ENERGY ALTERNATIVES

ENVIRONMENT

HEAT AND NUCLEAR ENERGY

ENERGY ALTERNATIVES

COMMUNITY ACTION AND THE ENVIRONMENT

In 1996 residents living in Werribee, just outside Melbourne, learned that a toxic waste dump was being proposed for a nearby quarry site owned by CSR, an international manufacturer of building products. This program explores the action taken by the community in their conflict with the state government and the company. A local community group called WRATD - Werribee Residents against Toxic Dumps - became the main driving force successfully opposing the toxic waste dump.

Item no.	:	WJ08690755
Format	:	DVD
Duration	:	25 minutes
Audience	:	Senior Secondary - Tertiary
Copyright	:	2003
Price	:	AUD 110.00

ENERGY CONSERVATION

Renewable energy offers a long term solution to the problems caused by our use of fossil fuels, but if we want to make an immediate impact, the best place to start is energy conservation. Developed countries like Australia have relied on cheap energy to maintain high living standards, but this has produced a culture of wastefulness and inefficiency. This program takes the audience on a tour of an energy efficient house to show how the average home can cut energy use. And to make sure the audience identifies with the subject, we also visit an average Australian household and an average Australian secondary school, to see what they've done to conserve energy. Once people are educated about the way we use energy, they realise how easy it is to make the small changes that are needed to cut our energy use. This program shows that this results in big savings on our energy bills and makes a significant contribution to the health of our planet.

Item no.	:	HY08690131
Format	:	DVD
Duration	:	28 minutes
Audience	:	Middle Secondary - Senior Secondary
Copyright	:	2002
Price	:	AUD 110.00

WATERING THE DESERT

This program explores the problems caused by irrigation in different parts of the United States. It explains how irrigation increases the salinity of the Colorado River and what has been done there. The program moves onto the California basin and the Kesterson syndrome caused by selenium. Oil wells and the problems they create are also examined. The program graphically illustrates the horrors of irrigation without drainage. The problems associated with the expansion of the American population into deserts are explained with illustrations of fissuring from too much ground water extraction. The Central Arizona project is shown to highlight what can happen if the true cost of water is ignored.

Item no.	:	YL08691554
Format	:	DVD
Duration	:	49 minutes
Audience	:	Middle Secondary - Senior Secondary
Copyright	:	1995
Price	:	AUD 100.00

LIFE AFTER OIL: THE NEW ENERGY ALTERNATIVES

The six alternative energies that will free us from dependence on foreign oil.

The challenge for our future is to make use of alternative sources of energy to replace our dependence on fossil fuels: oil and coal. Right now, such sources are right before us. All we need to do is to scale up what already exists in the laboratory. This program shows how we can do this through technological innovation and will power.

Chapters:

Wind Power

Fuel Cells

Hydrogen Fuel

Ethanol

Biomass

Solar

Item no.	:	EA01090042
Format	:	DVD (Closed Captioned, With Spanish Subtitles)
Duration	:	30 minutes
Audience	:	Grades 7 - Adult
Copyright	:	2007
Price	:	USD 70.00

ENVIRONMENT

ENERGY ALTERNATIVE, THE: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

This brilliantly conceived series investigates innovative solutions to prevent worldwide ecological disaster. Based on a five-year study, "Energy for a Sustainable World", carried out by scientists from the U.S., Sweden, Brazil, and India, it reflects a radical approach to energy conservation. It concludes that the West could reduce energy consumption by 50% by the year 2030, while still retaining present standards of living.

Changing the Way the World Works concentrates on the "end-use philosophy." Instead of asking how much energy the world will demand, it asks how can less energy be used to give consumers the things they want - lighting, central heating, air conditioning, automobiles, etc.

The Rich Get Richer focuses on tough, innovative laws and fresh initiatives world-wide which are helping to contain energy consumption and pollution. We see a computerized energy-management system in a home and in a high-efficiency office building.

Power to the People focuses on the developing world where the energy debate is carried on against a background of grinding poverty, limited resources and rapidly growing population. Among the affordable solutions demonstrated are more efficient stoves and faster growing trees.

Reviews

"This series should be required viewing for all who consider them- selves part of the human race." - Science Books & Films

"Illuminating productions." - Booklist

Note

U.S. Environmental Film Festival, 1992

Award

Blue Ribbon, American Film & Video Festival, 1992

Item no.	:	KH00871188
Format	:	DVD
Audience	:	High School, College, Adult
Copyright	:	1991
Price	:	USD 495.00

ENERGY ALTERNATIVE, THE - A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: CHANGING THE WAY THE WORLD WORKS

Changing the Way the World Works concentrates on the "end-use philosophy." Instead of asking how much energy the world will demand, it asks how can less energy be used to give consumers the things they want - lighting, central heating, air conditioning, automobiles, etc.

Reviews

"This series should be required viewing for all who consider themselves part of the human race." - Science Books & Films

"Illuminating production." - Booklist

Note

U.S. Environmental Film Festival, 1992

Award

Blue Ribbon, American Film & Video Festival, 1992

Item no.	:	DH07060473
Format	:	DVD
Duration	:	52 minutes
Audience	:	High School, College, Adult
Copyright	:	1991
Price	:	USD 315.00

ENERGY ALTERNATIVE, THE - A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: POWER TO THE PEOPLE

Power to the People focuses on the developing world where the energy debate is carried on against a background of grinding poverty, limited resources and rapidly growing population. Among the affordable solutions demonstrated are more efficient stoves and faster growing trees.

Reviews

"This series should be required viewing for all who consider themselves part of the human race." - Science Books & Films

"Illuminating production." - Booklist

Note

U.S. Environmental Film Festival, 1992

Award

Blue Ribbon, American Film & Video Festival, 1992

Item no.	:	EL07060494
Format	:	DVD
Duration	:	52 minutes
Audience	:	High School, College, Adult
Copyright	:	1991
Price	:	USD 315.00

ENERGY ALTERNATIVE, THE - A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: THE RICH GET RICHER

The Rich Get Richer focuses on tough, innovative laws and fresh initiatives world-wide which are helping to contain energy consumption and pollution. We see a computerized energy-management system in a home and in a high-efficiency office building.

Reviews

"This series should be required viewing for all who consider them- selves part of the human race." - Science Books & Films

"Illuminating productions." - Booklist

Note

U.S. Environmental Film Festival, 1992

Award

Blue Ribbon, American Film & Video Festival, 1992

Item no.	:	RY07000496
Format	:	DVD
Duration	:	52 minutes
Audience	:	High School, College, Adult
Copyright	:	1991
Price	:	USD 315.00

HEAT AND NUCLEAR ENERGY

ENERGY ALTERNATIVES: THE COOL FUEL ROAD TRIPS - AN INTRODUCTION TO CLEAN AND GREEN FUELS

Trying to drive a stretch Hummer from Los Angeles to San Francisco would normally run up a hefty tab at the gas pump. But Shaun Murphy and the Cool Fuel crew have taken the ultimate gas-guzzler and turned it into a clean, green cool fuel machine. You'll be amazed by what you can use to keep this super-sized SUV humming down the highway.

Item no.	:	TP07980506
Format	:	DVD (With Teachers Guide)
Duration	:	16 minutes
Audience	:	Grades 6-12
Copyright	:	2007
Price	:	USD 89.95

ENERGY ALTERNATIVES: THE COOL FUEL ROAD TRIPS - WATER AND WIND POWER

You don't need big rivers or massive waterfalls to create hydropower; energy can be generated from small streams. That's just what Shaun Murphy and the Cool Fuel crew are looking for as they try to travel 250 miles through Colorado fueled by micro-hydropower. Then Shaun tries to catch the wind with turbine power for a journey along Route 66 in New Mexico.

Item no.	:	JR07980511
Format	:	DVD (With Teachers Guide)
Duration	:	23 minutes
Audience	:	Grades 6-12
Copyright	:	2007
Price	:	USD 89.95

ENERGY ALTERNATIVES: THE COOL FUEL ROADTRIPS - BIODIESEL AND VEGETABLE OIL

Shaun Murphy and his Cool Fuel crew put a whole new spin on the phrase "oil change." Join them as they travel through Oregon and Washington on biodiesel fuel derived from vegetable oils and animal fats. And this energy source doesn't just come direct from the farm. In the Lone Star State, Shaun gives restaurant owners a helping hand by turning their used vegetable cooking oil into a cool fuel.

Item no.	:	EA07980512
Format	:	DVD (With Teachers Guide)
Duration	:	25 minutes
Audience	:	Grades 6-12
Copyright	:	2007
Price	:	USD 89.95

ENERGY ALTERNATIVES: THE COOL FUEL ROADTRIPS - CORN WHISKEY ETHANOL AND HEMPOLINE

Shaun Murphy and his Cool Fuel crew head for America's heartland, seeking new ways to travel without gasoline. This time they're trying out fuels made from corn and switchgrass. There's even a plane ride fueled by corn whiskey. Plant-based cool fuels also play an important role in Shaun's road trip through Alabama and Mississippi, as he discovers a biofuel known as hempoline.

Item no.	:	LH07980513
Format	:	DVD (With Teachers Guide)
Duration	:	21 minutes
Audience	:	Grades 6-12
Copyright	:	2007
Price	:	USD 89.95

ENERGY ALTERNATIVES: THE COOL FUEL ROADTRIPS - GEOTHERMAL AND SOLAR ENERGY

Shaun and his crew leave their gas tanks in San Francisco as they head for the Oregon border powered by geothermal energy. After that, Shaun and his dog, Sparky, rely on solar power as they follow the sun through Arizona.

Item no.	:	ZA07980514
Format	:	DVD (With Teachers Guide)
Duration	:	25 minutes
Audience	:	Grades 6-12
Copyright	:	2007
Price	:	USD 89.95

ENERGY ALTERNATIVES: THE COOL FUEL ROADTRIPS - SUGARCANE AND FOOD

Shaun Murphy and his cool fuel crew get a sugar rush cruising through Florida. There's nothing sweeter than running a motor on sugarcane. Next, the crew tries to detemine their "miles per beignet" as they eat their way through Louisiana with a Hummer that burns food in a gasifier.

Item no.	:	PW07980516
Format	:	DVD (With Teachers Guide)
Duration	:	27 minutes
Audience	:	Grades 6-12
Copyright	:	2007
Price	:	USD 89.95

ENERGY ALTERNATIVES: THE COOL FUEL ROADTRIPS: GARBAGE AND COW MANURE

On this leg of the trip, Shaun Murphy and his Cool Fuel Crew use "cow power" to get from Green Bay, Wisconsin, to Chicago, Illinois. Then it's garbage in, energy out. Shaun finds out how far he can travel on trash as he tries to get from New York City to Washington, D.C.

Item no.	:	GG07980517
Format	:	DVD (With Teachers Guide)
Duration	:	27 minutes
Audience	:	Grades 6-12
Copyright	:	2007
Price	:	USD 89.95

SCIENCE SCREEN REPORT: 21ST CENTURY SCIENCE - PURSUING ENERGY ALTERNATIVES

About 300 years ago conventional science, based on Newton¡¦s Laws of Motion, announced that energy could not be created and thus the quest for perpetual motion, and therefore ¡¥free¡¦ energy, was over. However, there were a few dreamers and visionaries who refused to believe perpetual motion, the holy grail of science, was beyond the minds of men. Drawn together by the internet, there are still those who believe perpetual motion and ¡¥free¡¦ energy is not only possible, but that it may well be the solution to our current energy crisis. These sometimes eccentric, usually dedicated, and always obsessive individuals make their cases with results that are both entertaining and surprising.

Item no.	:	PJ08540384
Format	:	DVD
Audience	:	Intermediate, Junior High
Copyright	:	2006
Price	:	USD 125.00

CONSERVATION AND ENERGY ALTERNATIVES: POWERING THE FUTURE

Destabilization in the Middle East and concerns over global warming are heating up the national dialogue on how America intends to power itself into the future. In segment one of this NewsHour program, Michael Marvin, of the Council for Sustainable Energy; Dan Reicher, of the World Resources Institute; Myron Ebell, of the Competitive Enterprise Group; and Herbert Inhaber, author of Why Energy Conservation Fails, consider the big picture. Then, segment two narrows the focus to wind power: improvements in wind farm technology, government incentives and legislation, and rising consumer demand. Drawbacks such as the unpredictability of wind are also considered.

Item no.	:	ZP00270457
Format	:	DVD
Duration	:	30 minutes
Copyright	:	2001
StdBkNo	:	9781421340517
Price	:	USD 80.00

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