Malakas! Using ABCD for the Design of Sustainable Cities (2010)

MALAKAS! is a 40-minute documentary film that tells the story of how three barangays (villages) in Cagayan de Oro City in the Philippines were empowered using a participatory community design process to develop their own systems of organic waste management in support of local food production. The film features scenes from these communities that illustrate how Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) can be used as an effective tool for the design of sustainable cities. Viewers are guided through the step-wise process that led to environmental leadership training for 23 Community EcoAids and the waste management plans they designed for implementation by their own communities. In the words of one community facilitator, 'it is like a celebration!'