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New! Industrial and Sustainable Farming
Item# 52144
© 2012
21 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-699-1
Perhaps the biggest challenge facing the agricultural industry today is feeding the world's rapidly growing population while also caring for the environment. At the center of the challenge is the tens...
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New to Our Collection! Ever Wondered? The Cutting Edge of Science and Technology (Series 1)
Item# 53237
© 2011
220 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-770-7
Ever Wondered? The Cutting Edge of Science and Technology is a ten-part series that investigates the future of food, the prediction of natural disasters, new energy technology, and much...
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The Hole Story: The Real Cost of Mining in Canada
Item# 52012
© 2011
79 Min.
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The history of mining in Canada is a story of astronomical profits made with disregard for the environment and human health. It is the story of nickel in Sudbury, silver in Cobalt, gold in Timmins, an...
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Fashion Victims: Textile Toxins in a Global Industry
Item# 48288
© 2011
52 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62102-945-8
Social awareness may be the latest fashion trend as an increasing number of Western consumers demand eco-friendly products, created under worker-friendly conditions. But textile toxins that have been...
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The Use and Abuse of Vegetational Concepts: Ecology, Technology, and Society—All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
Item# 47362
© 2011
52 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62102-451-4
“The balance of nature” is a widely held belief that ecosystems function cooperatively rather than hierarchically, gradually adjusting for change—a concept that was co-opted by early computer scientis...
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Science Under Attack: Has the Public Lost Faith in Scientists?
Item# 43946
© 2011
52 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62102-009-7
The consensus of the world’s science academies, reached after a series of annual conferences, is that climate change is real and it’s caused by human activity. Why, then, do so many people doubt these...
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Hope Builders
Item# 52013
© 2010
90 Min.
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The future of the world is perhaps being played out in an elementary school in Quebec. A teacher implements a new teaching method known as action research, which is aimed at preparing children to take...
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Endangered Places: Globe Trekker
Item# 50487
© 2010
52 Min.
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Our planet is under threat by human beings. Tourism, wars, pollution, development, mining, decay, and neglect daily threaten some of the most precious places on Earth. Our presenters take us on a trip...
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The Business of Green
Item# 39637
© 2010
28 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61616-004-3
This video divides its time between California, with an eco-friendly hotel (Hospitality and Tourism Cluster) and a sustainable information and communication technology consultancy (Information Technol...
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Combating Climate Change and Improving Air Quality
Item# 39639
© 2010
27 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61616-008-1
This video spotlights Pennsylvania, where a regional transportation authority is using hybrid buses to reduce emission levels (Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics Cluster), a legal firm is pra...
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