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Roundwood Timber Framing: Building Naturally with Local Resources (2012)

Subject

Architecture; Engineering; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 85 minutes), £19.95

A step-by-step design and build process for a locally sourced roundwood timber framed building, as well as showing other examples of builds including houses, a shop and a small outhouse. The link between...

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Green Product Development: The Hoover ‘New Wave’ (1997 Video)

Subject

Design

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 31 min., 1999 sale: £55.00 (+VAT +p&p)

A case study of the development, manufacture and marketing of the Hoover ‘New Wave’ range of energy-, water- and detergent-saving washing machines. It shows the role of commercial, technical and...

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Condensation in Domestic Pitched Roofs (1979 Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 6 min.

When condensation occurs in the interior of a house roof the timber or timber-based material absorbs water. In the long term the timber may lose strength and fail to support the roof. Shows the causes and...

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Extreme Weather: The Somerset Levels (2016)

aka: The Somerset Floods

Subject

Environmental science; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 30 minutes), £49.00

In the winter of 2013/2014 the UK was hit by a succession of 13 low pressure systems causing extreme flooding on the Somerset Levels. This DVD looks at the human and physical causes of the floods and...

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Eat Less Meat - It’s Costing the Earth (2003)

aka: Genetic Engineering and Farm Animals

Subject

Agriculture; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 17 minutes), free to education

This video and the accompanying report argue that rising meat consumption: is putting unsustainable pressure on the earth’s resources of land, water and energy; diverts grain needed to feed people to use...

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Food (1995 Video)

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 28 min.

Aims to link issues in science, technology, society and the environment, and begins with a 10-minute INSET segment. Looks at the post-World War 2 American diet, which has been influenced by speed and...

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Aspects of Earth Resources (1995 Multimedia)

Subject

Geology

Distribution

CD-ROM

Teaching module on aspects of earth resources, with the aim of putting geology into the broader context of environmental management, pollution control and the water and engineering industries. It also seeks...

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Petroleum and Oil Refining

Subject

Chemistry

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 27 minutes), £39.00

This DVD examines the properties and uses of crude oil. It introduces the chemical compounds that exist in crude oil and shows how it is refined into many of the fuels and products used in modern society....

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Noise Pollution (2009)

Subject

Environmental science; Technology

How do your ears work and what kind of sound levels can damage your hearing? The five video tracks in this album explain basic concepts such as units of noise, sound insulation and noise control. Car...

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Green Timber Buildings (Historic English Carpentry) (1996)

Subject

Architecture; Civil Engineering & Building

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 25 minutes), £65.00

The UK has a fine inheritance of timber architecture. For thousands of years timber was the predominant structural material for building. Human communities exploited their knowledge of woodland management to...

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