Sustainable Development

A viewing of the film:

Reining in the storm: one building at a time: an introduction to low impact development, directed by David Eckert

Movie Night at St. Elmo’s kicks off its Fall 2005 Schedule with Dave Eckert’s fourth film in his series of documentaries about our role in creating healthy water supplies and healthy communities.

This 30-minute film presents five steps involved in creating clean water through Low Impact Development techniques.  This special presentation is timed to follow the grand opening of the new Duncan Library and, with it, the debut of the first City of Alexandria public building fitted with a Green Roof; an effort to alleviate storm water impact on the Four Mile Run watershed.  The film serves as a primer on environmentally sensitive development with examples such as the rain garden at Alexandria’s Beatley Library. DVD copies of this and Dave’s film Four Mile Run: Restoring an Urban Stream are also in circulation at Alexandria Libraries.

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