The New Alchemists

The New Alchemists

28 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1974

This short documentary profiles a community engaged in developing sustainable living methods, including food production and small-scale solar and wind technology, on a farm in Massachusetts in the 1970s. Well before sustainability was a mainstream concern, these prescient innovators attempted to create a vision of a greener, kinder world. "Think small," say the New Alchemists. "Look what thinking big has done."

The New Alchemists

28 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1974

The New Alchemists
This short documentary profiles a community engaged in developing sustainable living methods, including food production and small-scale solar and wind technology, on a farm in Massachusetts in the 1970s. Well before sustainability was a mainstream concern, these prescient innovators attempted to create a vision of a greener, kinder world. "Think small," say the New Alchemists. "Look what thinking big has done."
Producers National Film Board of Canada, Challenge for Change / Société Nouvelle, Departments and Agencies of the Government of Canada
Original title The New Alchemists
Directors Dorothy Todd Hénaut
Writers

Cast

Stanley Jackson

as Commentary

Ginny Stikeman

as Narration

John Todd

as Self

Nancy Jack Todd

as Self

Bob Angevine

as Self

Bill McLarney

as Self

Marcus Sherman

as Self

Earle Barnhart

as Self

John L. Hess

as Self

Karen Hess

as Self