Hi Jonathan and all,
Your first video suggestion ("Banking on Disaster") and the point about
what has changed (envtl policy) and what has not (social structure)
reminds me that there is an excellent 20-year update by the same
director: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/this_world/4429612.stm
or http://www.cbc.ca/correspondent/060115.html
"The Jungle Beat"
Nomad Films Ltd. for the BBC, 2005/2006
Unfortunately, it does not seem like this "happy news" environmental
film is being marketed--I could only find its transcript with the
producers' contact info:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/programmes/this_world/transcripts/jungle_beat_17_11_05.txt
Rodrigo
>>> "Jonathan Rosenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08/02/07 2:23 PM >>>
Hi all,
Two rather old but still very compelling videos to add to the list:
"Banking on Disaster"
Bullfrog Films 1986
About the effects of World Bank lending and Brazilian gov't settlement
policies on Rondonia; includes scenes with Chico Mendes; very good for
sparking discussions on the interplay of IFIs, national and regional
governments and grassroots orgs.; and as a platform for talking about
what
has changed and what hasn't.
"In Our Own Backyards"
Bullfrog 1982
Love Canal; fine documentary on how a tenacious grassroots movement
confronted gov't and industry.
Best,
Jonathan
> Hi Miranda, Paul and GEP folks,
>
> I have used the video of a debate between Herman Daly and Paul
Portney on
> growth and the environment. Students seemed to really enjoy it.
While I
> might not use it for the shake-up purpose that Paul mentions, it does
get
> accross a wake up call on how much uncertainty we hinge on when it
comes
> to environmental sustainability:
>
> Can Economic Growth Solve Our Environmental Problems?: A Debate with
> Herman Daly and Paul Portney. March 2, 2004. World Bank B-SPAN,
>
http://info.worldbank.org/etools/bSPAN/PresentationView.asp?PID=1054&EID=543
>
> Rodrigo
>
> Rodrigo G. Pinto
>
> Doctoral Student
> Department of Government and Politics
>
> Academic Advisor and Teaching Assistant
> Environmental Science and Policy Program
>
> University of Maryland
> 3140 Tydings Hall
> College Park, MD 20742; USA
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> .
>
>>>> "Miranda Schreurs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08/01/07 8:45 PM >>>
> Hi Paul,
>
> Last year I started working on putting together a list of
environmental
> films by category. It would actually be great if people on this
list
> could add to it (adding impressions of films, names of videos, etc.)
and
> we could then post it for folks to reference.
>
> It is attached.
>
> Miranda Schreurs
>
>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08/01/07 7:25 ** >>>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> Provided I can find some very good ones, I want to show a few videos
to
> my GEP students this fall. I'll probably show Gore's film (mostly as
a
> case study of one person's role in GEP), but I'd like to have more
> videos that will inspire my students. I want films that will get
them
> thinking about GEP generally or about their own role in it
> specifically. Videos that shake them up by depicting the
consequences
> of consumption, pollution, killing of other species, etc would be
good
> to have.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Happy summer to you all.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Paul
>
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