VIDEOS - $10 each (+$3 S&H) or 3 for $25 (+$3
S&H)Immigration By the Numbers
- Hosted by Roy Beck of Numbers
USA
Roy Beck's celebrated demonstration of the population consequences
of current U.S. immigration policies has entertained and shocked
audiences across the country. Tightly edited for TV and for small
group programs, this tape is packed with the facts and analysis
that make moral and practical sense of a complex and highly contentious
issue.
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Tale of Two Counties
This video compares the experiences of two counties in Virginia:
Clark and Stafford Counties, and the results of their differing
approaches to growth and development. Both are bedroom communities
to Washington, D.C. One sought rapid growth, the other slow growth.
Over a ten-year period in the 1990's, taxes, services and property
values were significantly different as a result of these two
approaches.
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Town at the Crossroads
- New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Tells the story of one town's efforts to preserve its small town
character and to keep small shopkeepers in the old downtown.
Describes the impact of zoning changes and road building that
encourage mega stores to drain existing communities of their
quality of life and their traditional business centers.
Click here for a clip from the video - 3.6 megs (close window to return to this page.)
Six Fairy Tales of Growth
in Florida
Traces the selling of Florida since the 1950's using archival
footage from the University of Florida. Interviews people around
the state on the impact to their communities and their water
supply by rapid growth and our growing dependance on the construction
industry as an economic underpinning.
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Changing Lanes
Explores the toll on open space in Florida taken by road building
and its impetus for continued sprawl. Measures some of the costs
to habitat, and peaceful enjoyment of our communities.
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Phantom Future
This video makes the connection between Florida's rampant population
growth, our water shortages and the degraded water quality in
our aquifers and coastal waters, and identifies the principal
growth factor of Florida's population growth --- international
immigration.
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