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New Economics 2 (2008)

Subject

Economics

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £15.00

Video recordings of open lectures given at short courses at Schmacher College. Andrew Simms and Nic Marks describe problems and solutions relating to the economy; Vandana Shiva discusses growing Asian...

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Science for Survival (1995 Video)

Director

Ani King-Underwood

Subject

Development studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

In India ecologist Vandana Shiva argues that the introduction of high-yield crops does not taken into account women’s knowledge of seeds, fostering a type fo development that ignores people’s needs....

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Science for Survival 1 (1996 Video)

Subject

Development studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p)

A video-based teaching package that aims to challenge the stereotype that science is solely a western activity carried out by scientists, who are usuallly white and male, in laboratories. Uses the experience...

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True Cost, The (2015)

Director

Andrew Morgan

Producer

Michael Ross

Subject

Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 92 minutes), $12.00

The price of clothing has been decreasing for decades, while the human and environmental costs have grown dramatically. This film examines the clothing and fashion industres and their impact on the world....

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Future of Progress, The (1994)

Subject

Development studies; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale Hire, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £6.00 (ISEC) £12.00 (Permaculture)

The central theme of this video is that environmental degradation and social disintegration are not caused by poverty, but by affluence. Currently, 80% of the world’s resources are being consumed by 20% of...

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Conflict and Climate Change (2013)

Subject

Environmental science; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 18 minutes), £11.00

A short DVD with a study guide which links climate change with conflict and war. Contributors include Tisha Brown (No Dash for Gas), Pamela Chisanga (Action Aid Zambia), Emily Coates (UK Tar Sands Network),...

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Reith Lectures 2000, The: Respect for the Earth (6 Lectures) (2005)

Subject

Agriculture; Development studies; Politics & government

The series of 5 Millennium Reith Lectures deal with one of the most pressing issues of our time - sustainable development. They are delivered by five different thinkers, each eminent in a different field. At...

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Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us? (2012)

Director

Taggart Siegel; John Betz

Subject

Biology; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC), $25.00 (home); $295.00 (HE)

In 1923, Rudolf Steiner, a scientist, philosopher & social innovator, predicted that in 80 to 100 years honeybees would collapse. His prediction has come true with Colony Collapse Disorder where bees are...

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Animate Earth: Science, Intuition and Gaia (2013)

Director

Josh Good

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 43 minutes), £25.00

A documentary film written and presented by Dr Stephan Harding, renowned ecologist and colleague of James Lovelock. Stephan puts forward a radical approach to the ecological crisis by arguing that many of...

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Stem Cells: The Promise (2005)

aka: Curing the Incurable/ How to Live Forever

Director

David Malone

Producer

David Paterson

Subject

Biology; Medical sciences; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 100 minutes), £15.99

STEM CELLS: THE PROMISE consists of two documentaries made for Channel 4’s "Equinox" series. The first part, BEGINNINGS, (originally broadcast in 1999 under the the title CURING THE INCURABLE) is an...

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