* Filmed: February 2006
* Running time: 16.18 minutes
* Description: This talk describes current issues related to global climate changes.
His talk has a good deal of humor and is quite entertaining. He provides
practical ways to reduce the effects of global climate change.
* Rating: Very Good
* 7-Revolutions Section: Resources
* Originally released November 2006
* Running time: 96 minutes
* Description: Former Vice President Al Gore presents a compelling look at the
state of global warming in the fascinating and startling documentary. Director
Davis Guggenheim eloquently weaves the science of global warming with Al
Gore's personal history and lifelong commitment to reversing the effects of
global climate change in the most talked-about documentary of the year. An
audience and critical favorite, An Inconvenient Truth makes the compelling case
that global warming is real, man-made, and its effects will be cataclysmic if we
don't act now. Gore presents a wide array of facts and information in a
thoughtful and compelling way: often humorous, frequently emotional, always
fascinating. In the end, An Inconvenient Truth accomplishes what all great films
should: it leaves the viewer shaken, involved and inspired. Description from
http://www.climatecrisis.net/aboutthedvd/ and from amazon.com, where it is
available for $16
* Rating: excellent; used inside and outside class; directly related to climate change
topic within "resource management" revolution
* Filmed: March 2008
* Running time: 27.54 minutes
* Description: In this talk, Al Gore updates his thinking on laws, policies and
global efforts necessary for environmental challenges including global climate
change, acid rain, etc.
* Rating: Excellent
* 7-Revolutions Section: Resources
* Running Time: 7:44
* Description: This short video discusses the pressing problem of environmental
changes including pollution, global climate change, and depleting biodiversity.
This discusses the United Nations Environment Program GEO-4.
* Rating: Very Good
* 7-Revolutions Section: Resources
* Released April, 2008
* Running time: 92 min
* Description: In this documentary several of the world's experts on climate
change and sustainability are interviewed including: former Soviet leader
Mikhail Gorbachev, Cambridge physicist Stephen Hawking, progressive CEO
Ray Anderson, and scientist and activist David Suzuki. It contains wonderful
video footage and a very high production value. It is hosted by Leonardo
DiCaprio and it appears to be intended for a younger, college-age, audience. In
this documentary they discuss both the science and philosophy of the future of
our planet. It starts off a bit depressing, but ends with some practical ways for
individuals to enact change.
* Rating: Excellent: Students rated The 11th Hour as their favorite video of the
semester.
* 7-Revolutions Section: Resources, Population, Technology
TED Talk that connects urbanization (and the global need for housing) to climate change. Might be good to stop the video about half way through to ask students about potential problems, and then restart to hear the speaker address some of these issues.
* Aired: March 2008
* Running Time: 5:35
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* Description: This short program discusses how countries might deal with the
increasing occurrences of drought with climate change. It focuses on Panama
and how the Panama Canal requires a large amount of water to function and
how a local rainforest affects the water flow.
* Rating; Good
* 7-Revolutons Sections: Resources (water)