• Freshwater: How Your T-Shirt Can Make a Difference

  Did you know that the cotton t-shirt on your back has a major impact on the planet? A short series of effective graphics is used to identify the “costs” from the water required to make the t-shirt (2,700 litres) and the energy needed to grow,...

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• Global Warming: A Way Forward

  A Way Forward: Facing Climate Change explores the global impact of climate change and its devastating effects and outlines a response suggested by United Nations' scientists.  A series of powerful images highlight the current evidence and possible...

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• This Bulb

  In this short video, Natalie Portman, Kyra Sedgwick and Chloe Sevigny explain how small changes in lifestyle will have a big impact in reversing the effects of greenhouse gas emissions.  They convincingly make the argument that changing one light...

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• Why the Ocean Matters

  Covering 72% of the Earth, the oceans supply half of its oxygen, regulate the climate, and provide much of our food and recreational opportunities. The ocean is our planet's support system and it is in danger. We have lost 90% of the big fish in the sea,...

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• 7 Billion: Are You Typical?

  The video is part of National Geographic's series on world population occasioned by the arrival of the world's 7 billionth person on October 31, 2011. The series (available as a free app) explores the challenges - and potential solutions - for coping...

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• Sustainable Logging

  The video serves as an introduction to the concept of sustainable forestry, which it defines as striking a balance between the needs of the people and the health of our forests. It serves also to introduce the concept of third party certification as it...

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• Natural Gas: A Cleaner Energy Solution or Just Another Fossil Fuel?

  Students explore current information about natural gas and compare its greenhouse gas emissions to those of other fossil fuels. They take positions and debate the question: Should we  expand our use of natural gas as an energy resource, using it...

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• Why Care About Water?

  The aim of the video is to convey a simple, urgent message. There is the same amount of water on Earth today as there was when the dinosaurs roamed. Just less than one percent of the planet's water is available to meet the daily drinking water, sanitation...

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• Herring Hazards

  Herring Hazards is included in a larger unit of study  developed by National Geographic to help students identify the issues and terminology related to fisheries sustainability. The video explores the herring population and suggests that while the...

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• Making the Decision about the Construction of an Oil Pipeline through British Columbia

  Students will analyze a real-world environmental issue involving the building of a pipeline through the province of British Columbia, Canada.  They will explore the geographical, cultural, and environmental context surrounding the building of this...

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• Preserving Critical Species: Inquiry to Action

  This activity guides students through a process that uses the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework inquiry arc. Students identify and research compelling and supporting questions, leading them to develop explanations and arguments and ultimately...

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• Climate Change 101 with Bill Nye

  Climate change is a real and serious issue. In this video Bill Nye, the Science Guy, explains what causes climate change, how it affects our planet, why we need to act promptly to mitigate its effects, and how each of us can contribute to a solution.

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• Perils of Plastic

  Students learn about the world's largest "landfill," make a connection to their own lives, and calculate how much trash they generate in a week, a year, ten years.

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• Climate 101 Causes and Effects of Climate Change

  Climate 101 Causes and Effects of Climate Change is a short video part of a series of 101 videos by National Geographic. It aims to help students learn the human impact and consequences of climate change for the environment and our lives. This resource...

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• The Reality of Plastics

  Plastic. It's super useful but it's also a big problem for the environment. Enough plastic is thrown away every year to circle the earth four times! The main issue is that plastic doesn't break down, meaning it sticks around for a very long time. This...

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• Science 101: Plastics

  The video provides a comprehensive examination of plastics. Beginning with their origin from natural sources, viewers follow the transition that has taken place to the mass manufacturing of synthetic products and their proliferation in our daily lives...

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• Kids Take Action Against Ocean Plastic

  Young Hawaiians take viewers on a visual tour of their stunning beaches that are now tarnished by plastic garbage from around the world. However, these students are also helping redefine the future of their State through stewardship activities like supporting...

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• Ecosystem Imbalance in the World

  Students build on their knowledge of individual impacts on the ocean to see how the whole system can react to threats and changes. They examine ways in which human actions throw marine ecosystems out of balance, explore the concept of how impacts can...

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• Top Crop: Farming for the Future

  Top Crop is an interactive, online game based on the scenario that the students have been asked to help agricultural leaders figure out the best way to provide more healthy food for a growing human population using sustainable agriculture techniques....

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• Air Pollution 101

  "Air Pollution 101" begins with an explanation of exactly what air pollution is. The video continues by detailing the causes of air pollution from natural sources and human activity. It also explains three types of human-caused air pollution: greenhouse...

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