We offer a large selection of educational video tapes for teachers and
home-school parents - grouped by audience target and topic in the
list below.
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Garbage and Litter |
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Pre-K - 6th grade |
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A-Way With Waste –
Audience: Part 1 – Grades 5-12 & Adult
Recycleman
Part 2 – Grades K-6 |
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Producer: Clark/Vancouver
Television Time:
9 minutes |
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Summary: “A Way With Waste” is an
MTV-style video that teaches students where “away” is. This new music
video stresses the importance of reducing the amount of waste that we
generate. Before the music video, Recycleman discusses the importance
of recycling |
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Do You Know Where Your Garbage Is?
Audience: Grades 5-12 |
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Producer: Cornell Un. Waste
Management Inst. Time: 12 minutes |
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Summary: Although recycling can greatly
help to reduce waste, we can never completely eliminate our garbage.
This film discusses options for what we can do with the solid waste
that cannot be recycled. It shows the need to manage different
portions of waste in ways that protect the environment. Two animated
characters help students explore the more controversial issues of
composting, incinerating, and landfilling. |
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Countdown to Earth Day - Waste Reduction,
Household Hazardous Waste, Compost
Audience: Grades 1-6 |
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Producer: Local Governments
Time: 33 minutes |
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Summary: The landfills are filling up and
water is being polluted. This video, taking place in a classroom
setting, encourages recycling, waste reduction, compost and avoiding
hazardous products and explains what students can do to help. |
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The Rotten Truth
Audience: Grades 4-6 |
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Producer: Children’s Television Workshop
Time: 30 minutes |
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Summary: Where do things go after you
throw them away? Can you ever make nothing out of something? This
entertaining 3-2-1 Contact Extra takes you on an adventure to learn
the truth about garbage with cast members who guide you through a
landfill, to a museum of Modern Garbage, and much more. Includes
amazing facts, terrific live-action footage, colorful animation, great
music, and plenty of fun. |
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Think First- Cut Waste
Audience: All ages |
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Producer: Washington State Dept. of
Ecology Time: 8 minutes |
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Summary: Americans consume resources and
produce way too much waste. All that waste adds up, and there is not
enough room in the landfills. This video encourages you to save money
and resources by thinking about what you buy and how much of it you
will actually use. |
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Middle/Jr. High |
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Do You Know Where Your Garbage Is?
Audience: Grades 5-12 |
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Producer: Cornell Un. Waste
Management Inst. Time: 12 minutes |
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Summary: Although recycling can greatly
help to reduce waste, we can never completely eliminate our garbage.
This film discusses options for what we can do with the solid waste
that cannot be recycled. It shows the need to manage different
portions of waste in ways that protect the environment. Two animated
characters help students explore the more controversial issues of
composting, incinerating, and landfilling. |
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Think First- Cut Waste
Audience: All ages |
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Producer: Washington State Dept. of
Ecology Time: 8 minutes |
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Summary: Americans consume resources and
produce way too much waste. All that waste adds up, and there is not
enough room in the landfills. This video encourages you to save money
and resources by thinking about what you buy and how much of it you
will actually use. |
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High School/Adult |
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Adopt a Highway
Audience: High school/Adult |
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Producer: Washington Dept. of
Transportation Time: 12 minutes |
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Summary: This video discourages viewers
from littering and gives information about how they can help the
litter problem by participating in the Adopt-a-Highway program.
Details about the program are explained. |
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Do You Know Where Your Garbage Is?
Audience: Grades 5-12 |
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Producer: Cornell Un. Waste
Management Inst. Time: 12 minutes |
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Summary: Although recycling can greatly
help to reduce waste, we can never completely eliminate our garbage.
This film discusses options for what we can do with the solid waste
that cannot be recycled. It shows the need to manage different
portions of waste in ways that protect the environment. Two animated
characters help students explore the more controversial issues of
composting, incinerating, and landfilling. |
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Garbage In America-
Volume I: The Choice is Ours
Audience: High school & Adults |
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Producer: Refuse Industry Productions,
Inc. Time:
20 minutes |
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Summary: A comprehensive, easy to
understand overview of America’s solid waste problem and how the
public can help deal with it with an emphasis on recycling. |
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Garbage In America- Volume II:
Hazardous Waste-Priority One
Audience: High school & Adults |
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Producer: Refuse Industry Productions,
Inc.
Time: 23 minutes |
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Summary: An in depth study of the
household and commercial wastes in our waste stream, plus what
measures must be taken to combat them. |
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Garbage In America- Volume III:
Landfills- Options and Solutions Audience:
High school & Adults |
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Producer: Refuse Industry Productions,
Inc.
Time: 27 minutes |
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Summary: What shall we do with the waste
we produce? This video investigates landfills, other options such as
incineration, and also addresses the fears behind the NIMBY Syndrome. |
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Shop S.M.A.R.T.
Audience: High school & Adults |
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Producer: Cornell Waste Management
Institute Time:
5 minutes |
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Summary: This video explains how you can
save money and produce less waste by shopping smartly. It encourages
you to buy products with less packaging, chose reusable and durable
products, buy larger sized products, and use concentrates. |
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Shop Smart
Audience: High School & Adults |
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Producer: Washington State Dept. of
Ecology Time: 8 minutes |
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Summary: Follow a guide through the
grocery store and learn how to save money and resources by buying
recycled items and items with less packaging. Other tips include how
to produce less waste by shopping smartly. |
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Water You Doing
Audience: Grades 4-10 |
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Producer: Seattle Public Utilities & King
County Time: 35 Minutes |
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Summary: The subject matter is our local
water. Five short segments discuss the formation of Puget Sound,
ecosystems, sources of pollution, household hazardous products,
rainfall, watersheds, the water cycle, storm drains, sewage, water
treatment plants, point and non-point source pollution, storm drain
stenciling. Skits are humorous and include Bill Nye, John Keister,
Jackie Moscou, the Flying Karamazov brothers, Steve Pool, Jeff Renner,
and Larry Schick. There is a review at the end. A very good
introduction to all these issues. |
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Household Hazardous Waste |
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Pre-K - 6th grade |
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What Are We Toxin About?
Audience: Grades 4 and up |
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Producer: Washington State Dept. of
Ecology Time: 8
minutes |
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Summary: This short video gives
information on eliminating household toxic products from your home
while finding useful alternatives. Because disposal is costly, this
video encourages people to “think first, cut waste, and avoid toxics.” |
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Middle/Jr. High |
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What Are We Toxin About?
Audience: Grades 4 and up |
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Producer: Washington State Dept. of
Ecology Time: 8
minutes |
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Summary: This short video gives
information on eliminating household toxic products from your home
while finding useful alternatives. Because disposal is costly, this
video encourages people to “think first, cut waste, and avoid toxics.” |
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High School/Adult |
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What Are We Toxin About?
Audience: Grades 4 and up |
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Producer: Washington State Dept. of
Ecology Time: 8
minutes |
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Summary: This short video gives
information on eliminating household toxic products from your home
while finding useful alternatives. Because disposal is costly, this
video encourages people to “think first, cut waste, and avoid toxics.” |
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Growing Like A Weed- The Case for
Audience: High School/Adult
Chemical Free Lawns and Gardens
Time: 29 minutes |
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Producer: Naomi Robinson and the
Toronto Environmental Alliance |
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Summary: Many North American
homeowners make extensive use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers,
as well as large amounts of water and gas to maintain green, weed-free
lawns. This video mixes humorous skits, personal stories, and
practical advice to present the case against chemical gardening, as
well as a quick lesson in organic lawn care. It also encourages
viewers to consider replacing lawns with ground covers and native
plants, which are easier to maintain. Featured are toxicologists,
landscape architects, and those affected by herbicides, including 6th
grade students whose protests led to a moratorium on spraying at their
school. |
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Cleaning Up Toxics- At Home
Audience:
High School/Adult |
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Producer: League of Women Voters of
Time: 25 minutes
California Education Fund
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Summary: Pesticides… motor oil…
paints… strippers… oven and drain cleaners. Are these chemicals found
in your home? Do you know the hazards they pose to your family and
community? Or how to properly store and dispose of them? This video
shows you simple, practical things we can all do to protect our
families from toxic chemicals in our homes. This fast-paced programs
also presents safer alternatives that can help you reduce the use of
hazardous products. |
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Cleaning Up Toxics- In Business
Audience: Adult |
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Producer: League of Women Voters of
Time: 25 minutes
California Education Fund
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Summary: Small businesses of all
kinds - from photo finishers, auto mechanics and dry cleaners, to
manufacturers and pest control specialists - are making remarkable
changes to protect our environment. This video shows small companies
using innovative techniques to reduce pollution and comply with tough
new environmental regulations. |
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Household Hazardous Waste
Audience: Adult |
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Producer: Washington State Dept. of
Ecology Time: 15 minutes |
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Summary: This video warns of
improper management of hazardous waste. These common toxic products
don’t break down, but accumulate in our environment, poisoning our
ground water and harming pets, wildlife, and plants. Learn how to
identify which products are hazardous by looking for keywords, how to
keep safe, and how to manage them properly. |
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Great Lakes, Great Lawns- A Homeowner’s
Audience: Adult
Guide to Growing Lawns without Pesticide |
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Producer: Will Hommeyer
Time: 25 minutes |
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Summary: Pesticides and other
chemicals can kills pets, harm children, and pollute our streams,
lakes, and ground water. This video shows how important clean waster
is, how bad pesticides and other chemicals can be, and presents some
safer alternatives that will help you keep your lawn and garden
healthy. |
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Oil and Water Don’t Mix
Audience: High School & Adults |
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Producer: Washington Waters Fund
Time: 8 minutes |
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Summary: We have a lot of cars, and
use a lot of oil. Water is home to many species that need clean water
to survive, and is needed by humans as well. One gallon of oil
contaminates a million gallons of drinking water, and millions of
gallons are put into our water every year. This video explains the
negative effects of polluting, and how to recycle or dispose of used
motor oil correctly. |
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle |
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Pre-K - 6th grade |
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Air to Earth (For use with Air to Earth
curriculum) Audience: All |
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Producer: Nike, Inc.
Time: 8 minutes |
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Summary: This video describes Nike’s
Reuse-a-Shoe program that uses old, worm out sport shoes to make new
tracks, playgrounds, sports courts, and more. It explains why it is
important to recycle and encourages viewers to care about the future
of our earth. |
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Call Me Can and Yackety Yak Music Video
Audience: Grades K-6 |
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Producer: Reynolds Aluminum Recycling Co.
Time: 24 minutes |
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Summary: Dan buys an aluminum can made
from recycled aluminum that had previously been in other forms of
aluminum and raw materials in Dan’s environment. The can talks to Dan
and they become friends. When Dan accidentally recycles the can and
meets him again as another can, Dan learns from the can’s experience
all about how recycling works and how he can recycle. |
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Complete the Circle- How to Buy Recycled
Audience: All |
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Producer: Environmental Defense Fund
Time: 27 minutes |
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Summary: When you recycle glass bottles,
aluminum cans, and other items, the materials are made into new
products. This video encourages the viewer to complete the recycling
circle by choosing products made from recycled materials. It explains
how the recycling loop cannot be completed until a useful product is
made and bought by consumers after it has been used at least once. |
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Life After The Curb: Recycling Process
Audience: Grades 5-12 |
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Producer: Cornell University Waste
Management Inst. Time: 20 min. |
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Summary: This video discusses what
materials are recyclable, how the recycling process works, and what
items are remanufactured from recycled materials. Tips to reduce
garbage are included. |
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Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood –
Our Earth: Clean and Green
Audience: Grades PreK-1 |
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Producer: Family Communications
Time: 28 minutes |
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Summary: The earth is the home that all
of us share. Mister Rogers helps children appreciate the wondrous
beauty of our world. He also shows some recycling ideas that can help
protect our planet. In Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood of Make-Believe,
everything is dirty and cluttered with garbage. Friends and Neighbors
join together to solve the problem and keep the environment clean.
Mister Rogers helps children appreciate the wondrous beauty of our
world. He also shows some recycling ideas that can help protect our
planet. |
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Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood –
The Environment and Recycling
Audience: Grades PreK-1 |
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Producer: Sears Roebuck Foundation
Time: 30 minutes |
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Summary: Explains to young children how a
recycling center works, how materials are recycled, and how they can
help. It also explains what happens if the landfills are filled, and
how throwing away too much trash creates problems. In the Neighborhood
of Make-Believe, the landfills are full and the neighborhood is
cluttered with garbage. King Friday and Lady Elaine appear on
television to ask for aid. The goats from Northwood pledge their help,
and Mrs. Dingleborder invents a recycling machine that can transform
all sorts of discarded things. Friends and neighbors can solve their
problems by talking about them and working together on solutions.
Often the answer is right next door. |
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The Original Recyclers
Audience: All |
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Producer: Institute of Scrap
Recycling Industries
Time: 10 minutes |
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Summary: This video tells the story
of the scrap recycling industries, what they do, and how they recycle
various scrap materials. It defines the word “scrap” and discusses how
reusing the same material over and over saves time, money, and
resources. |
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Pulp And Paper
Audience: Grades 4-8 |
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Producer: The Green Earth Club
Time: 15 minutes |
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Summary: This study of the
relationship between wood product consumption and the decline of
natural forests includes a history of paper; papermaking and inventive
games and projects help children understand forests better. Simple
ways of reducing paper use in classroom are suggested. |
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Recycle It Right
Audience: All |
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Producer: Kitsap County Solid Waste
Time: 13 minutes |
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Summary: This video describes what
materials are recyclable and how to recycle correctly. |
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Time & Time Again
Audience: Grades 3-12 |
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Producer: School to Work Transition
Project Time: 15 minutes |
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Summary: This video, about today’s
critical recycling issues, was researched, written, produced and
directed by students for students, and explains exactly which
materials are fully recyclable. |
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Middle/Jr. High |
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Air to Earth (For use with Air to Earth
curriculum) Audience: All |
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Producer: Nike, Inc.
Time: 8 minutes |
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Summary: This video describes Nike’s
Reuse-a-Shoe program that uses old, worm out sport shoes to make new
tracks, playgrounds, sports courts, and more. It explains why it is
important to recycle and encourages viewers to care about the future
of our earth. |
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Complete the Circle- How to Buy Recycled
Audience: All |
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Producer: Environmental Defense Fund
Time: 27 minutes |
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Summary: When you recycle glass bottles,
aluminum cans, and other items, the materials are made into new
products. This video encourages the viewer to complete the recycling
circle by choosing products made from recycled materials. It explains
how the recycling loop cannot be completed until a useful product is
made and bought by consumers after it has been used at least once. |
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Life After The Curb: Recycling Process
Audience: Grades 5-12 |
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Producer: Cornell University Waste
Management Inst. Time: 20 min. |
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Summary: This video discusses what
materials are recyclable, how the recycling process works, and what
items are remanufactured from recycled materials. Tips to reduce
garbage are included. |
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Pulp And Paper
Audience: Grades 4-8 |
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Producer: The Green Earth Club
Time: 15 minutes |
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Summary: This study of the relationship
between wood product consumption and the decline of natural forests
includes a history of paper; papermaking and inventive games and
projects help children understand forests better. Simple ways of
reducing paper use in classroom are suggested. |
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Recycle It Right
Audience: All |
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Producer: Kitsap County Solid Waste
Time: 13 minutes |
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Summary: This video describes what
materials are recyclable and how to recycle correctly. |
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Recycled Paper, Digging
Out The Real Story
Audience: Grades 7 and up, adult |
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Producer: Cross Pointe Paper
Corporation
Time: 17 minutes |
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Summary: Not all recycled papers
are alike. Some help alleviate the landfill crisis. Others don’t. It’s
hard to tell the difference. Cross Pointe Paper Corporation presents
the real story of recycled paper. The company has been making de-inked
recycled paper since 1915. It shows how recycled paper is made and
addresses misinterpretations about recycled paper. It explains how
buyers can look for recycled paper that does make a difference- and
that benefits all of us. |
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Recycling Within Reach
Audience: Grades 7-12 and adult |
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Producer: Cornell University
Time: 13 minutes |
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Summary: We make too much garbage,
the landfills are filling up, the ground water is contaminated, huge
pollution problems are occurring, and the environment is being harmed.
Recycling is one solution to these problems. This video encourages
recycling, buying items that can be recycled, and composting. |
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Time & Time Again
Audience: Grades 3-12 |
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Producer: School to Work Transition
Project Time: 15 minutes |
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Summary: This video, about today’s
critical recycling issues, was researched, written, produced and
directed by students for students, and explains exactly which
materials are fully recyclable. |
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Think Twice
Audience: Age 12-18 |
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Time: 7 minutes |
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Summary: Follow Jeremy and Jessica through
a typical day at school in this clever, fast-paced look at the issue
of teenage consumption. Find out what today’s average teenage girl
spends more than $18,000 on in her lifetime (hint: it’s not food or
clothes). See where the components in your TV and stereo come from
and trace the environmental impact of their production. Learn about
the effects of accelerated teenage consumption, and discover simple
things to keep in mind every day to have a positive impact on our
planet. Find out why we should all ‘Think Twice; - because after all,
as these two seniors decide, “the pursuit of happiness isn’t really
about the stuff we own, it’s about the stuff we’re made of, it’s about
connections to our dreams, to each other, to our world.” Created in
collaboration with an actual high school classroom, this video uses
the voices of real teens to question the motivation behind current
levels of consumption in the United States, and is sure to facilitate
classroom discussion about the causes and effects of this modern
American issue. |
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The Cost of Cool: Youth Consumption &
the Environment |
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Audience: Age 12-18
Time: 26 minutes |
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Summary: The Cost of Cool shows
teenagers grappling with what it takes to be “cool” and the
environmental price we pay to have the latest, “coolest” stuff. From
the earliest age, children in the U.S. are bombarded with a constant
stream of messages from all media that encourages them to consume
every kind of resource and product. By the time they are teenagers,
they are programmed for consumption by the media and influenced by
their peers. But the environmental cost of the resulting consumption
has a profound impact on the entire planet. The Cots of Cool looks at
everyday items, from T-shirts to sneakers, and tackles the effect of
the manufacture on the world’s resources. Teenagers examine their
learned buying patterns, recognizing that much of the stuff they
acquire is not needed. This video provides insight into ways we can
enjoy a sustainable, high quality life while being less focused on
personal possessions and consumption. |
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High School/Adult |
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Air to Earth (For use with Air to Earth
curriculum) Audience: All |
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Producer: Nike, Inc.
Time: 8 minutes |
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Summary: This video describes Nike’s
Reuse-a-Shoe program that uses old, worm out sport shoes to make new
tracks, playgrounds, sports courts, and more. It explains why it is
important to recycle and encourages viewers to care about the future
of our earth. |
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Complete the Circle- How to Buy Recycled
Audience: All |
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Producer: Environmental Defense Fund
Time: 27 minutes |
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Summary: When you recycle glass bottles,
aluminum cans, and other items, the materials are made into new
products. This video encourages the viewer to complete the recycling
circle by choosing products made from recycled materials. It explains
how the recycling loop cannot be completed until a useful product is
made and bought by consumers after it has been used at least once. |
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Life After The Curb: Recycling Process
Audience: Grades 5-12 |
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Producer: Cornell University Waste
Management Inst. Time: 20 min. |
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Summary: This video discusses what
materials are recyclable, how the recycling process works, and what
items are remanufactured from recycled materials. Tips to reduce
garbage are included. |
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The Original Recyclers
Audience: All |
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Producer: Institute of Scrap
Recycling Industries Time: 10 minutes |
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Summary: This video tells the story
of the scrap recycling industries, what they do, and how they recycle
various scrap materials. It defines the word “scrap” and discusses how
reusing the same material over and over saves time, money, and
resources. |
|
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Recycle It Right
Audience: All |
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Producer: Kitsap County Solid Waste
Time: 13 minutes |
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Summary: This video describes what
materials are recyclable and how to recycle correctly. |
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Recycled Paper, Digging
Out The Real Story
Audience: Grades 7 and up, adult |
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Producer: Cross Pointe Paper
Corporation
Time: 17 minutes |
|
Summary: Not all recycled papers
are alike. Some help alleviate the landfill crisis. Others don’t. It’s
hard to tell the difference. Cross Pointe Paper Corporation presents
the real story of recycled paper. The company has been making de-inked
recycled paper since 1915. It shows how recycled paper is made and
addresses misinterpretations about recycled paper. It explains how
buyers can look for recycled paper that does make a difference- and
that benefits all of us. |
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Recycling Within Reach
Audience: Grades 7-12 and adult |
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Producer: Cornell University
Time: 13 minutes |
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Summary: We make too much garbage,
the landfills are filling up, the ground water is contaminated, huge
pollution problems are occurring, and the environment is being harmed.
Recycling is one solution to these problems. This video encourages
recycling, buying items that can be recycled, and composting. |
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Time & Time Again
Audience: Grades 3-12 |
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Producer: School to Work Transition
Project Time: 15 minutes |
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Summary: This video, about today’s
critical recycling issues, was researched, written, produced and
directed by students for students, and explains exactly which
materials are fully recyclable. |
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Think Twice
Audience: Age 12-18 |
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Time: 7 minutes |
|
Summary: Follow Jeremy and Jessica through
a typical day at school in this clever, fast-paced look at the issue
of teenage consumption. Find out what today’s average teenage girl
spends more than $18,000 on in her lifetime (hint: it’s not food or
clothes). See where the components in your TV and stereo come from
and trace the environmental impact of their production. Learn about
the effects of accelerated teenage consumption, and discover simple
things to keep in mind every day to have a positive impact on our
planet. Find out why we should all ‘Think Twice; - because after all,
as these two seniors decide, “the pursuit of happiness isn’t really
about the stuff we own, it’s about the stuff we’re made of, it’s about
connections to our dreams, to each other, to our world.” Created in
collaboration with an actual high school classroom, this video uses
the voices of real teens to question the motivation behind current
levels of consumption in the United States, and is sure to facilitate
classroom discussion about the causes and effects of this modern
American issue. |
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The Cost of Cool: Youth Consumption &
the Environment |
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Audience: Age 12-18
Time: 26 minutes |
|
Summary: The Cost of Cool shows
teenagers grappling with what it takes to be “cool” and the
environmental price we pay to have the latest, “coolest” stuff. From
the earliest age, children in the U.S. are bombarded with a constant
stream of messages from all media that encourages them to consume
every kind of resource and product. By the time they are teenagers,
they are programmed for consumption by the media and influenced by
their peers. But the environmental cost of the resulting consumption
has a profound impact on the entire planet. The Cots of Cool looks at
everyday items, from T-shirts to sneakers, and tackles the effect of
the manufacture on the world’s resources. Teenagers examine their
learned buying patterns, recognizing that much of the stuff they
acquire is not needed. This video provides insight into ways we can
enjoy a sustainable, high quality life while being less focused on
personal possessions and consumption. |
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Worms and Compost |
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Pre-K - 6th grade |
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Wormania!
Audience: Grades 2 and up |
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Producer: Mary Appelhof
Time: 26 minutes |
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Summary: Wormania features close-up
scenes of live earthworms in their natural habitat. See a nightcrawler
drag a leaf across the ground, the rhythmic beating of a worm’s five
pairs of hearts, and a baby worm hatch from its cocoon. Songwriters
and entertainers make this video fast-paced, educational, and
entertaining. |
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Middle/Jr. High |
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Wormania!
Audience: Grades 2 and up |
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Producer: Mary Appelhof
Time: 26 minutes |
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Summary: Wormania features close-up
scenes of live earthworms in their natural habitat. See a nightcrawler
drag a leaf across the ground, the rhythmic beating of a worm’s five
pairs of hearts, and a baby worm hatch from its cocoon. Songwriters
and entertainers make this video fast-paced, educational, and
entertaining. |
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Worm Bin Creatures- Alive
Audience: Grades 7 and up
Through a Microscope |
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Producer: Warren A. Hatch
Time: 32 minutes |
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Summary: This video zeroes in on
the tiny organisms often seen but not identified in a worm bin. Under
the microscope, well-lit, colorful, and in-focus, busy little
creatures busily go about in search of food or shelter. |
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High School/Adult |
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The Complete Home Composting Guide
Audience: Adults |
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Producer: Howard Stenn
Time: 30 minutes |
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Summary: All around the world
people are recognizing the need for backyard composting as a way of
reducing landfill garbage. Howard Stenn gives expert instruction and
advice on everything from basic yard composting to hot composting to
kitchen composting. He shows you how to make nutrient-rich soil for
your garden while helping the environment at the same time. |
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Home Composting -Turning Your Spoils to
Soils Audience: Adults |
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Producer: Connecticut Dept of
Environmental Protection Time: 17 mins |
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Summary: Why should we compost our
yard waste and kitchen scraps at home? Because it’s easy, produces a
free soil enhancer, and helps our environment by reducing the amount
of trash we send to landfills and incinerators each day. This video
teaches you how compost is made and how to start making your own. |
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It’s Gotten Rotten
Audience: High school students and up |
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Producer: Cornell Waste Management
Institute Time: 20 minutes |
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Summary: This video exposes
students to the concept of composting, gives them a close up look at
some of the invertebrates and microorganisms involved in the
composting process, introduces some techniques involved with carrying
out scientific investigations, and motivates students to carry out
their own scientific investigations. Chemistry and physics of
composting are included. |
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Worm Bin Creatures- Alive
Audience: Grades 7 and up
Through a Microscope |
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Producer: Warren A. Hatch
Time: 32 minutes |
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Summary: This video zeroes in on
the tiny organisms often seen but not identified in a worm bin. Under
the microscope, well-lit, colorful, and in-focus, busy little
creatures busily go about in search of food or shelter. |
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Environmental Awareness |
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Pre-K - 6th grade |
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Down the Drain
Audience: Grades 4-6 |
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Producer: Children’s Television Workshop
Time: 30 minutes |
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Summary: Warns students that our water is
in trouble while describing how it gets dirty, where it goes when we
use it, and how we can help keep it clean so it can be enjoyed. |
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Earth to Kids
Audience: Grades preK-4 |
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Producer: HBO and Consumer Reports Time:
28 minutes |
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Summary: Earth to Kids teaches children
and their families how to make buying decisions to lessen their impact
on the planet. The host shows children how to evaluate projects for
their environmental impact, covering topics such as landfills,
biodegradability, and recycling. Animated segments provide valuable
information about brand-name products that are poor environmental
choices and suggest alternatives. Ultimately, the program creates an
“environmental yardstick” by which products can be measured. |
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Fern Gully- The Last Rainforest
Audience: Grades PreK-6 |
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Producer: Fox Video
Time: 72 minutes |
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Summary: Magic and adventure wait in Fern
Gully. Batty, whose radar has gone haywire, joins Crysta, Pips and the
Beetle Boys to save their marvelous world. Ignoring the warnings of
her friends, Crysta explores the world beyond Fern Gully where she
discovers someone demolishing the rainforest. Once they see the beauty
and magic of Fern Gully, he vows to save it, but it may be too late.
This animated feature contains an original score performed by Sheena
Easton, Raffi, Tone-Loc and others. |
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HELP SAVE PLANET EARTH-
Easy Ways to Make a Big Difference
Audience: Grades 5-8 |
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Producer:
Time: 71 minutes |
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Summary: Ted Danson, shows students and
their families how to reduce toxics at home, save energy, protect and
conserve water, conserve natural resources, reduce waste and recycle. |
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The Lorax
Audience: Grades preK-6 |
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Producer: Dr. Suess
Time: 30 minutes |
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Summary: THE LORAX is a lovable
creature that speaks for the trees, trying to stop the once-ler from
destroying the forest. A poignant tale of progress gone amok, this
important warning is geared to the young, with an eye towards the
world they will inherit tomorrow. |
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Toast
Audience: Grades 3 and up, Adult |
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Producer: Bullfrog
Time: 12 minutes |
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Summary: One of the most effective
energy films ever made, TOAST illustrates our underlying dependence on
fossil fuels, and takes as its example the production and distribution
of a common place item, bread. The video documents all the fossil fuel
inputs, from the oil well head (to make the fertilizer to grow the
wheat, etc.) to the toaster. |
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Middle/Jr. High |
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Eco Rap- Voices From the Hood
Audience:
Grades 7-12 |
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Producer: The Video Project Films
and
Video for a Safe and Sustainable World
Time: 38 minutes |
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Summary: ECO-RAP is a hot,
hard-hitting video for urban kids focusing on environmental issues
that affect us everyday. The message comes across loud and clear: it’s
cool to learn about your neighborhood’s environment and take action to
make it a healthier place. |
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HELP SAVE PLANET EARTH-
Easy Ways to Make a Big Difference
Audience: Grades 5-8 |
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Producer:
Time: 71 minutes |
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Summary: Ted Danson, shows students and
their families how to reduce toxics at home, save energy, protect and
conserve water, conserve natural resources, reduce waste and recycle. |
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Toast
Audience: Grades 3 and up, Adult |
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Producer: Bullfrog
Time: 12 minutes |
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Summary: One of the most effective
energy films ever made, TOAST illustrates our underlying dependence on
fossil fuels, and takes as its example the production and distribution
of a common place item, bread. The video documents all the fossil fuel
inputs, from the oil well head (to make the fertilizer to grow the
wheat, etc.) to the toaster. |
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High School/Adult |
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Eco Rap- Voices From the Hood
Audience:
Grades 7-12 |
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Producer: The Video Project Films
and
Video for a Safe and Sustainable World
Time: 38 minutes |
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Summary: ECO-RAP is a hot,
hard-hitting video for urban kids focusing on environmental issues
that affect us everyday. The message comes across loud and clear: it’s
cool to learn about your neighborhood’s environment and take action to
make it a healthier place. |
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It’s Time to Clear the Air
Audience: Adult |
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Producer: American Production
Services
Time: 16 minutes |
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Summary: Smoke from chimneys,
fireplaces, and other wood smoke is causing many health issues among
neighborhoods (i.e. cancer, asthma, etc.). In some places, the air is
almost as toxic as air in places where factories are emitting
poisonous smoke. This video illustrates how you can reduce the amount
of smoke output from your home without eliminating the use of a fire,
or some cleaner alternatives. |
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Managing Healthcare’s Waste -
Developing a Pollution Prevention Model
Audience: Adult |
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Producer: Hospitals for a Healthy
Environment Time: 60
minutes |
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Summary: Hospitals generate 6,000
tons of solid waste everyday. Medical waste incinerators are the
fourth largest source of mercury release into the environment.
Thousands of fish are dying every year, and ten percent of
childbearing age women have unsafe levels of mercury in their blood.
This video illustrates how to minimize these environmental and human
health effects, while maintaining quality patient care and saving
money for the facility. |
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Toast
Audience: Grades 3 and up, Adult |
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Producer: Bullfrog
Time: 12 minutes |
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Summary: One of the most effective
energy films ever made, TOAST illustrates our underlying dependence on
fossil fuels, and takes as its example the production and distribution
of a common place item, bread. The video documents all the fossil fuel
inputs, from the oil well head (to make the fertilizer to grow the
wheat, etc.) to the toaster. |
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