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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 20 min., 7 sec.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Learn how small, everyday actions can conserve energy sources, reduce your carbon footprint, and even save money in the process. This program deciphers 'green' marketing claims and labels such as 'Energy star', 'DfE', renewable and sustainable. We illustrate eco-friendly ways to buy, prepare, store and dispose of food, and explore methods of saving water, reusing and recycling and trashing trash. Also learn about environmentally friendly clothing...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 21 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In this program, we'll explore the exciting race underway to design greener products of all sorts. You can work toward a green career as an architect, interior designer, industrial engineer, or product designer within a myriad of businesses. This is a contest that will reward those who can envision or help create the "greener mousetraps" of tomorrow. Jobs profiled in this program include: Architect, Interior Designer, Consultant, and Landscape Designer....
3) Going green
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, 24 min. 22 sec.) : digital, stereo., sound, color
Language
English
Description
Learn simple and easy tips to make your library and its services more environmentally friendly. The program is divided into two sections. One features tips and strategies for building a new, green library building, while the other discusses ways to make your current facilities more environmentally friendly. Included in the program are tips on “green” programming, environmentally-friendly cleaning policies, and simple tips that can be used by any...
4) Fed up!
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 60 min., 7 sec.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
About 70% of the food we eat contains genetically engineered ingredients and the biotech industry is spending {dollar}50 million a year to convince us that this technology is our only hope. Using hilarious and disturbing archival footage and featuring interviews with farmers, scientists, government officials and activists, Fed up! presents an entertaining and compelling overview of our current food production system from the Green Revolution to the...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 19 min., 46 sec.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Some of the biggest opportunities for energy improvements occur in the building trades. This program presents an overview of job opportunities in this booming industry where there is a high demand for trained professionals, designers, and workers to help improve the efficiency of commercial and residential buildings through better design of new buildings and smart improvements to existing structures. Making our homes and offices more energy efficient...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 80 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai tells the inspiring story of the Green Belt Movement of Kenya and its founder Wangari Maathai, the first environmentalist and first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. The U.S.- educated Professor Maathai discovered her life's work by reconnecting with the rural women with whom she had grown up. Their lives had become intolerable: they were walking longer distances for firewood, clean water was scarce,...
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