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Marlene Gutierrez

The Meatrix - 2 views

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    Join Leo, the young pig who wonders if he is "the one", Chickity, the feathered family farm defender, and Moopheus, the trench-coat-clad cow with a passion for green pastures as they expose the problems with factory farming while making the world safe for sustainable family farms. The Meatrix, translated into over 30 languages, is a worldwide phenomenon! These are three 2-3 minute animations on factory farming - an interesting way to introduce CAFO/factory farming.
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Dan Barber: How I fell in love with a fish - 2 views

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    TED talk on farming fish sustainably.
S Berrend

Wind Power Interactive, Wind Power Simulation, Wind Power Simulator - National Geographic - 2 views

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    Explore turbines and set up your own wind farm.
S Berrend

Here's How America Uses Its Land - 4 views

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    There are many statistical measures that show how productive the U.S. is. Its economy is the largest in the world and grew at a rate of 4.1 percent last quarter, its fastest pace since 2014. The unemployment rate is near the lowest mark in a half century. What can be harder to decipher is how Americans use their land to create wealth. The 48 contiguous states alone are a 1.9 billion-acre jigsaw puzzle of cities, farms, forests and pastures that Americans use to feed themselves, power their economy and extract value for business and pleasure.
S Berrend

How a Hawaiian island is fighting invasive parakeets | PBS NewsHour - 1 views

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    On the Hawaiian island of Kauai, rose-ringed parakeets, which are often kept as pets, have bred in the wild, destroying farms and bothering residents. They may also be threatening native plants. PBS NewsHour Weekend's Megan Thompson reports on local efforts to battle the invasive birds. Good 'cane Toad' like parallels.
S Berrend

10929250216_29e8296e1c_k.jpg 2,048×1,331 pixels - 1 views

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    Cool map showing how the country was proposed to have been divided by watersheds.
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