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Ocean Cities
directed by Chuck Davis and Timothy Beatley, 1957-; presented by Timothy Beatley, 1957-; produced by Timothy Beatley, 1957- and Chuck Davis, Throughline Productions (Mill Valley, CA: Green Planet Films, 2018), 56 mins
In this era of climate change and sea level rise – How can coastal cities around the world innovate and connect to the oceans they border? Join Professor Timothy Beatley as he explores urban projects around the world representing the new green movement that hopes to move beyond our urban environments to a regene...
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directed by Chuck Davis and Timothy Beatley, 1957-; presented by Timothy Beatley, 1957-; produced by Timothy Beatley, 1957- and Chuck Davis, Throughline Productions (Mill Valley, CA: Green Planet Films, 2018), 56 mins
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In this era of climate change and sea level rise – How can coastal cities around the world innovate and connect to the oceans they border? Join Professor Timothy Beatley as he explores urban projects around the world representing the new green movement that hopes to move beyond our urban environments to a regenerative way of living.
Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Timothy Beatley, 1957-, Chuck Davis, Throughline Productions
Author / Creator
Chuck Davis, Timothy Beatley, 1957-
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
Green Planet Films
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2018 Throughline Productions. All Rights Reserved.
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Orange Witness
directed by Andrew Nisker, fl. 1992; produced by Andrew Nisker, fl. 1992, Take Action Films (Mill Valley, CA: Green Planet Films, 2012), 43 mins
Orange Witness serves as a platform for those exposed to and affected by Agent Orange to tell their stories. Weaving audio interviews and archival footage the film paints a bleak picture of the damage caused by the use of herbicides 2,4-D, 2,4,5-T and TCCD internationally. Historically, Agent Orange has been assoc...
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directed by Andrew Nisker, fl. 1992; produced by Andrew Nisker, fl. 1992, Take Action Films (Mill Valley, CA: Green Planet Films, 2012), 43 mins
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Orange Witness serves as a platform for those exposed to and affected by Agent Orange to tell their stories. Weaving audio interviews and archival footage the film paints a bleak picture of the damage caused by the use of herbicides 2,4-D, 2,4,5-T and TCCD internationally. Historically, Agent Orange has been associated with war, but the industrial and domestic of use of the chemical is a story that has yet to reach the masses, until now.
Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrew Nisker, fl. 1992, Take Action Films
Author / Creator
Andrew Nisker, fl. 1992
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
Green Planet Films
Topic / Theme
DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane), Soil pollution, Pollutants, Herbicides, Environmental illnesses, Ecology, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2012 by Green Planet Films
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PBS NewsHour, The tough decision of which species to save from extinction
produced by NewsHour Productions; interview by Geoff Bennett, 1980-, in PBS NewsHour (Arlington, VA: NewsHour Productions, 2022), 5 mins
Roughly 1 million species of wildlife face extinction worldwide, according to a recent United Nations report. Ecologist and author Rebecca Nesbit joins Geoff Bennett to discuss the ethics and decision-making process behind figuring out which species to save.
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produced by NewsHour Productions; interview by Geoff Bennett, 1980-, in PBS NewsHour (Arlington, VA: NewsHour Productions, 2022), 5 mins
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Roughly 1 million species of wildlife face extinction worldwide, according to a recent United Nations report. Ecologist and author Rebecca Nesbit joins Geoff Bennett to discuss the ethics and decision-making process behind figuring out which species to save.
Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
NewsHour Productions
Author / Creator
Geoff Bennett, 1980-
Date Published / Released
2022
Publisher
NewsHour Productions
Series
PBS NewsHour
Person Discussed
Rebecca Nesbit, fl. 2022
Topic / Theme
Wildlife conservation, Ecosystem management
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2022 NewsHour Productions LLC
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PBS NewsHour, Pakistan struggles to recover from historic flooding as waters refuse to recede
produced by NewsHour Productions, in PBS NewsHour (Arlington, VA: NewsHour Productions, 2023), 6 mins
Months after historic flooding that killed more than 1,700 people, Pakistan is still struggling to recover. The UN is warning it might suspend its food support program for flood victims because it is running out of money. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Sindh, one of the hardest-hit provinces. This story is part o...
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produced by NewsHour Productions, in PBS NewsHour (Arlington, VA: NewsHour Productions, 2023), 6 mins
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Months after historic flooding that killed more than 1,700 people, Pakistan is still struggling to recover. The UN is warning it might suspend its food support program for flood victims because it is running out of money. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Sindh, one of the hardest-hit provinces. This story is part of the series Agents for Change and produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
News story
Contributor
NewsHour Productions
Author / Creator
Fred de Sam Lazaro, fl. 1985
Date Published / Released
2023
Publisher
NewsHour Productions
Series
PBS NewsHour
Topic / Theme
Floods
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2023 NewsHour Productions LLC
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PBS NewsHour, Pakistanis build climate-resilient homes in aftermath of devastating floods
produced by NewsHour Productions, in PBS NewsHour (Arlington, VA: NewsHour Productions, 2023), 6 mins
Pakistan is struggling to recover from last year’s cataclysmic flooding that killed more than 1,700. It was the latest in a string of weather-related disasters the country has faced over the past two decades, prompting calls to make hard-hit communities more resilient as they rebuild. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports...
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produced by NewsHour Productions, in PBS NewsHour (Arlington, VA: NewsHour Productions, 2023), 6 mins
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Pakistan is struggling to recover from last year’s cataclysmic flooding that killed more than 1,700. It was the latest in a string of weather-related disasters the country has faced over the past two decades, prompting calls to make hard-hit communities more resilient as they rebuild. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from the flood-ravaged Sindh province, in partnership with the Pulitzer Center.
Field of Study
Art & Architecture
Content Type
News story
Contributor
NewsHour Productions
Author / Creator
Fred de Sam Lazaro, fl. 1985
Date Published / Released
2023
Publisher
NewsHour Productions
Series
PBS NewsHour
Speaker / Narrator
Yasmeen Lari, 1941-
Person Discussed
Yasmeen Lari, 1941-
Topic / Theme
Floods
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2023 NewsHour Productions LLC
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Planet E: Fixing Earth from your Backyard, Episode 7, Climate Change in the Supermarket
directed by Ioanna Engel, fl. 2016 and Bernd Reufels, 1970-, in Planet E: Fixing Earth from your Backyard, Episode 7 (District of Columbia: MagellanTV, 2016), 29 mins
Storms, floods, and drought – climate change has many faces. Few people realize that the effects of climate change have been reaching our supermarkets, too. Because many foodstuffs come from far-off countries where drought and freak weather can destroy entire harvests, we must make changes before the markets are...
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directed by Ioanna Engel, fl. 2016 and Bernd Reufels, 1970-, in Planet E: Fixing Earth from your Backyard, Episode 7 (District of Columbia: MagellanTV, 2016), 29 mins
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Storms, floods, and drought – climate change has many faces. Few people realize that the effects of climate change have been reaching our supermarkets, too. Because many foodstuffs come from far-off countries where drought and freak weather can destroy entire harvests, we must make changes before the markets are empty forever.
Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Steven Charles
Author / Creator
Ioanna Engel, fl. 2016, Bernd Reufels, 1970-
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
MagellanTV
Series
Planet E: Fixing Earth from your Backyard
Speaker / Narrator
Matin Qaim, fl. 2000, Andreas Fangmeier, fl. 2016, Thilo Pommerening, fl. 2016, Christian Bunn, fl. 2010, Steven Charles
Person Discussed
Matin Qaim, fl. 2000, Andreas Fangmeier, fl. 2016, Thilo Pommerening, fl. 2016, Christian Bunn, fl. 2010
Topic / Theme
Prices, Climate change, Farming, Coffee
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2016 Aliant Content
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Planet E: Fixing Earth from your Backyard, Episode 9, Living with Waste Water
directed by Claus Schenk, fl. 1997-2015; produced by Birgit Hermes, 1961- and Volker Angres, 1956-, in Planet E: Fixing Earth from your Backyard, Episode 9 (District of Columbia: MagellanTV, 2017), 29 mins
The United Nations has declared that access to clean water and sanitation is a human right, fundamental to everyone's health, dignity, and prosperity. But these seem to be empty words for the people living in the overpopulated poor regions of the world. Explore how urban Tanzanians are struggling to live without e...
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directed by Claus Schenk, fl. 1997-2015; produced by Birgit Hermes, 1961- and Volker Angres, 1956-, in Planet E: Fixing Earth from your Backyard, Episode 9 (District of Columbia: MagellanTV, 2017), 29 mins
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The United Nations has declared that access to clean water and sanitation is a human right, fundamental to everyone's health, dignity, and prosperity. But these seem to be empty words for the people living in the overpopulated poor regions of the world. Explore how urban Tanzanians are struggling to live without easy access to the necessities of life. It's a vicious circle of poverty and disease.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Birgit Hermes, 1961-, Volker Angres, 1956-, Steven Charles
Author / Creator
Claus Schenk, fl. 1997-2015
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
MagellanTV
Series
Planet E: Fixing Earth from your Backyard
Speaker / Narrator
Ernst Doering, fl. 2011, Jutta Camargo, fl. 2007, Steven Charles
Person Discussed
Ernst Doering, fl. 2011, Jutta Camargo, fl. 2007
Topic / Theme
Poverty, Urban sanitation, Communicable diseases, Slums, Water pollution, Sewage disposal, Tanzanians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2017 Aliant Content
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Planet E: Fixing Earth from your Backyard, Episode 13, The Solar Power Makers
directed by Doris Ammon, fl. 2017; produced by Volker Angres, 1956-, in Planet E: Fixing Earth from your Backyard, Episode 13 (District of Columbia: MagellanTV, 2018), 28 mins
Penniless and without a chance, there's plenty of misery to go around in Africa. Fifty years of development policy did not alleviate poverty to any appreciable degree. With a revolutionary business idea, a German-African startup wants to do the impossible now.
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directed by Doris Ammon, fl. 2017; produced by Volker Angres, 1956-, in Planet E: Fixing Earth from your Backyard, Episode 13 (District of Columbia: MagellanTV, 2018), 28 mins
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Penniless and without a chance, there's plenty of misery to go around in Africa. Fifty years of development policy did not alleviate poverty to any appreciable degree. With a revolutionary business idea, a German-African startup wants to do the impossible now.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Volker Angres, 1956-, Steven Charles
Author / Creator
Doris Ammon, fl. 2017
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
MagellanTV
Series
Planet E: Fixing Earth from your Backyard
Speaker / Narrator
Torsten Schreiber, fl. 2014, Steven Charles
Person Discussed
Torsten Schreiber, fl. 2014
Topic / Theme
Globalization, Entrepreneurship, Renewable energy sources, Poverty, Town life, Electrical engineering, Sustainable engineering, Africans
Copyright Message
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Planet E: Fixing Earth from your Backyard, Episode 14, The Internet's Hunger for Energy
directed by Louis Saul, fl. 1999; produced by Volker Angres, 1956-, in Planet E: Fixing Earth from your Backyard, Episode 14 (District of Columbia: MagellanTV, 2018), 28 mins
The internet is smart and omnipresent. We are constantly online, often for many hours a day. Internet access has become indispensable to many. Huge volumes of data are moved to satiate the internet's large hunger for energy. Millions of servers are active for the digital boom. Where is all this increasing energy u...
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directed by Louis Saul, fl. 1999; produced by Volker Angres, 1956-, in Planet E: Fixing Earth from your Backyard, Episode 14 (District of Columbia: MagellanTV, 2018), 28 mins
Description
The internet is smart and omnipresent. We are constantly online, often for many hours a day. Internet access has become indispensable to many. Huge volumes of data are moved to satiate the internet's large hunger for energy. Millions of servers are active for the digital boom. Where is all this increasing energy usage going to lead us?
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Volker Angres, 1956-, Steven Charles
Author / Creator
Louis Saul, fl. 1999
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
MagellanTV
Series
Planet E: Fixing Earth from your Backyard
Speaker / Narrator
Mats Andersson, fl. 1994, Tilman Santarius, fl. 2005, Michael Wuerth, fl. 1997, Steven Charles
Person Discussed
Mats Andersson, fl. 1994, Tilman Santarius, fl. 2005, Michael Wuerth, fl. 1997
Topic / Theme
Sustainable engineering, Digital communications, Technology, Internet
Copyright Message
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Planet E: Fixing Earth from your Backyard, Episode 18, The Python Code: Snakeskins for Luxury Goods
directed by Norbert Porta, fl. 2011 and Andreas Ewels, fl. 2009; produced by Martin Ordolff, fl. 2003 and Volker Angres, 1956-, Norbert Porta Sciencedocu, in Planet E: Fixing Earth from your Backyard, Episode 18 (District of Columbia: MagellanTV, 2018), 29 mins
Pythons are both threatening and fascinating. Their leather is extremely sought after as a luxury product in the world of fashion. Behind the scenes is an industry that is almost uncontrollable. Opaque business deals abound, to the detriment of the environment. Could a genetic fingerprint protect these snakes?
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directed by Norbert Porta, fl. 2011 and Andreas Ewels, fl. 2009; produced by Martin Ordolff, fl. 2003 and Volker Angres, 1956-, Norbert Porta Sciencedocu, in Planet E: Fixing Earth from your Backyard, Episode 18 (District of Columbia: MagellanTV, 2018), 29 mins
Description
Pythons are both threatening and fascinating. Their leather is extremely sought after as a luxury product in the world of fashion. Behind the scenes is an industry that is almost uncontrollable. Opaque business deals abound, to the detriment of the environment. Could a genetic fingerprint protect these snakes?
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Martin Ordolff, fl. 2003, Volker Angres, 1956-, Norbert Porta Sciencedocu, Steven Charles
Author / Creator
Norbert Porta, fl. 2011, Andreas Ewels, fl. 2009
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
MagellanTV
Series
Planet E: Fixing Earth from your Backyard
Speaker / Narrator
Mark Auliya, fl. 2012, Steven Charles
Person Discussed
Mark Auliya, fl. 2012
Topic / Theme
Fashion industry, Extinction, Snakes, Poaching
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2018 Aliant Content
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