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Biography |
Founder of Path to Freedom, a family-operated urban homestead project established in 2001 to promote a simpler and more fulfilling lifestyle and to sow a “homegrown revolution” against the corporate powers that control the food supply.
Since the mid-1980s, Mr.
Dervaes and his three adult children have steadily worked to transform their ordinary city lot in Pasadena, California, into a thriving organic garden that supplies them and their “citified” backyard farm animals with food year round. |
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Filmography |
| 2008 Homegrown Revolution |
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Contact |
Jules Dervaes
Dervaes Institute
631 Cypress Ave, Pasadena, CA 91103
USA
Tel: (626) 795-8400
Fax: (626) 844-4586
E-mail: dervaes@pathtofreedom.com
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Composers |
| | Director, Producer: | Jules Dervaes
| | Filmmakers: | Justin Dervaes, Anais Dervaes, Jordanne Dervaes
| | Footage: | Blaze Media, David Clair |
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Summary |
Homegrown Revolution is a short introduction to a home-grown project that has been called a new revolution in urban sustainability.
In the midst of densely urban 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.
Calling this project “Path to Freedom,” the Dervaes family show 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.
This film follows the footsteps of one man and his family on a journey to change their world and, along the way, inspires and encourages others to take a first step toward a sustainable future--right in their own backyards. |
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Distribution |
Jules Dervaes
Dervaes Institute
631 Cypress Ave, Pasadena, CA 91103
USA
Tel: (626) 795-8400
Fax: (626) 844-4586
E-mail: dervaes@pathtofreedom.com
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