• Where We Get Our Fresh Water

  This short clip is the first in a two-part series on freshwater. It breaks down the water percentages on Earth.  Only 2.5% of the world's available water is fresh as salt water accounts for 97.5%.  Interesting graphics are used to illustrate...

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• Fresh Water Scarcity

  Introduces a number of issues related to water availability and consumption – relative abundance and scarcity of fresh water; personal use versus global use; the common good versus profit.  The video is accompanied by a number of additional...

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• Protect Our Oceans

  Legendary ocean researcher Sylvia Earle shares astonishing images of the ocean - and shocking statistics about its rapid decline. Earle believes that with knowing comes caring ...but first we have to know about "the blue heart of the planet" and the threats...

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• The Hidden Beauty of Pollination

  Louie Schwartzberg introduces some "nectar' from his film, The hidden beauty of pollination. The images that follow illustrate his description of pollination as a dance between plants and animals, a love story that feeds the world, a magic moment where...

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• Can Wildlife Adapt to Climate Change?

  With rising temperatures and seas, massive droughts, and changing landscapes, successfully adapting to climate change is increasingly important. For humans, this can mean using technology to find solutions. But for some plants and animals, adapting to...

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• What really happens to the plastic you throw away?

  In this short animation film, produced by TED-Ed, we explore three possible scenarios regarding the life cycle of a plastic bottle, after it is thrown away. In scenario 1, the bottle ends up in a landfill where its interaction with rain creates a harmful...

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• The Lifecycle of a T-Shirt

  The video "The Lifecycle of a T-Shirt" explores the environmental impact of a t-shirt from the growing of the cotton seeds to the arrival of the garment in a North American home. It offers insights and statistics into the fashion industry and explains...

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• Climate change: Earth's giant game of Tetris

  There's a game of Tetris happening on a global scale: The playing space is planet Earth, and all those pesky, stacking blocks represent carbon dioxide - a greenhouse gas that is piling up ever more rapidly as we burn the fossil fuels that run our cars,...

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• Environmental Justice

  In this program Van Jones uses our reliance on plastics to demonstrate the connection between environmental and social justice.  The ecological damage done by the plastics industry is widely acknowledged.  This presentation illustrates how plastics...

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• The Nature of Biodiversity

  Our planet's diverse, thriving ecosystems may seem like permanent fixtures, but they're actually vulnerable to collapse. Jungles can become deserts, and reefs can become lifeless rocks.  What makes one ecosystem strong and another weak in the face...

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