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HOW TO SAVE THE WORLD - One Man, One Cow, One Planet
Peter Proctor, Tom Burstyn, Barbara Burstyn
Making How to Save the World was an eye opener. Not just the reality of India but the dawning awareness of just how precarious our existence on this planet is. Living in the comfort zone we are totally insulated from that reality.
To buy this movie please contact Nikole Belanger at: nikobel@www.winwithresults.ca or 416-226-3288
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Running the Sahara
Ray Zahab
Running The Sahara is a film about three ultra marathon runners who set out to run across the Sahara Desert for the challenge and discover the cause: the Water crisis in Africa. H2O Africa is the non-profit begun by the runners, the filmmakers and Matt Damon to fund and create water wells throughout Africa to combat the water crisis on the continent.
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An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
Starring: Al Gore, Billy West (II)
Director: Davis Guggenheim
An Inconvenient Truth is very factual and strikes the chord that the general public is oblivious or in denial of global warming facts layed out by scientists around the world. Al Gore sticks to the facts and explains them in terms that the general public can understand.
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Too Hot Not to Handle (2006)
Director: Ellen Goosenberg Kent, Maryann DeLeo
The documentary is very clear and easy to understand. Scientific facts are presented in a clear and simple so everyone can comprehend the importance of this issue. It is a great documentary that may be discussed by teachers and educators in general, on science and social courses. |
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The 11th Hour (2007)
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Thom Hartmann Director: Nadia Conners, Leila Conners Petersen
Anyone who follows the current trends in weather patterns,global warming,greenhouse gases and has seen 2006's Oscar winning AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH will not be a stranger to a lot of the material presented in this expertly crafted semi-doc narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio.What sets this film apart from it's predecessor is that real concrete solutions are brought to us and a great deal of the film concerns itself with renewable energy possibilities.
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Global Warming: The Signs and the Science (2005)
Complete overview of the challenges facing our planet! Wonderful complement to our ecology class. |
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Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006)
Starring: Martin Sheen
This documentary provides a fascinating look at how big corporations can get away with murder. The electric cars were quite popular a decade ago but are now non-existent, this explains why. |
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Planet Earth - The Complete BBC Series (2007)
by Alan Bennett
Planet Earth is such an epic, that it earns comparisons to some of the biggest Hollywood blockbusters. highly reccomended presentation that is extremely addictive and immeasureably sensational from the first scene to the last. Its simply amazes me the beauty of God's creations. |
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National Geographic: Six Degrees Could Change the World
Starring: Alec Baldwin Director: Ron Bowman
A highlight of the film was its focus on the one man that has figured out the total carbon footprint of the cheeseburger, to include the methane farts of the cows.
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Planet in Peril (2 DVD set) (2007)
Planet In Peril is a very informational and fascinating piece to watch. You're educated about the issues facing the planet and how it all relates to you. So you might say how losing species thousands of miles away doesn't affect you or how pollution and drought in another country doesn't affect you either, this will make you look at things a little bit different.
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A Global Warning? (History Channel) (2007)
The documentary "A Global Warning? (History Channel)" provides a very thorough look at the issues of climate change in every sense. Shown on the History Channel in November of 2007, it spoke on all the issues of climate change in scientific and practical terms from ice caps stretching across the northern hemisphere to frozen fields of methane underwater.
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Arctic Tale (2007)
Starring: Queen Latifah, Michael Huang
Director: Adam Ravetch, Sarah Robertson
This National Geographic Film covers an eight year period in which Nanu and Seela grow up, play, love and struggle against the elements of changing nature. At times the film seems like a documentary, and at other times like a wild life adventure. |
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The Translator
by Daoud Hari
The Translator is a suspenseful, harrowing, and deeply moving memoir of how one person has made a difference in the world–an on-the-ground account of one of the biggest stories of our time. Using his high school knowledge of languages as his weapon—while others around him were taking up arms—Daoud Hari has helped inform the world about Darfur.
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