career. However, we have learned that this lifestyle can never fulfill our yearning for true freedom. Wish us luck as we begin this journey and move forward towards self reliance and inner satisfaction.

[@Cerridwyn1st]

When I lived in Spain, every day you could see small plots with vegetables growing inside the cities. You would see farmers riding their mopeds to deliver fresh-grown vegetables to restaurants and homes. Food was fresh and immediate. I still remember how great salad tasted when the lettuce was only a few hours out of the field. It wasn't a revolution, it was a way of life. There is another way to live.

[@Moonlitbutterfly117]

I especially liked the message at the end about how we have to change and be responsible ourselves instead of waiting for someone else to do it for us.

[@JaseboMonkeyRex]

this is the living words of buckminster fuller - “You never change things by fighting the existing reality.To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”

[@DysarJenkins]

My heart aches for this so badly. We're so close.

[@dannycoolawesomeperson9463]

your stories have really taought me something. i am about to turne 15 and for my birthday i wished to start a big garden and get a few chickens. i have always been intersted in farming and u people have really inspiered me jules is seriously the pearson i want to be like when i am older.

[@Rockys-Mum]

KEEP THE FAMILY TOGETHER! This is how life should be!

[@cesarleitex]

thanks thanks for this guys!

[@mamaspooky7806]

I love that family! I want to live just like them.

[@carolynhavens925]

I think this is THE most inspiring story I have ever heard. Thank you!

[@chunkyification]

I am actually being moved to tears by your inspirational video. This is the way forward. We all need to understand that the state as it is will not help - it doesn't want individuality or allowing its citizens choice on what they eat. Dig the lawn!