Trinkets and Beads: It's really old, but still very important b/c of the ongoing conflict w/ oil and indigenous communities in Ecuador, and it really gets into "mentalities" about resource use and conflict. It's only 50 minutes long, and you can complement w/ some more recent footage about the Chevron/Texaco lawsuit. Check out Amazon Watch's website for updates.
I have also found Darwin's Nightmare to be brilliant for use in class. Long, and needs unpacking, but it is strong. Ditto on the Future of Food and Black Gold-- very effective. I ran the TIRP program at USC, now CALIS, for a couple of years during my Ph.D. studies, and yes, the models are terrific -- definitely check it out. Warmest regards, Leslie Wirpsa Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 11:00:27 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: Re: GEP videos A few months back there was a discussion on the listserve about the GEP videos. I looked through the list that Paul compiled of recommended videos, but did not come across anything related to ecological conflict/ environmental security/ resource wars. Can anyone recommend something in that general area? Best, On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 9:58 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear All, Here are the results of my request for information on GEP videos, for the record. All best, Paul GEP video suggestions (see also Miranda Schreurs's extensive list): Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh Helena Norberg-Hodge looks at how globalization is affecting this exquisitely beautiful place and its Tibetan people and how some are responding to preserve their culture and sustainable traditions. She considers what the affluent can learn from the radical interdependence that informs Buddhist teachings. The Bomb Under the World Graphically demonstrates that consumerist lifestyles are not sustainable; highlights the convergence of population growth and the global advertisement of consumer culture. Not exactly fun, but hardhitting & effective. I didn't notice The Ecological Footprint: Accounting for a Small Planet, about 30 min., on anybody's list. It's a good place to start. It's a tad sanguine about what can be achieved through ecological modernization "win-win" policies, but the graphics & examples are clear & dramatic enough to be excellent teaching tools for undergrads & grads getting started. You can probably get it free from www.footprintnetwork.org. I recommend Oasis of the Pacific http://www.oasisofthepacific.com/ which deals with damage to Pacific ecosystems. It is centered on the fate of Hawaii's reefs but is applicable well beyond that. Also, IISD's "Inuit Observations on Climate Change" is good at showing how climate change is happening now and what effect it is having in northern Canada. http://www.iisd.org/casl/projects/inuitobs.htm Finally, while I haven't seen this one, I have heard good things about it. The Basel Action Network has a film called The Digital Dump about e-waste. http://ban.org/films/TheDigitalDump.html IMO's Invaders from the Sea http://www.imo.org/home.asp?topic_id=1472&doc_id=7970 One More Dead Fish It's about the clash between bottom trawlers and handline fishing in Nova Scotia. Wonderful look at both the environmental and social issues involved in globalization...The Canadian film makers got an award for it. I heartily recommend the CBC animated version of Jean Giono's "The Man Who Planted Trees." It's about 30 minutes long. PBS' Journey to Planet Earth series has some good ones... http://www.pbs.org/journeytoplanetearth/stateoftheplanet/ecosystems.html I found this one to be particularly interesting: http://www.pbs.org/journeytoplanetearth/about/onthebrink.html There was another series PBS did last year on the Oceans that was really good, too... covered coral reefs, exotic species, food web imbalances, etc... but I can't remember what it was called. Shipbreakers Michael Kot, 42 min, Canada Since 1983, a 10-km beach in Alang, Gujarat, India, has become the largest ship graveyard in the world, employing 40,000 to destroy the hulls of 300 ocean freighters annually. Dismantled with bare hands, the ships' environmental and health hazards are ignored for fear of losing the business to less stringent nations. This is a story of survival long after a ship has been retired. BLACK GOLD about the global coffee commodity chain and transnational networks to improve the environmental and social sustainability of small farmers in Ethiopia. Darwin's Nightmare The Future of Food, on industrial agro and GMOS, very powerful. www.thefutureoffood.com I have enjoyed using old black and white U.S. propaganda films from the waybackmachine website. One featured the United States' strategic dependence on Honduras and bananas during WWII. A bit campy (good for mid-semester attention deficits) and can be used to demonstrate that GEP has an official history in consumption, war, deforestation, empire, etc. 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 "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. 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 USC CALIS (Center for Active Learning in International Studies) / TIRP Teaching International Relations Program web link. http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/ir/calis/ I do know that CALIS/TIRP did a wonderful interactive workshop based on Hotel Rwanda -- I know it isn't GEP oriented, but again, the model can be adapted regardless of the theme. Teresa Huddock is the CALIS director. I believe they developed interesting study guides to use with Black Gold (coffee movie on Ethiopia). In general, even though this is geared toward high school teachers and students, the model of critical thinking, multiple worlds, case based analysis is one of the best I've ever adopted/facilitated. Additionally, while it is geared toward perhaps a younger crowd, the Australian study guide on An Inconvenient Truth has some helpful items in it: www.metromagazine.com.au or www.theeducationshop.com.au. I cannot remember if I had to pay for it or not -- I think it is free PDF. **************************************** P.G. 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