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Renewing Hope

Renewing Hope


ECO COMPANY II: 5 OCEAN GUYERS

Algalita Marine Research Foundation has been conducting research about plastic in the Earth's oceans for over 15 years. Sailing on the foundation's 50 foot catamaran, its, researchers have traveled around the globe to trawl for plastic in the five major gyres where plastic debris gathers. What they've learned will startle even those who are acutely aware of the oceans' growing issues with plastic waste. Brendan visits a high school where students are building a three-phase compost bin from scratch. Learn a good way to build a compost bin of your own. The Green Girls host a celebrity party for a cause: from providing solar powered flashlights for earthquake refugees in Haiti, to showcasing green fashion.

Item no.: SU00161544
Format: DVD
Duration: 22 minutes
Copyright: 2011
Price: USD 195.00

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ECO COMPANY II: BUTTERFLIES TO NASA'S JET PROPULSION LAB

Brendan and Jordan join other teens at the Breaking Ground Conference, in planting trees and seedlings, and creating recycled art. Jessica meets the founders of Students for Solar Schools. Their quest to acquire solar panels for their own high school grew into a network of high schools across the nation. Jordan visits a museum that houses over 7 million bugs, insects and invertebrates. She gets to hold a very large Walking Stick and goes butterfly hunting, learning how climate change affects the insect world. Adam pays a visit to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The scientists here spend a lot of time studying the earth, and specifically, climate change and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. What they are finding will surprise you!

Item no.: EU00161545
Format: DVD
Duration: 22 minutes
Copyright: 2011
Price: USD 195.00

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ECO COMPANY II: CREEK GEEKS

The students from Mira Loma High School in Sacramento, CA, are the force behind the Arcade Creek Project. They do it all: habitat restoration, vertebrate cataloging, creek mapping, and biological assessment. Teen scientists learn about renewable energy and industry experience at the Berkeley Lab Internship Program. Jalena visits the School Farm to make adobe bricks and try baking in a solar oven. Infrared technology and 3D imaging are just two ways NASA helps us understand our planet. Especially when it comes to greenhouse gases, and one of them we don't hear much about-water vapor.

Item no.: BL00161546
Format: DVD
Duration: 22 minutes
Copyright: 2011
Price: USD 195.00

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ECO COMPANY II: GERTY BECOMES VOLTBUG

Jalena meets the Bheda Family, who turned their Volkswagen Beetle into an electric car. Then, meet high school students who visit their old middle school to check on fourth graders carrying on a tradition that they began: conducting a school-wide trash audit. They find out the tradition is in good hands and credit their fourth grade experience with setting a precedent for a long-term sustainable lifestyle. And, the fourth graders are already demonstrating green leadership. Jordan goes to Nashville as a new member of Inconvenient Youth, a teen organization that's part of Al Gore's The Climate Project. Inspired by the training and by Al Gore's presentation, she visits a local school as the featured speaker on Earth Day. Now she is providing the inspiration!

Item no.: KS00161547
Format: DVD
Duration: 22 minutes
Copyright: 2011
Price: USD 195.00

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ECO COMPANY II: GROWING ORGANIC COTTON

Cotton has a big footprint in the world. Farmers use 11 percent of the world's pesticides and it takes more than 700 gallons of water to grow enough cotton to make just one T-shirt. Jordan heads out to the fields to find out how some farmers are doing things differently. Then, Eco Company visits the second largest wetland restoration project in the entire U.S. located along the San Francisco Bay. For decades, a salt production company was located here and used the natural area for solar salt production. San Ramon Valley High School has a very active environmental club, E2, which runs the school's recycling program and built an organic garden. One member had an idea to save water in the community.

Item no.: JA00161548
Format: DVD
Duration: 22 minutes
Copyright: 2011
Price: USD 195.00

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ECO COMPANY II: REDWOODS

Meet a group of teens who are spending their weekend to help restore an overgrown grove of redwood trees. Redwood trees have been around since dinosaurs roamed the earth. Some of them can live more than 3,000 years! Some grow to more than 25 stories! Is climate change affecting them too? Jalena talks to biodiversity scientist Dr. Healy Hamilton to see what the future holds. How did you spend your summer? A trip to Costa Rica inspired members of the Environmental Science Academy at Oakland High School to do their part to reduce the use of plastic. Jessica catches up with them to learn more, while Adam interviews a NASA scientist about Ozone.

Item no.: VK00161549
Format: DVD
Duration: 22 minutes
Copyright: 2011
Price: USD 195.00

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ECO COMPANY II: RESCUING MARINE MAMMALS

The Marine Mammal Center in Northern California rescues seals, sea lions, porpoises and other injured or sick mammals. Many are victims of man-made hazards. Jordan goes to The Green Festival in San Francisco to see what she can find in eco-friendly fashion. Project Open Hand prepares 2600 meals every day for senior citizens and others with serious illnesses. Such an operation requires a lot of energy. Brendan takes a tour to find out what they are doing to reduce their energy consumption and their carbon footprint, while serving sustainable and organic meals to many in need.

Item no.: SA00161550
Format: DVD
Duration: 22 minutes
Copyright: 2011
Price: USD 195.00

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ECO COMPANY II: SAND CRABS & THE FOOD CHAIN

Brendan interviews budding scientists who are documenting the ebb and flow of the sand crab population. The Green Academy at Woodside High School teaches students to grow crops in the garden and tend to chickens. Dangerous household toxins, like paints, aerosols, pesticides, insecticides, household cleaners, batteries, and (Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs) CFLs: how can we properly dispose of them? Adam visits a hazardous waste facility to get answers. As much as 30-percent of all produce grown on farms is plowed under because it doesn't look good enough to be sold in supermarkets. One organization is gleaning the rejected crops of local organic farmers to provide local schools with healthier lunches.

Item no.: TS00161551
Format: DVD
Duration: 22 minutes
Copyright: 2011
Price: USD 195.00

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ECO COMPANY II: TEAM MARINE

Santa Monica High School is just a few blocks from the world famous Santa Monica Beach. SMHS's Team Marine cleans the beach regularly test water quality, lobby against single use plastic bags and have recently built a solar boat. Jordan visits San Francisco's Garden for the Environment to learn about the Urban Youth Sprouts program. The teens in this program grow vegetables; learn about sustainable food systems and how to live a healthier lifestyle. Brendan goes to the studio where the student-run TV show "The Green Screen" is taped. These teens run the cameras, edit their own stories, create graphics and man the control room for a monthly show that raises awareness about environmental issues and offers ways to solve them.

Item no.: TH00161552
Format: DVD
Duration: 22 minutes
Copyright: 2011
Price: USD 195.00

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ECO COMPANY II: TEENS ON A MISSION

Brendan visits Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory where they are researching the efficiency of cooking stoves utilized by over 3 billion people world-wide. Jessica meets Ally Maize, the teen who founded the Green Youth Movement (GYM). GYM works with elementary and middle school students to develop green lifestyles at an early age. At the Brower Center, Jordan sits down with four very inspiring teens from across the country. Each one identified an issue and decided to do something about it. Finally we visit a high school celebrating Earth Day. Here, environmental projects and ecological issues are met with enthusiasm; even with a plastic monster lurking about.

Item no.: WC00161553
Format: DVD
Duration: 22 minutes
Copyright: 2011
Price: USD 195.00

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ECO COMPANY II: WEIRD SCIENCE

Brendan visits the Joint Genome Institute where two teen interns are helping with climate change research, by studying thousands-year-old DNA extracted from permafrost. Adam discovers how NASA satellites are used to study the effects of climate change on the Earth's oceans, coastlines and beaches. A group of teens are sharing their passion for the environment with younger kids through the Headlands Institute's mentor program. Jordan is selected to be trained by Al Gore's non-profit The Climate Project as part of the new Inconvenient Youth Program. She takes her camera to Nashville, Tennessee, to shoot the events of the weekend and talk with the other teens from around the world. It's a look behind the scenes of future environmental leaders.

Item no.: DM00161554
Format: DVD
Duration: 22 minutes
Copyright: 2011
Price: USD 195.00

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ECO COMPANY: BUILDING GREEN COMPETETION

Eco Company visits the campus of Santa Clara University where a team of students participate in a biannual competition called the Solar Decathlon sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. What do they have to do to win? They must design and build the greenest, most energy efficient house. They build it, then dismantle it and take it to the Capital Mall in Washington, D.C. to be judged. While Eco Company makes themselves at home in the house that placed 3rd two years ago, Adam gets a tour of the home they are readying for this year's competition.

Item no.: KN00161287
Format: DVD
Duration: 22 minutes
Copyright: 2010
Price: USD 195.00

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ECO COMPANY: CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE RAIN FOREST

In this episode Eco Company visits the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Jessica explores their rain forest dome and finds out why rain forests are so important to the delicate balance of our world-wide eco system. Then Adam takes a quick detour to visit with a global climate change export at Chabot Space & Science Center to get the simple facts about global warming and what is causing it.

Item no.: WU00161288
Format: DVD
Duration: 22 minutes
Copyright: 2010
Price: USD 195.00

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ECO COMPANY: ECO KIDS GREEN GIANTS

Eco Company wanted to know if our favorite sports teams are keeping up with the green revolution. So we went to the home of the San Francisco Giants to check it out. We learned the Giants are one of the greenest teams in sports from the concession stands, to watering the field, to recycling and transportation to the park! Jordan got the inside scoop on what they are doing and how they are doing it.

Item no.: KS00161291
Format: DVD
Duration: 22 minutes
Copyright: 2010
Price: USD 195.00

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ECO COMPANY: ECO SURFING!

Eco Company goes back to the beach... and for good reason! Surfing is very popular along the West Coast. But have you ever thought about the materials in Surfboards? Jessica found one guy who not only gave it some thought, but began making surfboards with non-toxic and sustainable materials. She caught up with him in his shop...and on the waves!

Item no.: NB00161289
Format: DVD
Duration: 22 minutes
Copyright: 2010
Price: USD 195.00

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ECO COMPANY: FARMERS' MARKET

Eco Company visits a local farmers market to check out the bounty of locally grown organic produce. There are a lot of reasons to buy organic and to buy local, but we wanted to hear and see for ourselves. So Jessica went out to an organic farm that specializes in tomatoes and melons... and a whole lot more. Meanwhile the rest of the Company checks out the booths and samples the goods.

Item no.: LC00161290
Format: DVD
Duration: 22 minutes
Copyright: 2010
Price: USD 195.00

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ECO COMPANY: HIKING

Eco Company goes hiking to enjoy fresh air and the great outdoors. When hiking you gain a great appreciation for the hills, trees, plants, streams, lakes and wildlife. And speaking of plants, we visit the Joint Bio Energy Institute...a place where high tech scientists are working to change the future of fuel. They're working to unlock nature's secrets to create plant based biofuels to replace fossil fuels. Jor- dan got a lesson in photo synthesis and sugar polymers.

Item no.: DP00161292
Format: DVD
Duration: 22 minutes
Copyright: 2010
Price: USD 195.00

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ECO COMPANY: LEFTOVER GREEN BEANS

Eco Company visits a school that is doing everything to be sustainable. From their greenhouse and organic garden, to their energy monitoring systems and the new LEED Gold certified science building with a living roof, this school is getting it right. Jordan visited the campus and also found students who regularly check the tire air pressure of commuters to maximize fuel consumption! We hadn't seen that before.

Item no.: PS00161293
Format: DVD
Duration: 22 minutes
Copyright: 2010
Price: USD 195.00

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ECO COMPANY: MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM

In this episode Eco Company visits the Monterey Bay Aquarium known throughout the world for its conservation efforts. Tere are over 35,000 plants and animals in this amazing facility. The exhibits inspire us to preserve our oceans. First, we take a look at some of the exhibits through the eyes of some special tour guides, teens volunteers whose messages are music to our ears.

Item no.: VT00161294
Format: DVD
Duration: 22 minutes
Copyright: 2010
Price: USD 195.00

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ECO COMPANY: ORGANIC GROWING

Eco Company gets down to earth in this episode, quite literally. Jessica learns how restaurant scraps are collected to provide the nitrogen and wonderful nutrients needed to make compost. It's compost that goes back to farms and wineries to grow our food and produce. Nothing wasted and all is goes right back into the soil.

Item no.: FK00161295
Format: DVD
Duration: 22 minutes
Copyright: 2010
Price: USD 195.00

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ECO COMPANY: OUR BEACHES & PLASTIC

Eco Company goes to the beach! Because beaches and lakes are popular recreation areas, they often become a wasteland of plastic and garbage that people leave behind. But we found a girl scout troop that has adopted a Northern California beach and is determined to keep it free of trash and waste. Jessica caught up with them on beach clean-up and some of what they find is very surprising.

Item no.: MJ00161296
Format: DVD
Duration: 22 minutes
Copyright: 2010
Price: USD 195.00

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ECO COMPANY: RECYCLING

Eco Company is hanging out at the California Academy of Sciences again, but this time our first two stories are about recycling. Recycling is so very important to reducing our collective Carbon footprint! First Adam visits a materials recovery to see what happens to all of the stuff we put into our recycling bins. How do they sort it?...and what do they do with it? Then he gets a lesson in the 4 Rs: reduce, reuse, recycle and ROT (composting). Knowing the importance of the 4 Rs will help you walk a green path in life.

Item no.: NN00161297
Format: DVD
Duration: 22 minutes
Copyright: 2010
Price: USD 195.00

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ECO COMPANY: RE-USING OUR TRASH

Eco Company takes to the road on Segways for this episode. They're out looking for stuff that has a valuable second use: like used cooking oil. Who would have known restaurants would be a source for biodiesel fuel? Brendan went to a landfill where the trash goes 200 feet deep. All trash produces methane gas and this place is putting it to good use.

Item no.: SH00161298
Format: DVD
Duration: 22 minutes
Copyright: 2010
Price: USD 195.00

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ECO COMPANY: SUSTAINABLE CROPS IN INDIA

Eco Company visits two amazing schools that are doing it right when it comes to helping the planet. First up is Sacred Heart Preparatory in Menlo Park, California. Not only do they have a large organic garden, but they boast a brand new, LEED Platinum-rated science and multi-use building and a state-of-the-art resource monitoring. Here you will find sustainability both inside and out the classroom.

Item no.: GN00161299
Format: DVD
Duration: 22 minutes
Copyright: 2010
Price: USD 195.00

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ECO=KIDS EXPLORE II: ELECTRIC CARS

Join the Eco=Kids Explorers as they travel to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), having been granted an all-access pass to learn about Electric-Plug-in cars. Before key interviews with scientists and engineers, the Explorers give a history of the Electric-Car from the beginning of the 20th Century to today. Then we explore an electric car that was designed at NREL and is being tested for possible mass production.

Item no.: CG00161231
Format: DVD
Duration: 16 minutes
Copyright: 2010
Price: USD 195.00

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ECO=KIDS EXPLORE II: HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS

Join the Eco=Kids Explorers as they travel to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) with an all-access pass to learn about Hydrogen Fuel Cells. After an explanation and history of what a Hydrogen Fuel Cell is, our explorers team up with NREL testers and explain a modern Hydrogen Fuel Cell car. Students will learn how close we are to having them in our driveways.

Item no.: AZ00161233
Format: DVD
Duration: 16 minutes
Copyright: 2010
Price: USD 195.00

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ECO=KIDS EXPLORE II: WATER TREATMENT

Join the Eco=Kids Explorer team as they teach students about water treatment. After a brief history of clean water usage, our hosts visit a water treatment plant. We learn of two types of transforming water into usable water: purification and desalination. The hosts demonstrate how to do their own water filtration experiment from a class room or home.

Item no.: PV00161235
Format: DVD
Duration: 20 minutes
Copyright: 2010
Price: USD 195.00

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ECO=KIDS EXPLORE II: HYDROELECTRIC POWER

Follow the Eco=Kids as they learn the history of Hydroelectric Energy and explore the process of turning the down flow of water into usable energy. Watch our explorers discover the function of the turbine and water level at the hydroelectric dam, as well as the scale of a dam construction.

Item no.: PP00161232
Format: DVD
Duration: 17 minutes
Copyright: 2009
Price: USD 195.00

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ECO=KIDS EXPLORE II: RECYCLING

In this installment our explorers visit three recycling plants: aluminum, paper and plastic. Follow the cross country paths of a regular aluminum can, cereal box and plastic bottle through the cycle of production, use, recycling bin, melting, washing, pressing and back to production. Learn to make your own recycled paper at home with the Eco=Kids Explore and investigate the costs of large scale recycling.

Item no.: HL00161234
Format: DVD
Duration: 22 minues
Copyright: 2009
Price: USD 195.00

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ECO FASHION: IS GREEN THE NEW BLACK?

Society's growing concern for the environment has meant that the fashion industry has been forced to rethink its fundamental structures.

The program is divided into two chapters:

1.Fashion and Consumption

2.Impacts of the fashion design/production cycle

  • fabric Selection
  • production/Manufacturing
  • consumer use
  • waste/disposal

    Includes interviews with industry experts and young designers whose work focuses on environmental and social responsibilities, this DVD is a must see for anyone interested in the future of fashion.

    Item no.: TE27910002
    Format: DVD
    Duration: 24 minutes
    Copyright: 2009
    Price: AUD 120.00

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    GOING CARBON NEUTRAL: THE CASTLEMAINE STATE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS

    The Castlemaine State Festival of the Arts was one of the first festivals in Australia to go carbon neutral. This decision was driven by people from within the community concerned about the environmental impact directly associated with their festival. The end result was a successful event that sent a strong message on sustainability to the local and wider community.

    This DVD is a case study on how to run a carbon neutral festival. Interviews with key organisors explain how the idea was initiated and the steps they took to reduce the festivals footprint to zero. The program also includes animation explaining carbon neutrality.

    Item no.: ZD27910005
    Format: DVD
    Duration: 18 minutes
    Copyright: 2008
    Price: AUD 120.00

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    GOING CARBON NEUTRAL: THE ASHTON HAYES EXAMPLE

    With the Global Warming crisis upon us the small village of Ashton Hayes in the UK has decided to act. The people are in the process of cutting their net carbon emissions to zero and planning to be the first community in the UK to become Carbon Neutral.

    This DVD looks at how the project was initiated, the activities undertaken so far, the various impacts on the village - including a rise in community spirit - and the wider impact on other communities in the UK and Australia who have followed the Ashton Hayes example.

    Item no.: EC27910004
    Format: DVD
    Duration: 15 minutes
    Copyright: 2006
    Price: AUD 120.00

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    HOUSE WITH NO BILLS, THE : A CASE STUDY ON RENEWABLE ENERGY

    Some years ago retired engineer Manfred Pruter and his wife Nita moved from Melbourne to a rural property in central Victoria. By using solar, wind and numerous water tanks the couple have created their own alternative energy paradise. The Pruters supply 100% of their own electricity and water. They now live independently of the energy and water authorities.

    This inspiring program is a must for anyone interested in renewable energy and sustainability. Learn about the principles of solar, wind and thermal heating and the potential is has to shift society away from fossil fuels.

    Item no.: LA27910001
    Format: DVD
    Duration: 19 minutes
    Copyright: 2008
    Price: AUD 120.00

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    RENEWING HOPE: SOLAR, WIND AND BIOMASS IN GERMANY AND AUSTRALIA

    Germany is a world leader in renewable energy production. That is why the Chairman of the Mount Alexander Sustainability group, Neil Barrett, recently visited four sites in north and central Germany to study each of the main renewables in action.

    With the aid of interesting interview and fascinating graphics and footage, we see the result of his work as well as some striking comparisons with the situation in Australia.

    Item no.: PZ27910006
    Format: DVD
    Duration: 23 minutes
    Copyright: 2008
    Price: AUD 120.00

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    GLOBAL WARMING: TAKING ACTION IN CASTLEMAINE

    With the aid of state government and private funding, the Central Victorian Greenhouse Alliance helped four rural schools make changes in the way they use energy. As a result, thousands of dollars are being saved and greenhouse gas emissions are being cut.

    Item no.: WS27910003
    Format: DVD
    Duration: 15 minutes
    Copyright: 2005
    Price: AUD 120.00

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