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* Released January 2008 * Running time: 60 minutes * Description: The entire 60 minute video of "On Our Watch," which addresses the humanitarian crisis in Darfur that has been labeled the first genocide of the 21st century, can be accessed at the following web site: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/darfur/view/main.html This video examines the emerging crisis in Darfur beginning in 2003 and continues to examine the dynamics of this complex situation as a UN official presses the world to act, the United Nations makes numerous ineffective efforts to intervene, and flickers of hope emerge in 2007. This powerful and informative video is supported by web links to additional information about the crisis in Darfur. (DVD also available for $30 from web site at http://www.shoppbs.org/) * Rating: excellent ; used selected sections in class, related to conflict revolution

* 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

Good short video looking at the future of military robotics. 

Short video that discusses the way autonomous drones are helping to map the ocean.

* 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

* Filmed: February 2005 * Running Time: 22:56 * Description: Ray Kurzweil is an entrepreneur and inventor and has a unique perspective on the future merging of medicine, neuroscience, and computers. He claims that by the 2020s, we will have reverse-engineered the human brain and nanobots will be operating your consciousness. His talk has great graphics, videos and imagery. * Rating: Excellent * 7-Revolutions: Technology

* Released February 2007 * Running time: 240 minutes * Description: China from the Inside is a series of four documentaries that survey China through Chinese eyes to see how history has shaped them and where the present is taking them. Episodes include Power and the People which deals with the governance of China, The Women which talks about the past and future for Chinese women, Shifting Nature, a look at China's environmental challenges, and Freedom, an exploration of China's conflict between personal freedom and governance. Produced in 2006 with 240 minutes on one DVD. Description from web site at http://www.shoppbs.org/ Video available for $30. * Rating: very good * Used outside class as optional learning activity; related to several revolutions

* Released May 2008 * Running time: 270 minutes * Description: 9/11 and Al Qaeda, Afghanistan and Iraq, WMD and the Insurgency, Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, Fallujah and the Surge. For six years, FRONTLINE has been revealing those stories in meticulous detail and the political dramas played out at the highest levels. Now, on the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion, the full saga will unfold in this special definitive documentary analysis of one of the most challenging periods in the nation's history. 270 minutes on one disc. (Description from web site at http://www.shoppbs.org/) Video available for $30. * Rating: excellent; used outside of class as an optional learning activity, related to conflict resolution

National Geographic's latest issue is all about water issues -- it's great. There website is also providing a lot of learning tools: interactive maps, videos, case studies.

National Geographic's latest issue is all about water issues -- it's great. There website is also providing a lot of learning tools: interactive maps, videos, case studies.

IBM is developing a super small supercomputer that is also more environmentally friendly (up to 50% more efficient). The size gives a clear picture of just how far computation has come. There is also a video included.

* Running Time: 5:35 * Description: This gives a short report about genetically modified salmon and some of the concerns related to natural stocks of salmon. * Rating: Very Good * 7-Revolutions: Technology, Resources

* Running Time: 2:34 * Aired: March 2008 * Description: A very humorous short film on the comedy show, The Colbert Report. It is spoof on the how damaging and impractical plastic water bottles. Warning: it does have a couple of off-color reference. * Rating: Excellent (very funny) * 7-Revolutions: Resources, Technology

* 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

The new version of the video of "miniature earth" is available. 2010. Gives great statistics in relationship to if the world were composed of 100 people.

CSIS Trustee gives a 30,000 view of the move from West to East. 

7:48 minute video on current reserach in nanotechnology. Good graphics.

Very similar to the type of information found in Seven Revs, but focused on the growth in population.

Nice video to show as intro to Rev. #1 Thanks Scott.

There are many good videos at this site. They cover a wide range of issues covered in our courses and average 3-5 minutes in length.

This engaging 15 minute video explains some of the challenges we will face with traditional jobs being replaced by computation, robotics and advanced AI.