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video stream PRICE: For Individuals: in CD: Rs.200/-, In DVD: Rs.300/- For Institutions: In CD: Rs.300/-, In DVD: Rs.500/-	What song shall I sing today? It’s nigh onto 3 years after the Tsunami. Yet some people continue to live in temporary settlements, in deplorable conditions, with no proper water supply and toilet facilities. What song shall I sing today? journeys through the process of rebuilding of lives in the various phases of emergency relief to temporary shelters,and then on to permanent houses. It highlights the plight of those in temporary shelters hoping to get permanent houses; and of those in permanent settlements, awaiting the arrival of basic amenities - especially the hurdles placed by mindless application of regulatory provisions of the CRZ and the many other practical problems faced, that still keep some in temporary shelters. The irony is that sanitation conditions in some permanent settlements are far worse than what obtains in the temporary shelters. write to CED for copies

video stream PRICE: For Individuals: in CD: Rs.200/-, In DVD: Rs.300/- For Institutions: In CD: Rs.300/-, In DVD: Rs.500/-	Let's clean up this mess This is what the women at the East Devadhanam in Trichy decided. And they succeeded. Simple methods, collective awareness, commitment and action brought about good sanitation. The women’s self-helpgroups in this slum are operating the first ever community-based DEWATS system in Tamil Nadu. A “pay and use” toilet complex, the income is being used for aintenance and the treated water is being used for growing vegetables. In Madhuranthaganalore village, Cuddalore, enthusiastic schoolchildren participate in a Sanitation Parliament. The young social reformers from the Panchayat Union Middle School (the first school to have an ECOSAN toilet in Tamil Nadu) have taken the onus of maintaining toilets and general hygiene in the school. They not only spread the message within the school, but also take it to their families, the community and to nearby villages. write to CED for copies

Video Stream PRICE: For Individuals: in CD: Rs.200/-, In DVD: Rs.300/- For Institutions: In CD: Rs.300/-, In DVD: Rs.500/-	Shanthi…Century Not Out Duration [Tamil, 33 mins 13 secs] A film on a striking example of community awareness efforts by Shanti, which led to the construction of 200 Ecosan toilets in a tsunami affected village in South India. In one rare case of tsunami-affected Kameshwaram village, in Nagapattinam district, the experiment with toilets has been immensely successful due to one woman's initiative. In spite of being a tsunami victim, Shanti was not bogged down by her circumstances. Instead she chose to start a revolution of sorts. She constructed the first ever Ecosan toilet in her house. Thanks to her efforts, now there are about 200 Ecosan toilets in the village, the highest in the entire Nagapattinam district. The film showcases how the construction of Ecosan toilets has changed the lives of many villagers and how it has also strengthened the process of Shanti's empowerment. write to CED for copies

video-stream PRICE for individual Besharp film: For Individuals: in CD: Rs.200/- For Institutions: In CD: Rs.300/-	Landscape for Rainwater Duration 26' - Produced by Anouchka Kine and A&D A huge and beautiful archaeological site in Hampi, Karnataka, shows aspects of Indian cities in late 15th early 16th centuries, It shows ruins of tanks, water channels and aqueduct show how Indian people succeeded in using a passive and complex system so that rainwater was sufficient for all their water needs. write to CED for copies	You can also get the 4 Besharp films in one DVD at Rs. 500/-

video stream PRICE for individual Besharp film: For Individuals: in CD: Rs.200/- For Institutions: In CD: Rs.300/-	Vernacular Values Duration 58'18" - Produced by CED Threading the cross section journeys into the other paradigm in architecture and examines the values and underlying commonsense of the vernacular in shaping our built environment. In this film the philosopher in R L Kumar, a trained accountant reflects on his attempts to build houses differently with a passion for the earth and the people he is working with. This exploration has made kumar an architect, builder, comrade to his workers and philosopher to some of his NGO friends and chief haranguer to others. write to CED for copies

video-stream PRICE for individual Besharp film: For Individuals: in CD: Rs.200/- For Institutions: In CD: Rs.300/-	A Farm Garden in a Dryland of Tamil Nadu Duration 8'30" - Produced by Anouchka Kine and A&D A landscape architect, Mohan S. Rao, explains using the example of a farm garden how to conserve and reuse rainwater as much as possible with sensitive and sustainable methods. The basic principles of this kind of work are explained in a simple way and in a quiet rhythm. write to CED for copies

video-stream PRICE for individual Besharp film: For Individuals: in CD: Rs.200/- For Institutions: In CD: Rs.300/-	City Farming Duration 16'47" - Produced by CED Nature is vanishing at a very fast pace from cities. This film captures this process of Dr. R.T. Doshi science of city farming. write to CED for copies

video stream PRICE: For Individuals: in CD: Rs.200/-, In DVD: Rs.300/- For Institutions: In CD: Rs.300/-, In DVD: Rs.500/-	Build Simply Duration 37 minutes [English] A film on the approach to ‘built environment’ adopted by Timbaktu The film explores Timbaktu’s experiment, which sat a meeting point between forests, agriculture and the built environment. It narrates how a small group of development activists, committed to developmental and ecological regeneration, found ways to heal and regenerate a piece of dry, degraded land, and create an agro forest habitat. Protecting the land, revitalising natural resources and traditional genetic base were the key elements involved.

video-stream PRICE: For Individuals: in CD: Rs.200/-, In DVD: Rs.300/- For Institutions: In CD: Rs.300/-, In DVD: Rs.500/-	"Namma Kadalkarai - Namma Urimal"(Our Coast-Our Right) Duration [ Tamil, 54 mins, PAL VCD Colour] A film explaining the Coastal Regulation Zone, and the Economics and Politics of its Implementation from the point of view of Local Community Rights.

video stream PRICE: For Individuals: in CD: Rs.200/-, In DVD: Rs.300/- For Institutions: In CD: Rs.300/-, In DVD: Rs.500/-	Inayand Seyal Peduttal ("Net-working" Together ) Duration [TAMIL, 38 mins 7 secs, PAL-VCD-Colour] This film tries to address few such concerns related to reconstruction of livelihoods of the coastal communities post-tsunami. It covers a gamut of issues varying from alternative employment, educating the coastal communities to the global market hegemony and modernization of traditional fishing. How to make the local economy self-sustainable and how to ensure its continual growth? How can the NGOs and the local people take up this mammoth task of keeping the traditional economy alive and growing? "Net-working" Together talks about these and many more issues.

video stream PRICE: For Individuals: in CD: Rs.200/-, In DVD: Rs.300/- For Institutions: In CD: Rs.300/-, In DVD: Rs.500/-	Veerabagupathy : A Community in Transition Duration [English, 28 minutes] A film showcases tsunami affected Veerabagupathy village in Kanyakumari District.