Showing posts with label Environment 2. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Environment 2. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

James Balog on Capturing our Disappearing Glaciers

James Balog, one of the world's outstanding cinemaphotographers, joins Bill Moyers to explain that "the earth is having a fever." At tremendous risk to his own safety, Balog has been documenting the erosion of glaciers in Switzerland, Greenland, Iceland, and Alaska. His soon-to-be-released film, Chasing Ice, is a breathtaking account of climate change in action.















Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Symphony of Science - Our Biggest Challenge (Climate Change Music Video)

A musical investigation into the causes and effects of global climate change and our opportunities to use science to offset it. Featuring Bill Nye, David Attenborough, Richard Alley and Isaac Asimov. "Our Biggest Challenge" is the 16th episode of the Symphony of Science series by melodysheep.















Monday, September 10, 2012

Garbage Island: An Ocean Full of Plastic (Part 3/3)

As if polluting an entire hemisphere's worth of the ocean with plastic weren't enough, we've also poisoned the food chain. Congrats, humanity. We're fucked.

Come aboard as we take a cruise to the Northern Gyre in the Pacific Ocean, a spot where currents spin and cycle, churning up tons of plastic into a giant pool of chemical soup, flecked with bits and whole chunks of refuse that cannot biodegrade.















Garbage Island: An Ocean Full of Plastic (Part 2/3)

As the Gyre sails into view, we realize Garbage Island isn't an island at all. It's something much, much worse.

Come aboard as we take a cruise to the Northern Gyre in the Pacific Ocean, a spot where currents spin and cycle, churning up tons of plastic into a giant pool of chemical soup, flecked with bits and whole chunks of refuse that cannot biodegrade.















Garbage Island: An Ocean Full of Plastic (Part 1/3)

Vice sails to the North Pacific Gyre, collecting point for all of the ocean's flotsam and home of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch: a mythical, Texas-sized island made entirely of our trash.

Come aboard as we take a cruise to the Northern Gyre in the Pacific Ocean, a spot where currents spin and cycle, churning up tons of plastic into a giant pool of chemical soup, flecked with bits and whole chunks of refuse that cannot biodegrade.















Thursday, October 20, 2011

Justin Hall-Tipping: Freeing energy from the grid

What would happen if we could generate power from our windowpanes? In this moving talk, entrepreneur Justin Hall-Tipping shows the materials that could make that possible, and how questioning our notion of 'normal' can lead to extraordinary breakthroughs.
















Thursday, July 21, 2011

She's Alive... Beautiful... Finite... Hurting... Worth Dying for.













This is a non-commercial attempt to highlight the fact that world leaders, irresponsible corporates and mindless 'consumers' are combining to destroy life on earth. It is dedicated to all who died fighting for the planet and those whose lives are on the line today. The cut was put together by Vivek Chauhan, a young film maker, together with naturalists working with the Sanctuary Asia network (www.sanctuaryasia.com).



Monday, May 23, 2011

The Death of the Oceans







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Sir David Attenborough reveals the findings of one of the most ambitious scientific studies of our time - an investigation into what is happening to our oceans. He looks at whether it is too late to save their remarkable biodiversity.

Horizon travels from the cold waters of the North Atlantic to the tropical waters of the Great Barrier Reef to meet the scientists who are transforming our understanding of this unique habitat. Attenborough explores some of the ways in which we are affecting marine life - from over-fishing to the acidification of sea water.

The film also uncovers the disturbing story of how shipping noise is deafening whales and dolphins, affecting their survival in the future.





Sunday, May 22, 2011

How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth?








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Food for thought...





Six Degrees Could Change The World








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Think about it...






Thursday, July 16, 2009

Cannabis Cures Cancer - "Run From The Cure" The Rick Simpson Story

After a serious head injury in 1997, Rick Simpson sought relief from his medical condition through the use of medicinal hemp oil. When Rick discovered that the hemp oil (with its high concentration of T.H.C.) cured cancers and other illnesses, he tried to share it with as many people as he could free of charge. When the story went public, the long arm of the law snatched the medicine - leaving potentially thousands of people without their cancer treatments - and leaving Rick with unconsitutional charges of possessing and trafficking marijuana!
























Monday, April 14, 2008

Controlling Our Food

"The French documentary, called “The world according to Monsanto” and directed by independent filmmaker Marie-Monique Robin, paints a grim picture of a company with a long track record of environmental crimes and health scandals."

This is a long documentary, but well worth the time spent watching it. In general, genetically modified crops are harmful to the environment as it is, but imposing them along with their accompanying poison "Roundup" on the whole world can have catastrophic and even cataclysmic consequences. These people (giant corporations have the same status as individual people without the same responsibilities as people have, thus cannot be prosecuted nor punished when they break the law or commit mass slaughters and destructions) must at all costs be stopped.
























Sunday, November 18, 2007

From "The Real News" - Interview with Dr. David Suzuki

"The award-winning environmentalist and broadcaster speaks of climate change as a slow motion catastrophe.

"He states that the media has to take responsibility for the fact that there is a notion that the issue of climate change is still controversial, even though the vast majority of climatologists in the world say something must be done."
























Killer Aspartame



Sweet Misery - A Poisoned World





















From "The Real News" - George Monbiot on Global Warming

Author of the bestselling books Captive State, The Age of Consent and Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning. George Monbiot is a columnist for the Guardian.


What causes global warming?

What is the tipping point?

And... "Why are countries failing to act with any sense of urgency?"



















George Monbiot comments on the Stern report

The Stern Report said "we face a crisis on a scale of the great wars." Does Monbiot agree?

And... "How does politics compromise science?"



















Monbiot on the media and global warming

We ask "Does the media perpetuate a lack of urgency on global warming?"

And... "Does corporate ownership of the media affect how journalists report the issue?"



















George Monbiot on solutions to global warming

"How can we achieve a 90% reduction in CO2 emissions?"

Monbiot shares his research on the world's most innovative ideas for change





















Friday, November 02, 2007

Truth about Monsanto & Fox News

"!!!STOP DRINKING MILK - WATCH THIS!! - This is a little clip from The Corporation which I highly reccomend to everyone!"
























Thursday, October 18, 2007

The Denial Machine

"In the past few years, a hurricane has engulfed the debate about global warming. This scientific issue has become a rhetorical firestorm with science pitted against spin and inflammatory words on both sides."