Precious Places at GreenFest Philly
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Please join us at Greenfest Philly as Scribe presents a selection of Precious Places videos at the 2008 Eco-Film Forum.
Precious Places videos are produced in collaboration with community organizations and honor the unique identity of neighborhoods in Philadelphia and Camden and enrich our understanding of these communities' environmental battles and triumphs.
Las Parcelas by Norris Square Neighborhood Project (2005, 10:30 min)
Once a vacant lot, Las Parcelas is now a lush urban garden and community center in Norris Square where the dedicated women of Grupo Motivos tend a small piece of the island for their community.
Petty's Island by Camden City African American 
Commission (2007, 13.31 min)
Narrated by Danny Glover, Petty's Island: A Sacred Part of America’s Story reveals the legacy of an island with a unique place in the historic encounter between Africans, Europeans and Native Americans in the Philadelphia region.
Southwark: 30 Years and Growing by Neighborhood Gardens Association (2007, 10:00 min)
A look at the positive social and environmental impact of Queen Village Community Garden, one of Philadelphia’s oldest community gardens.
The Taking of Bodine: Never Forget by Community Leadership Institute (2005, 9:40 min)
Led by neighborhood organizer Rosemary Cubas, The Community Leadership Institute confronts the displacement of residents in North Philadelphia through the Neighborhood Transformation Initiative.
Eve's Garden by Heart of Camden (2007, 8:50 min) 
Founded in 2004, Eve’s Garden features a large greenhouse, vegetable beds, and even a hand-built cob baking oven that the kids helped construct from local clay, sand and straw.