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World Challenge 2009 - Episode 2 |
| Language: |
English |
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| Series: |
World Challenge 2009 |
| Duration: |
24 mins |
| Formats: |
Betacam SP, Mini DV, DVCAM, DVD |
| Keywords: |
Agriculture, Community development, Conservation, Economics, Education, Environmental economics, Natural disasters, Politics/campaigning, Renewable energy, Science and technology, Traditional Culture |
| Script available: |
Yes |
| Year of Production: |
2009 |
| Countries Filmed
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Afghanistan, Thailand, United States of America |
| Synopses: |
"World Challenge" is an annual competition by BBC World and Newsweek to showcase sustainable businesses and projects from around the world. This series features the finalists of World Challenge 2009 - examples that entrepreneurial spirit can go hand-in-hand with environmental and social responsibility. www.theworldchallenge.co.uk
• Fungi Town (United States): Two graduates are bucking the hard times in California by building a business based on waste. They created a mushroom farm is an empty warehouse in a depressed part of San Francisco.
• Old School Thai (Thailand): The North Andaman region of Thailand is attracting a new kind of tourist keen to experience the culture before package tourism...and just as keen to leave it that way.
• Afghan Hands (Afghanistan): Recent images of Kabul, capital of Afghanistan are unlikely to have shown women poring over fashion magazines and stitching embroidery on panels for high fashion blouses.
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DVD: US$ 12
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Note: DVDs Encoded in DVD Region 0 (universal)
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