RE: Environmental Films

[Kathryn Harrison]

On environmental justice (in the US context) I highly recommend Fenceline, a
documentary about a refinery town in Louisiana.  Blue Vinyl is an
entertaining documentary about the polyvinyl chloride industry.

Kathryn Harrison

 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of VanDeveer, Stacy
Sent: December 18, 2006 7:04 PM
To: B. Welling Hall; GEP-Ed
Subject: RE: Environmental Films

 

The PBS 4 part version of GUNS, GERMS and STEEL might be useful too.

--sv

 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of B. Welling Hall
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 9:12 PM
To: 'GEP-Ed'
Subject: Re: Environmental Films

 

Teaching international environmental law and policy this past semester I
made frequent use of short video clips that appear on the New York Times or
Greenpeace websites (global warming, water problems in India, shipbreaking,
etc.)  They typically last only 3 to 5 minutes, so they are great for
sparking interest and opening a topic, without taking up too much time.  I
also used a very provocative video from the Army's Environmental Policy
Institute for introducing controversy about whether or not neologism
"environmental security" is a good idea.  

A few years ago, I used a made for HBO movie "The Burning Season" about
Chico Mendes.  Sparked interest, but it is much longer than a standard class
session and it is hard for me to integrate long movies into a course
schedule.

Best,

Welling

At 07:53 PM 12/18/2006, Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith wrote:

In theory, previous threads on this list are researchable.  But did we
actually ever do one on movies (rather than novels)?  I can't remember.
 
I'm looking for and would appreciate suggestions about movie titles suitable
for showing to students in an (international) environmental politics course.

 
I am not interested in futuristic or science fiction stuff, a la Soylent
Green or brave colonists building new worlds after Earth is devastated.  I'm
interested in something that's more reality based.  Inconvenient Truth comes
to mind, although it's a documentary rather than a film drama.  And I have
used Chinatown and a CBS documentary about Rachel Carson to good effect in
the past (although their gep-ed linkages are thin).
 
I'd appreciate nominations, off list or on, as you wish.
 
Geoffrey.


B. Welling Hall, Ph.D.
Professor of Politics and International Studies
Director of Model UN Program
Earlham College
Richmond, IN 47374-4095
USA

Email:    [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  
Voice:  765.983.1208
Fax:765.983.1207
Model UN page:  http://www.earlham.edu/~modelun

Those of us who work in universities should have it as our aim to make young
people understand that all existing social systems have a history.  None of
them is natural or inevitable. We have made them all, including the
disgracefully primitive international system. We have to remove from the
minds of the young . . . the disempowering idea that what happens to exist
now is inevitable and permanent.  (Philip Allott, The Health of Nations, p.
154)

Brazil energy follow-up

[Erika Weinthal]

Thanks to everyone who sent me suggestions on Brazilian ethanol policy 
and its comparison to US energy policy. For those also interested in the 
subject, here is the compiled list:


For a general overview on Brazilian environmental policy, see:

Kathryn Hochstetler. Brazil. In Capacity Building in National Environmental Policy: A Comparative Study of 17 Countries, 


edited by H. Weidner and M. Jänicke with collaboration of H. Jörgens. Berlin, 
Heidelberg, New York:  Springer, 2002, 69-95.



Forthcoming Fall 2007 -- Kathryn Hochstetler and Margaret E. Keck.

Greening Brazil: Environmental Activism in State and Society. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. 




Oliveira, Marcelo E. Dias de, Burton E. Vaughan, and Edward J. Rykiel, Jr. 
2005. Ethanol as Fuel: Energy, Carbon Dioxide Balances, and Ecological 
Footprint. BioScience 55(7):593-602.



Brilhante, Ogenis Magno. 1997. Brazil’s Alcohol Program: From an Attempt to Reduce Oil Dependence in the Seventies to the Green Arguments of the Nineties. Journal of Environmental Planning and 


Management 40(4):435-449.



Reid, Walter V., Osvaldo Lucon, Suani Teixeira Coelho, and Patricia 

Guardabassi. 2005. No Reason to 

Wait: The Benefits of Greenhouse Gas Reduction in São Paulo and California. 

Hewlett Foundation. 




http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/29/tech/main1454612.shtml?CMP=ILC-SearchStories

http://rael.berkeley.edu/EBAMM/

http://grist.org/news/maindish/2006/12/04/biofuels/index.html

http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/articles/061127ta_talk_surowiecki

RE: Environmental Films

[VanDeveer, Stacy]

The PBS 4 part version of GUNS, GERMS and STEEL might be useful too.

--sv

 



From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of B. Welling
Hall
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 9:12 PM
To: 'GEP-Ed'
Subject: Re: Environmental Films

 

Teaching international environmental law and policy this past semester I
made frequent use of short video clips that appear on the New York Times
or Greenpeace websites (global warming, water problems in India,
shipbreaking, etc.)  They typically last only 3 to 5 minutes, so they
are great for sparking interest and opening a topic, without taking up
too much time.  I also used a very provocative video from the Army's
Environmental Policy Institute for introducing controversy about whether
or not neologism "environmental security" is a good idea.  

A few years ago, I used a made for HBO movie "The Burning Season" about
Chico Mendes.  Sparked interest, but it is much longer than a standard
class session and it is hard for me to integrate long movies into a
course schedule.

Best,

Welling

At 07:53 PM 12/18/2006, Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith wrote:



In theory, previous threads on this list are researchable.  But did we
actually ever do one on movies (rather than novels)?  I can't remember.
 
I'm looking for and would appreciate suggestions about movie titles
suitable for showing to students in an (international) environmental
politics course.  
 
I am not interested in futuristic or science fiction stuff, a la Soylent
Green or brave colonists building new worlds after Earth is devastated.
I'm interested in something that's more reality based.  Inconvenient
Truth comes to mind, although it's a documentary rather than a film
drama.  And I have used Chinatown and a CBS documentary about Rachel
Carson to good effect in the past (although their gep-ed linkages are
thin).
 
I'd appreciate nominations, off list or on, as you wish.
 
Geoffrey.


B. Welling Hall, Ph.D.
Professor of Politics and International Studies
Director of Model UN Program
Earlham College
Richmond, IN 47374-4095
USA

Email:  wellingh  @earlham.edu
  
Voice:  765.983.1208
Fax:765.983.1207
Model UN page:  http://www.earlham.edu/~modelun

Those of us who work in universities should have it as our aim to make
young people understand that all existing social systems have a history.
None of them is natural or inevitable. We have made them all, including
the disgracefully primitive international system. We have to remove from
the minds of the young . . . the disempowering idea that what happens to
exist now is inevitable and permanent.  (Philip Allott, The Health of
Nations, p. 154)

RE: Environmental Films

[Wallace, Richard]

I do a similar thing to Stacy's penguin idea, but more historical, with the 
film "Jaws." I focus on the trends since the 1970s in global shark populations, 
funding for shark research, and public attitudes about sharks. Plus it's a 
great film.

 

Another good film for stirring things up is "Supersize Me," especially given 
policy actions or inquiries by Denmark, the EU, UK, and some U.S. cities 
vis-à-vis legislating trans fats. 

 

Cheers,

 

Rich

 

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Richard L. Wallace, Ph.D.

Chair, Environmental Studies

Ursinus College

601 E. Main Street

Collegeville, PA 19426 USA

(610) 409-3730

(610) 409-3660 fax

[EMAIL PROTECTED]  

 

 

It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: what are we busy 
about?

-  Henry David Thoreau



From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of VanDeveer, Stacy
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 8:39 PM
To: Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith; GEP-Ed
Subject: RE: Environmental Films

 

Geoffrey,

My suggestion is slightly different than your request, but I have been thinking 
about showing the March of the Penguins and then asking GEP students to 
research and write about what it would take, in terms of politics and 
institutions, to protect the penguins and their habitat. 

 

--Stacy

 

 

 



From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith
Sent: Mon 12/18/2006 7:53 PM
To: 'GEP-Ed'
Subject: Environmental Films

In theory, previous threads on this list are researchable.  But did we actually 
ever do one on movies (rather than novels)?  I can't remember.

 

I'm looking for and would appreciate suggestions about movie titles suitable 
for showing to students in an (international) environmental politics course.  

 

I am not interested in futuristic or science fiction stuff, a la Soylent Green 
or brave colonists building new worlds after Earth is devastated.  I'm 
interested in something that's more reality based.  Inconvenient Truth comes to 
mind, although it's a documentary rather than a film drama.  And I have used 
Chinatown and a CBS documentary about Rachel Carson to good effect in the past 
(although their gep-ed linkages are thin).

 

I'd appreciate nominations, off list or on, as you wish.

 

Geoffrey.

Re: Environmental Films

[B. Welling Hall]

Teaching international environmental law and policy this past semester I 
made frequent use of short video clips that appear on the New York Times or 
Greenpeace websites (global warming, water problems in India, shipbreaking, 
etc.)  They typically last only 3 to 5 minutes, so they are great for 
sparking interest and opening a topic, without taking up too much time.  I 
also used a very provocative video from the Army's Environmental Policy 
Institute for introducing controversy about whether or not neologism 
"environmental security" is a good idea.


A few years ago, I used a made for HBO movie "The Burning Season" about 
Chico Mendes.  Sparked interest, but it is much longer than a standard 
class session and it is hard for me to integrate long movies into a course 
schedule.


Best,

Welling

At 07:53 PM 12/18/2006, Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith wrote:
In theory, previous threads on this list are researchable.  But did we 
actually ever do one on movies (rather than novels)?  I can't remember.


I'm looking for and would appreciate suggestions about movie titles 
suitable for showing to students in an (international) environmental 
politics course.


I am not interested in futuristic or science fiction stuff, a la Soylent 
Green or brave colonists building new worlds after Earth is 
devastated.  I'm interested in something that's more reality 
based.  Inconvenient Truth comes to mind, although it's a documentary 
rather than a film drama.  And I have used Chinatown and a CBS documentary 
about Rachel Carson to good effect in the past (although their gep-ed 
linkages are thin).


I'd appreciate nominations, off list or on, as you wish.

Geoffrey.



B. Welling Hall, Ph.D.
Professor of Politics and International Studies
Director of Model UN Program
Earlham College
Richmond, IN 47374-4095
USA

Email: 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]edu

Voice:  765.983.1208
Fax:765.983.1207
Model UN page:  http://www.earlham.edu/~modelun

Those of us who work in universities should have it as our aim to make 
young people understand that all existing social systems have a 
history.  None of them is natural or inevitable. We have made them all, 
including the disgracefully primitive international system. We have to 
remove from the minds of the young . . . the disempowering idea that what 
happens to exist now is inevitable and permanent.  (Philip Allott, The 
Health of Nations, p. 154)

RE: Environmental Films

[VanDeveer, Stacy]

Geoffrey,
My suggestion is slightly different than your request, but I have been thinking 
about showing the March of the Penguins and then asking GEP students to 
research and write about what it would take, in terms of politics and 
institutions, to protect the penguins and their habitat. 
 
--Stacy
 
 



From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith
Sent: Mon 12/18/2006 7:53 PM
To: 'GEP-Ed'
Subject: Environmental Films



In theory, previous threads on this list are researchable.  But did we actually 
ever do one on movies (rather than novels)?  I can't remember.

 

I'm looking for and would appreciate suggestions about movie titles suitable 
for showing to students in an (international) environmental politics course.  

 

I am not interested in futuristic or science fiction stuff, a la Soylent Green 
or brave colonists building new worlds after Earth is devastated.  I'm 
interested in something that's more reality based.  Inconvenient Truth comes to 
mind, although it's a documentary rather than a film drama.  And I have used 
Chinatown and a CBS documentary about Rachel Carson to good effect in the past 
(although their gep-ed linkages are thin).

 

I'd appreciate nominations, off list or on, as you wish.

 

Geoffrey.

Environmental Films

[Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith]

In theory, previous threads on this list are researchable.  But did we
actually ever do one on movies (rather than novels)?  I can't remember.

 

I'm looking for and would appreciate suggestions about movie titles suitable
for showing to students in an (international) environmental politics course.


 

I am not interested in futuristic or science fiction stuff, a la Soylent
Green or brave colonists building new worlds after Earth is devastated.  I'm
interested in something that's more reality based.  Inconvenient Truth comes
to mind, although it's a documentary rather than a film drama.  And I have
used Chinatown and a CBS documentary about Rachel Carson to good effect in
the past (although their gep-ed linkages are thin).

 

I'd appreciate nominations, off list or on, as you wish.

 

Geoffrey.