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Jared Diamond on Why Societies Collapse
by Jared Diamond
Available on: Online Video
With lessons from the Norse of Iron Age Greenland, deforested Easter Island and present-day Montana, Jared Diamond talks about the signs that collapse is near...
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Al Gore Videos on C-SPAN
by Al Gore
Available on: Online Video
Vice President Gore testified at a joint meeting of House committees about global climate change, environmental policy, and future policy options to reduce emissions and improve environmental standards.
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Jane Goodall Videos on C-SPAN
by Jane Goodall
Available on: Online Video
Ms. Goodall described the work of the Jane Goodall Institute, which is attempting to curtail the use of chimpanzees as laboratory animals.
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The American Denial of Global Warming
by Naomi Oreskes
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Join scientist and renowned historian Naomi Oreskes as she describes her investigation into the reasons for such widespread mistrust and misunderstanding of scientific consensus and probes the history of organized campaigns designed to create public doubt and confusion about science.
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Perspectives on Ocean Science
Available on: Online Video
Learn about ocean science from leading researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. This series is taped at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps and has been in production since 2001.
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Jane Goodall: Reason for Hope
by Jane Goodall
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
World-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall tells her story of transformation from being a young English girl of modest means to an international symbol of wildlife conservation and she explains why she is hopeful about the future in this address to the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice at the University of San Diego.
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The Wisdom of Designing Cradle to Cradle
by William McDonough
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Green-minded architect and designer William McDonough asks what our buildings and products would look like if designers took into account "all children, all species, for all time."
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The Omnivore's Next Dilemma
by Michael Pollan
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
What if human consciousness isn't the end-all and be-all of Darwinism? What if we are all just pawns in corn's clever strategy game to rule the Earth? Author Michael Pollan asks us to see the world from a plant's-eye view.
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Debate: Does the World Need Nuclear Energy?
by Stewart Brand
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Nuclear power: the energy crisis has even die-hard environmentalists reconsidering it. In this first-ever TED debate, Stewart Brand and Mark Z. Jacobson square off over the pros and cons.
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Peace and Chemistry Global Environmental Issues: Effects on the Atmosphere and the Biosphere
by Mario Molina
Available on: Online Video
In this lecture Mario Molina defines the causes of global warming as a direct result of human behavior.
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