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AWAKE, A DREAM FROM STANDING ROCK

Directed by Josh Fox, James Spione, Myron Dewey

Record of the massive peaceful resistance led by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to the Dakota Access Pipeline through their land and underneath the Missouri River.

The Dakota Access Pipeline is a controversial project that brings fracked crude oil from the Bakken Shale in North Dakota through South Dakota, Iowa and eventually to Illinois. The Standing Rock Tribe and people all over the world oppose the project because the pipeline runs under the Missouri river, a source of drinking water for over 18 million people, and pipeline leaks are commonplace. Since 2010 over 3,300 oil spills and leaks have been reported.

Moving from summer 2016, when demonstrations over the Dakota Access Pipeline's demolishing of sacred Native burial grounds began, to the current and disheartening pipeline status, AWAKE, A Dream from Standing Rock is a powerful visual poem in three parts that uncovers complex hidden truths with simplicity. The film is a collaboration between indigenous filmmakers: Director Myron Dewey and Executive Producer Doug Good Feather; and environmental Oscar-nominated filmmakers Josh Fox and James Spione.

The Water Protectors at Standing Rock captured world attention through their peaceful resistance. The film documents the story of Native-led defiance that has forever changed the fight for clean water, our environment and the future of our planet. It asks: "Are you ready to join the fight?"


DVD / 2017 / (Grades 10-12, College, Adult) / 84 minutes

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CHESHIRE, OHIO: AN AMERICAN COAL STORY IN 3 ACTS

Directed by Eve Morgenstern

Follows a community devastated by coal, starting with American Electric Power's buyout and bulldozing of this Ohio River town, after exposing them to years of harmful emissions.

A gun toting 83-year old woman refuses to sell her house to the power plant next door but the plant has moved ahead with their 20 million dollar deal to buy out most of Cheshire and bulldoze all the homes. What happened in this Ohio River town overrun by one of the largest coal-fired power plants in the world? A story of money, power and the increasingly difficult choices we face surrounding coal and the environment, CHESHIRE, OHIO makes us think twice about home.

Filmed over a decade, CHESHIRE, OHIO follows a community devastated by coal, starting with American Electric Power's buyout and bulldozing of this Ohio River community after exposing them to harmful emissions, and then returning several years later to the now almost emptied town as we follow the case of 77 plaintiffs who have filed a lawsuit against American Electric Power for cancer and other diseases they developed from working unprotected at the plant's coal ash landfill site.

As the cycle of pollution from coal continues, we see how one quintessential American town suffers from our reliance on carbon energy.


DVD / 2017 / (Grades 7-12, College, Adults) / 75 minutes

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GLOBAL FOOTPRINTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT: ECOLOGICAL INTELLIGENCE - HOW TO BE A RESPONSIBLE SHOPPER IN A WORLD OF OVERCONSUMPTION

Learn how to be a responsible shopper. Did someone say green retail therapy? Go shopping for ecological intelligence and discover what it means to be a responsible shopper in a world of over consumption. Reducing your footprint begins with your shoes. Energy saving products are the mainstream as consumers become more concerned with their health, air quality, water quality and available resources. So its time to say no to plastics! Going back to glass bottles, organic cotton diapers and buying clothes made from recycled fabrics are big changes we can make as we become more aware of the products we are eating, wearing and sleeping on.

DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2017 / 26 minutes

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GLOBAL FOOTPRINTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT: GOING GREEN ROOM BY ROOM - HOW TO LIVE AN ECO FRIENDLY LIFE

Can you really go green in every room of your home? Yes you can! Find out how to save money in your laundry room, bedroom, bathroom, living room and even your garden with these tips and tricks on how to live a more eco-friendly life. Conservation is the way to go. Simple tips like only running your dishwasher when its full and showering for only 5 minutes a day could save us 1000 of gallons of water per week. Unplugging unused appliances and choosing energy saving light bulbs can save in energy costs.

DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2017 / 26 minutes

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GLOBAL FOOTPRINTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT: NATURAL PLAYGROUNDS & URBAN WILDERNESS - PLAY, LEARN & CONNECT WITH NATURE

Discover a few of our favorite green thing's from eco hangers and natural playgrounds to Segways and a tour of an urban wilderness, this program is an ecological tour like no other. Natural playgrounds are designed by incorporating nature, music and art to stimulate children in a natural holistic way to play. These playgrounds are essential for all cities and give a community a unique way to engage in nature and as a place for social, creative and theatrical play. Smart hangers! Learn why its so important to stop using wire hangers and to create smart hangers by using recycled paper. Find out what has two wheels, runs on electricity and is lots of fun while having a small carbon footprint with zero emissions! The Segway is environmentally friendly while transporting us in a very healthy ecofriendly way! Natural swimming pools are a new environmental approach designed without chlorine, filtered by plants and bacteria without toxic chemicals. These types of pools can cost much less than a tradition concrete pool. Discover why wetlands are so important to the ecosystem? They are a critical part of our natural environment, absorb pollutants, improve water quality and provide habitat for many animals and plants.

DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2017 / 26 minutes

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GLOBAL FOOTPRINTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT: ORGANIC FARMERS & THE ECOLOGICAL FARMING MOVEMENT

Do you know where your food comes from? Head behind the scenes with organic farmers and the urban farming organization, Not Far From the Tree to find out where your food comes from. Urban people take a field trip and go country to better understand the origins of their food. Find out what community share agriculture is and discover a garden of hope which teaches city dwellers the importance of good food. The food we choose impacts the environment in many ways. The food production industry has undertaken radical changes in recent years. Everything from what we grow, to how we grow it, to biological engineering has forever altered the food production business. Learn about soil management, how to run an organic operation, where our food comes from and just how simple healthy eating can be.

DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2017 / 26 minutes

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GLOBAL FOOTPRINTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT: RAINFORESTS & DEFORESTATION, PALM OIL & SAVING THE ORANGUTAN

This program explores the earth's forests, from the effects of deforestation and palm oil production, to forestry gardening and sustainable business practices. Trees are the lungs of our planet but we keep cutting them down? Find out the effects of deforestation. Did you know that a chocolate bar is responsible for the near extinction of the Orangutan? Find out why. We will also teach you how to garden the forest, introduce you to cosmetic company who are washing their hands of palm oil and an urban tree salvage company that saves trees. 50 years ago about 15% of the planets land surface was covered by a rain forest. Today, more than half of that has gone up in smoke. 12-15 million hectares of forest are lost every year. That is the equivalent of 36 football fields per minute. If that trend continues the Amazon will be gone in 50 years. So what is deforestation and why should we care?

DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2017 / 26 minutes

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GLOBAL FOOTPRINTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT: RECYCLE YOUR TRASH

It is time to recycle your thinking & change your habits. Did you ever wonder where your old tires, cars and computers end up? Go behind the scenes at a local recycling facility to find out. Why has our planet become a garbage dump? Learn how our garbage is extracted, produced, distributed, consumed and disposed of. There are lots of different kinds of recycling. When recycling is done well it is an essential part of the solution, when done poorly it is an obstacle and part of the problem. The most important component to reducing our waste is to recycle and changing our habits is key.

DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2017 / 26 minutes

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GLOBAL FOOTPRINTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT: SMALLER, GREENER, MORE FLEXIBLE HOMES & WATER CONSERVATION

Smaller, greener & more flexible homes are popping up everywhere. Find out what the mini home is. We'll make you sea sick with shipping containers, get a tour of the Now House Project, a War time home that is now a mean, green, energy producing machine. When it comes to building our homes bigger is no longer better. New homes after doubling in size in the 1960s are shrinking. Smaller, greener, more flexible homes are the new norm. After transport and agriculture, housing is the most resource intensive industry in the Western World. A smaller home leaves a smaller footprint on the Earth in every measureable way. Fewer trees cut down, less earth bulldozed, less petroleum burned, less steel mined and less use of every natural resource. As sustainability becomes more prevalent in our society, so too are eco-friendly living and working spaces. This program explores the rise of smaller, more flexible and most importantly greener homes and shows you how to get the most out of your household water by reusing it.

DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2017 / 26 minutes

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GLOBAL FOOTPRINTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT: SUSTAINABLE FURNITURE & DESIGN - RENEWING WASTE

How can we better conserve and live sustainably? Learn how to find sustainable furniture, find green items on EBay and even how to green your website. Get a behind the scenes look at how we define waste and value. Making environmentally good choices when furnishing your home is easier than you think and can make a big impact on the planet. This program teaches the value of repurposing salvaged materials into original furniture and how it is an essential choice to help solve problems caused by excessive consumption. Learn where the raw materials we sit, eat and sleep on come from and how they impact the natural world. Renew, revive and restore!

DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2017 / 26 minutes

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GLOBAL FOOTPRINTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT: TRANSPORTATION, GREENER CARS, BIODIESEL & DESIGNING CITIES LESS DEPENDENT ON FOSSIL FUELS

This program explores the automotive industrys move towards greener cars and the need for cities to balance cycling, public transport and cars within their overall infrastructure. So lets take a look at the transportation industry. Find out how to build a city around public transportation and the importance of the bicycle. Is there such a thing as a Green car? Have you heard cars can run on veggie oil, we'll show you how and take a look at biodiesel fuel. Increased levels of Carbon Dioxide are being expelled into the air from our tail pipes. Designing more sustainable transportation systems and being more thoughtful of how we design our cities is key by integrating walkability, bikeability and public transit. Building a city based on reduced carbon dependency by finding ways of redesigning or retro fitting neighborhoods and designing cities less dependent on fossil fuels is the way of the future.

DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2017 / 26 minutes

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GLOBAL FOOTPRINTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT: URBANIZATION & THE NATURAL WORLD

For the first time in history, more than half the population lives in cities. Because of urbanization every year we destroy untold amounts of plants and fertile soil. With this in mind, how can we make cities more sustainable? This program takes a special look at green roof gardening, the expansion of solar panels and thinking inside the box with food container gardening. Big cities leave big trouble for the natural world. The good news is we have the ability to change. There are currently innovative technologies in place that will help combat climate change in big cities.

DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2017 / 26 minutes

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GLOBAL SCIENTIFIC & ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: LAKE UNDER LOCKDOWN - LAKE ONTARIO AN AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM UNDER LOCKDOWN

For almost 60 years, Lake Ontario has been under lockdown, surrounded, controlled and managed more than any other large lake in human history. But what happens when the ebb and flow of such a vast aquatic ecosystem is replaced by the cool efficiency of a swimming pool? A fascinating documentary that shines a light on global scientific and environmental issues.

DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2017 / 52 minutes

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GLOBAL SCIENTIFIC & ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: SAVING THE MUSTANG - NORTH AMERICAS HORSE ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION

Wild mustangs have long been an icon of native peoples and early settlers of North America. Yet their fate today is uncertain. Saving The Mustang explores the state of wild horses today through the efforts of three individuals. Canadian horseman Randy Bird who adopted eight mustangs from a crowded facility in Wyoming. Endurance rider and song-writer Jean Albert Renaud and Roger William, past chief of the First Nation Xeni Gwetin, who created a 200,000 hectare wild horse preserve in the pristine and rugged wilderness of the Nemiah Valley in British Columbia. All three stories interweave a compelling tale of perseverance and determination, one that offers hope for these amazing animals.

DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2017 / 52 minutes

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GLOBAL SCIENTIFIC & ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: WHAT IS KILLING LAKE - WINNIPEG & HOW TO SAVE IT

A fascinating documentary that shines a light on global scientific and environmental issues. Can we save one of the worlds largest freshwater lakes? This program reveals how a perfect storm of agriculture, hydro practices, sewage run-off, flooding and marsh destruction have devastated Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, the 10th largest lake in the world. Lake Winnipeg is a 25,000 square km inland sea. It is bigger than Lake Ontario and about the same size as Lake Erie and it is in deep trouble. This once pristine lake has the worst blue-green algae problem of any major lake on the planet. In a distorted cycle that is a direct result of human activity, an excess of chemical nutrients in the lake has caused massive algae blooms. The green sludge washing up on the lakes shores threatens not only the lakes beauty, but also the natural ecosystems underlying it. If we dont intervene to restore the natural nutrient balance, one of Canadas largest lakes could choke from the bottom up. This film examines why the lakes ecology has changed so dramatically in just three decades and what needs to be done to restore the natural nutrient balance of one of Canadas largest lakes.

DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2017 / 52 minutes

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LIVING GREEN EPISODES 1

Reducing our environmental impact on the world is a major priority. This important collection of eco-friendly tips showing us ways to live a more sustainable life - leaving a smaller environmental footprint - one minute at a time!

Eco tips: Reduce, Re-Use, Recycle; Saving Energy; Saving Water; Building a Greener Future; Environmental Tips; Food & the Environment; Wind Farm; Electric City 2030; Greening Las Vegas; Solar Power Ferries; Carbon Neutral House; Solar Installation; Tidal Energy; Energy Renovation; Flex-Ethanol; Electric Vehicle; Water Technology; Velux House; Natural Gas; Supercomputer; Energy Farm; Solar Energy; Methane Fueled Car; Wind Energy.


DVD / 2017 / 30 minutes

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LIVING GREEN EPISODES 2

Reducing our environmental impact on the world is a major priority. This important collection of eco-friendly tips showing us ways to live a more sustainable life - leaving a smaller environmental footprint - one minute at a time!

Eco tips: Global Solar; Water Technology; Future Fuel; War on Waste; Environmental Farming; Green Speedboat; Marine Environment; Eco Fair; Friendly Furniture; Trees; Sustainable Village Living; Amazon Products; Greenhouse Barge; Recycling Clothes; E-Waste; Alternative Fuels; Organic Agriculture; Recycling Packaging Waste; Automatic Water Systems; Biomass Power; Plasma Fusion Technology; Eco Suburb; Eco Island; Electric Bikes; Bio Research; Organic Foods.


DVD / 2017 / 30 minutes

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LIVING GREEN EPISODES 3

Reducing our environmental impact on the world is a major priority. This important collection of eco-friendly tips showing us ways to live a more sustainable life - leaving a smaller environmental footprint - one minute at a time!

Eco tips: Green University; Bio Diesel Train; Eco-Friendly Packaging; Green Olympics; Green Design; Green Buses; Recycling Batteries; Coal Scheme; Recycle Mobile Phones; Geo Thermal Power; Recycling Waste; Clean Water in Africa; Green Roofs; Eco-Friendly Toys; Water Saving; Eco Tire; Smart Meters; Hydro Clusters; Conservation Programs; Bio-Fuel; Safeguarding the Environment; Water Conservation; Green Gifts.


DVD / 2017 / 30 minutes

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LIVING GREEN EPISODES 4

Reducing our environmental impact on the world is a major priority. This important collection of eco-friendly tips showing us ways to live a more sustainable life - leaving a smaller environmental footprint - one minute at a time!

Eco tips: Green Boats; Green Building; House of the Future; Eco Fur; Carbon Negative House; Eco-Friendly Cement; Eco-Friendly Farm; Green Economy; Windmills; Gardens for Wildlife; Eco-Friendly Fashion; Eco-Friendly Toilet; Green Shop; Recycled Building; Eco Architect; Green Eco Living; Eco Resort; Land Restoration; Columbia Forest; Marine Conservation; Desertification; Cleaning Up Waste; Eco-Tourism; Eco Bus; Coconut Fuel; Sustainable Living; Eco Aircraft; Eco Design.


DVD / 2017 / 30 minutes

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CULTIVATING KIDS

Directed by Melissa Young, Mark Dworkin

On South Whidbey Island, WA, a school farm shows that a garden can be a valuable addition to the curriculum while encouraging a healthy diet.

On South Whidbey Island in the state of Washington, a school farm involves children from kindergarten through high school in every phase of raising organic vegetables as part of their school experience. Supported by local non-profits, community volunteers, and the school district, it shows that a garden can be a valuable addition to a school curriculum, while encouraging children to eat healthy food. The school farm sells local, organic produce to the school cafeterias and also supplies the local food bank and community nutrition programs with fresh organic produce throughout the growing season.


DVD / 2016 / (Grades 4-12, College, Adults) / 23 minutes

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DENIAL

Directed by Derek Hallquist

A unique film about the filmmaker's father, a utility executive and smart grid pioneer in a nation in denial about climate change, who battles his own denial about his true identity.

Every day our changing climate pushes us closer to an environmental catastrophe, but for most the problem is easy to ignore. As people we often find it difficult to face change. We'd rather be in denial.

David Hallquist, CEO of a Vermont utility, has made it his mission to take on one of the US's largest contributors to this global crisis, our outdated and vulnerable electric grid. Under David's leadership his utility was one of the first to implement a smart grid. In order to make the widespread use of renewable energy sources practical, David argues, we first have to build a smart grid which uses digital communications technology to detect and react to local changes in usage, thereby decreasing outages and increasing efficiency.

But when his filmmaker son, Derek, tries to tell his father's story, the film is soon derailed by a staggering family secret, one that forces Derek and David to turn their attention toward a much more personal struggle, one that can no longer be denied. With stunning access to intimate family moments and behind-the-scenes energy deals, and with unique humor in the face of overwhelming events, DENIAL manages to present insights into two important topics - one global and one personal - through a funny, informational, and enormously compelling personal narrative, and at the same time to throw light on the messy business of change.


DVD / 2016 / (Grades 10-12, College, Adults) / 92 minutes

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HOW TO LET GO OF THE WORLD AND LOVE ALL THE THINGS CLIMATE CAN'T CHANGE

Directed by Josh Fox

Oscar-nominated director Josh Fox contemplates our climate-change future by exploring the human qualities that global warming can't destroy.

In his new film, Oscar-nominated director Josh Fox (GASLAND) continues in his deeply personal style, investigating climate change - the greatest threat our world has ever known. Traveling to 12 countries on 6 continents, the film acknowledges that it may be too late to stop some of the worst consequences and asks, what is it that climate change can't destroy? What is so deep within us that no calamity can take it away?

Featuring, among others, Lester Brown, Elle Chou, Van Jones, Elizabeth Kolbert, Michael Mann, Bill McKibben, Tim DeChristopher, Petra Tschakert.


DVD / 2016 / (Grades 10-12, College, Adults) / 127 minutes

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SACRED COD

Directed by Steve Liss, Andy Laub, David Abel

Captures the collapse of the historic cod population in New England, delving into the effects of overfishing, climate change and government policies on fishermen and the fish.

For centuries, cod was like gold, driving men to extremes. Cod were so abundant in the waters off New England that fishermen used to say they could walk across the Atlantic on the backs of them, and generations of men from places like Gloucester and Cape Cod spent their entire lives chasing the coveted fish.

In recent decades, something began to change in the Gulf of Maine. As the region's cod catch plummeted, government surveys of the iconic species reported increasingly dire results. Scientists and environmental activists raised alarms about overfishing and the warming ocean. They urged officials to act.

On Nov. 10, 2014, after years of ignoring warnings, NOAA officials banned virtually all cod fishing throughout the region. Fishermen were infuriated. They challenged the findings and accused the government of trying to destroy their livelihood. Environmental activists feared the government's action had come too late to save the cod.

In 2016, officials estimated there were fewer than 200 cod fishermen left in the fleet, and they're now in the fight of their lives, struggling to hold fast to a tradition that has endured for centuries in New England.

SACRED COD gives us an up close look at the challenges many will have to face in the age of climate change.


DVD / 2016 / (Grades 10-12, College, Adults) / 65 minutes

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DEATH BY DESIGN

Directed by Sue Williams

Debunks the notion that electronics is a 'clean' industry by revealing the human and environmental cost of electronic gadgets that are designed to die.

Consumers love - and live on - their smartphones, tablets and laptops. A cascade of new devices pours endlessly into the market, promising even better communication, non-stop entertainment and instant information. The numbers are staggering. By 2020, four billion people will have a personal computer. Five billion will own a mobile phone.

But this revolution has a dark side that the electronics industry doesn't want you to see.

In an investigation that spans the globe, award-winning filmmaker Sue Williams investigates the underbelly of the international electronics industry and reveals how even the tiniest devices have deadly environmental and health costs.

DEATH BY DESIGN tells the stories of young Chinese workers laboring in unsafe conditions, American families living with the tragic consequences of the industry's toxic practices, activists leading the charge to hold brands accountable, and passionate entrepreneurs who are developing more sustainable products and practices to safeguard our planet and our future.

From the intensely secretive electronics factories in China, to the high tech innovation labs of Silicon Valley, DEATH BY DESIGN tells a story of environmental degradation, of health tragedies, and the fast-approaching tipping point between consumerism and sustainability.


DVD / 2015 / (Grades 7-9, College, Adults) / 73 minutes

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INVENT - ENVIRONMENT INNOVATIONS 1: WEATHER & CLIMATE

This engaging series presents ingenious ideas and innovations invented in the 21st century and now being utilized around the world.

DVD / 2015 / 30 minutes

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INVENT - ENVIRONMENT INNOVATIONS 2: ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION

This engaging series presents ingenious ideas and innovations invented in the 21st century and now being utilized around the world.

DVD / 2015 / 30 minutes

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