Environment
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R072086
The Copenhagen Climate Change Summit
In December, 192 nations gather in Copenhagen to discuss climate change. The plan was to begin drafting a document to replace the Kyoto Protocol that expires in 2012.
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Record posted/updated: May 11, 2018
R072136
The Human Fingerprint. Episode 1
This is an era of changing climate, erratic weather, and social calamities that could change our way of life forever. Each year the earth grows warmer, degree by degree- that started with the Industrial Revolution, population growth, and our demand for technology, speed and power. This three-part series was filmed on four continents and endorsed by leading scientists. The 1990s was the warmest decade in 1000 years and the carbon in the Earth's atmosphere is higher than it has been in 420,000 years and climbing. This series goes beyond the science and impacts of climate change to look at exciting ideas and technologies that will create a truly sustainable future. It is narrated by Alanis Morissette and Keanu Reeves. This episode explores the underlying science of climate change. North and South America, Asia, and Europe are studied to determine what today's rising temperatures mean for our own future.
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Record posted/updated: November 22, 2018
R049398
Hijacked Future
This video examines agriculture and genetic modification of seeds. Today's society has an abundance and variety of food items; however, is the system sustainable? In the past, seeds adapted over thousands of years to withstand diseases and changes in the environment. Multinational corporations recognize the value of seeds and prevent farmers from collecting and saving seeds to plant in upcoming years. Today, a small number of multinational corporations control the future of the food supply by controlling the seeds.
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Record posted/updated: July 10, 2019
R072137
Age of Uncertainty. Episode 2
This is an era of changing climate, erratic weather, and social calamities that could change our way of life forever. Each year the earth grows warmer, degree by degree - that started with the Industrial Revolution, population growth, and our demand for technology, speed and power. This three-part series was filmed on four continents and endorsed by leading scientists. The 1990s was the warmest decade in 1000 years and the carbon in the Earth's atmosphere is higher than it has been in 420,000 years and climbing. This series goes beyond the science and impacts of climate change to look at exciting ideas and technologies that will create a truly sustainable future. It is narrated by Alanis Morissette and Keanu Reeves. This episode reveals the often surprising consequences of climate change through the stories of real people already living through them - it is more than just heat.
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Record posted/updated: November 22, 2018
R072138
Our Children's Planet. Episode 3
This is an era of changing climate, erratic weather, and social calamities that could change our way of life forever. Each year the earth grows warmer, degree by degree- that started with the Industrial Revolution, population growth, and our demand for technology, speed and power. This three-part series was filmed on four continents and endorsed by leading scientists. The 1990s was the warmest decade in 1000 years and the carbon in the Earth's atmosphere is higher than it has been in 420,000 years and climbing. This series goes beyond the science and impacts of climate change to look at exciting ideas and technologies that will create a truly sustainable future. It is narrated by Alanis Morissette and Keanu Reeves. This episode sweeps around the world to introduce us to the people and communities who are combating the great warming with commitment, enthusiasm and new technologies.
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Record posted/updated: November 22, 2018
R051443
Tar Sands: Canada for Sale
Tar Sands: Canada for Sale captures the intersecting storyline of a remarkable cast of characters eager to cash in on the oil boom in Fort McMurray, Alberta. Washington lobbyists, pipefitters from Newfoundland, Chinese investors and Norwegian industrialists descend on tar-soaked Fort McMurray, a modern-day Eldorado, where rents are skyrocketing and cocaine abuse is four times the provincial average. Up for grabs - a stake in the $100 billion energy bonanza and Canada's economic sovereignty. this documentary tracks the growth of the world's largest reserve of 'unconventional' oil.
This Florida-sized 'environmental sacrifice zone' has become Canada's contribution to the U.S. energy security in the post-9/11 world. Yet, for many, the tar sands are a global warming disaster. As Fort McMurray bursts at the seams, children from Thunder Bay to Cape Breton are made tar-sands orphans by their migrant-worker parents. Canada's petrodollar breaks the back of the manufacturing economy in the East. Cancer rates skyrocket downstream of Fort McMurray while Rocky Mountain glaciers melt and disappear. And all the while, Alberta crude goes south to U.S. markets while Eastern Canada pays ever more for insecure Middle East oil. In an isolated region of the north, Canada's future is being carved out of the forest at the breakneck pace. "Tar Sands: Canada for Sale" questions how much Canada is willing to sacrifice for a stake in this century's greatest energy bonanza.
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Record posted/updated: July 8, 2024
R039017
Beyond Organic: The Vision of Fairview Gardens
Fairview Gardens is a 12-acre organic farm located within an urban centre in California. It has become a model of sustainable food production and community-supported agriculture. This video shows the efforts of Michael Ableman to diversify the farm (including offering educational programs) and to defend it against the challenges of an encroaching city. A clear connection is made between the nature of science and technology and their relationships to social and environmental contexts.
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Record posted/updated: November 22, 2021