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Perhaps some of the most famous online videos raising awareness for the environment...
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Sustainability Explained
Concise and to the point: the four "care instructions" for the planet, and us.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5NiTN0chj0
Who do you think produced this short? What is on the other side of the issue? What statements do you agree with? Which do you think are not represented accurately?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ubxq33Q5to&NR=1
Rethink Sustainability
Message: Human impact on Earth. Inspiring change. Embrace sustainability. Individual actions can change the world!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9I3Q6-ZSTI
Sustainability at the Vancouver Winter Olympics (4 minutes)
Discover symbiotic relationships planned during construction for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
http://blogs.natlogic.com/friend/2010/04/sustainability_explained_in_2.html
Global Warming
“What is Global Warming?” 1.5 minutes - Short videotape http://videos.howstuffworks.com/howstuffworks/202-what-is-global-warming-video.htm
Introduction Article to Global Warming: http://science.howstuffworks.com/global-warming.htm
Sum Total: Being Green Isn’t New
Behind every statistic, there's a good story: facts and figures can add up to something greater than themselves. Focus on green is not a new concept, national carbon footprints, water use, waste, recycling, etc… Think and discuss the facts that are presented! What do they mean to us here in Canton, Ohio? By Newsweek. (The video may show up on the second page of the article.)
http://www.newsweek.com/2010/09/12/george-will-earth-doesn-t-care-what-is-done-to-it.html?gt1=43002
Consumption – Chris Jordan
Photographic Artist Chris Jordan turns the statistics of consumerism into palpable images in his new photo series. (10 minute video)
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/09212007/watch3.html
One Simple Idea, 2 Minute Videos from CNN
http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/category/one-simple-thing/
100 short films. TERRA is a collaborative indie filmspace and laboratory explore the horizons of the natural world.
Earth Days
It is now all the rage, but can you remember when everyone in America was not "Going Green"? Earth Days looks back to the dawn and development of the modern environmental movement through the extraordinary stories of the era's pioneers. Available online at: http://video.pbs.org/video/1463378089#
Contents (most chapters are 5 to 9 minutes long – total length is almost 2 hours):
· Earth Days Introduction
· The Decline of Conservation & Superabundance
· Consequences of Development
· Rachel Carson & Silent Spring
· Poisoning the Planet, Effects of Consumerism
· The Population Bomb
· Stewards of the Planet
· Changing Views of Earth from Space
· The Birth of a Movement
· The First Earth Day
· The Limits of Growth
· Threats to American Ways
· Sustainable Living
· The Next Steps
· Summaries
· Roundtable Discussion – Where are we now?
· Credits