CWS Film Library - Environment

AGRICULTURE'S VANISHING HERITAGE
(25 minutes - VHS - Age level Middle School to Adult, 1984)
Examines the causes of the extinction of crop and livestock genetic resources throughout the world, along with some possible solutions. Explores crop epidemics due to genetic uniformity; multinational corporate interests in the seed industry; and the seed/pesticide connection. Could lead the audience to conservation work.

BANKING ON DISASTER
(78 minutes - VHS - Age level High School to Adult, 1988)
Adrian Cowell, British documentarian, presents the destruction of the Amazon rain forest as the century's worst environmental disaster. He documents the consequences of a road through the heart of the world's largest rain forest, on the environment, and the native Indians. The road helped farmers from other areas of Brazil to move into the region. This program follows the fortunes of one colonist family for five years. It shows how poor soil and poor planning caused crop failures and forced this family and many others to abandon their land. Presented in three 26-minute chapters.

BLACK WATER
(28 minutes - VHS - Age level High School to Adult, 1990)
Since the new paper mill arrived, the people of Sao Braz, Brazil, find that there are fewer shrimp and oysters in the waters where they fish and throw their nets. The mill spews smoke and releases by-products of its manufacturing process into the river. So far, the fishermen have found no solution to the problems of the black water.

BORROWED FROM OUR FUTURE
(18 minutes - VHS - Age level Middle School to Adult, 1989)
With increasing poverty and a changing environment, the world's future may be in jeopardy. Some community-based alternatives to increase local food supply, and provide jobs without exhausting resources, are offered. The video states that with the fragile state of the environment, people everywhere must work together to find solutions before it is too late to redeem our future.

CHOICES
(14 minutes - VHS - Age level Middle School to Adult, 1983)
Where does our trash go? Real people tell how their lives have been impacted by the problem of solid waste disposal, air and ground water contamination, explosions from methane accumulation, and the spread of disease and vermin. What to do? The community of Saugus, Massachusetts, replaced its overburdened landfill with a "resource recovery facility" that reclaims waste chemicals and transforms trash and garbage into energy.

CLEANING UP TOXICS AT HOME
(25 minutes - VHS - Age level Middle School to Adult, 1990)
Pesticides, motor oil, paints, strippers, oven and drain cleaners are the chemicals found in your home. Do you know the hazards they pose to your family and community? Do you know how to properly store and dispose of them? This video shows you some simple, practical things we can all do to protect our families from the toxic chemicals in our homes. This program also presents safer alternatives that can help you reduce the use of hazardour products.

CRITTER SONGS
(12 minutes - VHS - Age level Primary Grades to Middle School, 1994)
"Got to learn to be a bird and learn what birds can do...Got to learn to be myself..." and "All God's creatures have a place in the choir..." get children, and their parents, to dance in this lively and colorful piece. This video is a celebration of our connection with the animal world. It features two songs and a mixture of live action visuals and children's art work. The theme of the first song, "Critter Song," is that, by observing animals, admiring them, and working on their behalf, young people will also discover more about themselves. The song is illustrated with visuals of children participating in projects and activities that involve animals. The second song, "All God's Critters Got a Place in the Choir," presents the idea that we are all interdependent and valuable, each with a unique "voice." Created by young people, the visuals feature art work which portrays a wide variety of animals.. Of special interest to educators interested in art, music, nature education, counseling skills, and teaching self-esteem.

DECADE OF DECISION
(14 minutes - VHS - Age level Middle School to Adult, 1994)
Just as a speeding train requires ample time to stop, so too time is needed to stop the tremendous growth among the world's population. Walter Cronkite reports that in 1916, the year of his birth, there were approximately two billion people on earth. By 1990, the earth was struggling under the weight of five and a half billion people. Every decade adds another billion. Increased population multiplies and intensifies existing problems. This program discusses the desire of couples to space their children and limit the size of their own families. It depicts the importance of connecting population growth and consumption of natural resources to environmental degradation. It introduces viewers to global issues that affect them today and will for the rest of their lives.

THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S
(17 minutes - VHS - Age level High School to Adult, 1991)
Many people are blurring the lines between having dominion over and being destructive of the earth. How are we as Christians supposed to respond to this destruction and to pollution? In this piece, we see Christians from around the country as they show ways in which they are working to be good stewards of God's earth, from monitoring toxic dump sites to experimenting with natural plants as sources of food. They feel that it is their Christian duty to stop those who want to use the earth's resources without regard to their finiteness and to the future.

EARTH TO KIDS
(28 minutes - VHS - Age level Primary Grades to Middle School, 1991)
Children have immense buying power in this country -- some $8 billion a year, with influence over another $52 billion a year. Children also help to create the millions of tons of garbage we make every year. So it makes sense for them to start learning how to buy and use products that are earth-friendly. In this video fun characters teach children and their families how to evaluate products for their environmental impact. It offers straightforward information on 4 key topics: product packaging, landfills, recycling, and reusable vs. single-use products. The video provides information about brand-name products that are poor environmental choices and suggests alternatives. Although primarily geared toward children ages 6 to 13, the show raises thought-provoking points of interest to adults as well.

EMISSIONS AND EMOTIONS
(30 minutes - VHS - Age level Middle School to Adult, 1992)
With the fall of the Berlin Wall and the current political changes sweeping across Eastern Europe, the channels of communication have opened. We are, unfortunately, learning of yet another environmental disaster. This video focuses on the ecological crisis in an area known as the Death Triangle. Industrial pollution has transformed magnificent forests into a lifeless environment, and rapid soil erosion is creating a desert-like landscape. Forests in Great Britain, Sweden, the Netherlands, and throughout Eastern and Western Europe are also being affected. Using interviews with prominent scientists and comments from youngsters who will inherit this disaster, this video explores a wide range of ecological, cultural, social, and political problems. It offers an insight into the complex changes that must occur if the smoke stacks of Eastern Europe are to reduce their deadly emissions in this pan-European perspective.

THE ENERGY CAROL
(11 minutes - VHS - Age level: Primary Grades to Adult)

This story exploits the story line of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol to dramatize the energy crisis. Ebenezer Stooge is president of Zeus Energy Co. Ltd. His motto: to waste is to grow. In this humorous satire of the way we live and consume, the Dickensian hero learned his lesson about Christmas giving, but has a long way to go when it comes to energy saving. The ghosts of Energy Past, Energy Present, and Energy Future appear in succession, effectively raising the question about the kind of future that is in store for us and the extent to which our present decisions can make a difference. When Ebenezer is taken on a tour of tomorrow's world, he comes back a shaken man, determined to change.

ENVIRONMENT UNDER FIRE:
ECOLOGY AND POLITICS IN CENTRAL AMERICA
(28 minutes - VHS - Age level High School to Adult, 1988)
Central America's endangered natural environment means increased poverty among its people. Rain forest destruction, deadly pesticide use, the effects of cash cropping and continuing conflict plague the region. Top Central American and U.S. environmentalists explore the issues and potential solution.

ENVIRONMENTAL DOG
(20 minutes - VHS - Age level Primary Grades to Adult, 1990)
Ralphie, the Dog, poisoned when he snacks on powdered cleanser, becomes Environmental Dog and teaches his human family to be careful with the energy and materials they use. Practical solutions are provided for conserving heat, water, and electricity and for storing toxics so your Ralphie won't get hurt. Makes learning about environmental issues fun.

50 SIMPLE THINGS KIDS CAN DO TO SAVE THE EARTH -- Parts I and II
(21 and 27 minutes - VHS - Age level: Elementary to Middle School, 1992)
This CBS Schoolbreak Special shows some of the things kids can do to help save the environment: Part I is on "Water and Resources," and includes the cleaning-up and restocking of a stream that had turned into an unofficial dump. Part II is on "Greenlife, Wildlife, Energy and Air." Its message includes a boy in West Palm Beach, FL, who is helping to save the gentle manatee. Also looks at kids trying to save sea turtles and the rainforest, and efforts at recycling, reducing energy use, and planting trees.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT
(28 minutes - VHS - Age level Middle School to High School, 1990)
Science writer Roger Bingham in a fascinating video about the environmental consequences of a meat-centered diet. Using the example of an automobile, Bingham explains the inefficiency of using meat as fuel for the human body, especially considering the environmental impact of raising all that meat, from loss of topsoil and ground water depletion and pollution, to methane's contribution to global warming, and the growing gap between rich and poor nations.

FOR: OUR CHILDREN
(26 minutes - VHS- Age level Middle School to Adult, 1989)
Presents some of the environmental problems being confronted by regular folks who are trying to protect creation from poison. They discuss why it is important to become informed and involved.

FROG POND
(19 minutes - VHS - Age level Primary Grades to Upper Elementary Grades, 1986)
This environmental musical program for kids is about a group of frogs (played by costumed humans) trying to persuade two ignorant campers to stop polluting their happy pond. The frogs discover that only a unified voice will get them heard. This program encourages discussion on the environment, species interdependence, and working together.

GET READY, GET SET, GROW!
(15 minutes - VHS - Age level Primary Grades to Adult, 1986)
The Brooklyn Children's Garden, where generations of children have gotten dirt under their fingernails, introduces 6 to 14-year-olds to the wonders of plant growth and the basics of gardening. Engenders respect for the natural world-after all, "Only plants can make food!" Community garden how-to book included.

GREENHOUSE CRISIS: THE AMERICAN RESPONSE
(11 minutes - VHS - Age level Middle School to Adult, 1989)
How are energy consumption, the greenhouse effect, and global warming related? This program details the potential consequences of global warming and addresses the need for energy efficiency and renewable forms of energy. It highlights specific ways individuals can help to resolve this critical environmental problem. Cleared for TV broadcast.

HOMELAND: FOUR PORTRAITS OF NATIVE ACTION
(89 minutes - DVD - Age level Middle School to Adult, 2005)
In one of the least known but most important human rights stories today, nearly all 317 Native American reservations in the U.S. face grave environmental threats -- toxic waste, strip mining, oil drilling, and nuclear contamination. In the face of such a widespread crisis, can one person make a difference? For the extraordinary subjects of Homeland, the answer is yes. Filmed against some of America's most spectacular backdrops, from Alaska to Maine and Montana to New Mexico, this award-winning film profiles Native American activists who are fighting to protect Indian lands, preserve their sovereignty and ensure the cultural survival of their peoples. A moving tribute to the power of grassroots organizing.

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH EARTH
(33 minutes - VHS - Age level Middle School to Adult, 1990)
John Denver hosts this informative program on pollution and its effect on our earth. From the first Earth Day in 1970 to today, we see how far we've come and how far we've yet to go in reducing, reusing, and recycling. Various methods of recycling plastics and metals are explored. We learn that the future looks more promising as we begin to generate less pollution.

KEEPERS OF THE FOREST
(28 minutes - VHS - Age level Middle School to Adult, 1985)
This vivid documentary explores the complex causes and devastating consequences of tropical rain forest destruction in Central America. It reveals how native forest people, the Lacondon Maya, utilize an amazingly productive and sustainable tropical rain forest management system. Wider application of the Lacondon's time-tested ecological principals could save the rain forests from the literal consumption and destruction they are undergoing worldwide. This video is especially good for science and anthropology classes as well as 4-H and environmental groups.

KEEPERS: AN ENVIRONMENTAL ADVENTURE
(11 minutes - VHS - Age level Upper Elementary Grades to Adult, 1992)
While "joyriding" in a small motorboat, Jack's selfish actions show he has yet to learn respect for the world around him and other people. He frightens his younger sister, enters a restricted area, breaks boating rules, uses wasteful packaging and throws away recyclable items. But Jack wanders into a conservation area where he encounters an unknown "Watcher." This video promotes an awareness of environmental conservation and the importance of the three R's: Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling. The environmental themes are addressed in a dramatic action-filled manner with a suspenseful style suitable for all audiences.

KIDS BY THE BAY
(20 Minutes - VHS - Age level: Upper Elementary School to Adults, 1997)
This video show how much fun it is to pitch in and restore the environment. From the simple clean-up of trash to the planting of native plants; from island habitat restoration to the rescue and care of wild animals; we see kids having a real impact on the natural world around them. The film includes rare footage of endangered species such as the Clapper Rail and Peregrine Falcon, plus favorite animals like Sea Lions and Brown Pelicans. This video features an upbeat music score including Otis Reddings' classic song "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay."

THE LAST SHOW ON EARTH (Series)
(108 minutes total in four 27-minute segments/VHS - Age level Middle School to Adult, 1992) (order each segment separately, should be viewed as a series):
This four-part series is the story of extinction on a global scale and, at the same time, it's a story of hope. It celebrates the efforts of individuals who are struggling to save our endangered species, and the planet. It is designed to be entertaining as well as enlightening. The four parts of this series should be viewed in sequence.

THE LORAX
(25 minutes - VHS - Age level Primary Grades to Adult, 1972)
A Dr. Seuss tale about what happens to the Land of the Truffula Trees when the irresponsible Once-ler discovers it. To the horror of the Lorax, who speaks for nature's voiceless, the Once-ler cuts down all the Truffula Trees, and turns them into Thneeds, "things that everyone needs." The land is stripped of its natural resources, waste materials are coughed into the air and water, and the inhabitants of Truffula Tree Land, the Swomee-Swans, the Barba-Loots, and the Humming-Fish, must leave their polluted sanctuaries. An ecological odyssey for the young and the young at heart, complete with a plea from the remorseful Once-ler to help preserve and improve the environment.. Encourages environmental responsibility.

THE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES
(30 minutes - VHS- Age level Upper Elementary Grades to Adult, 1988)
In the early part of the twentieth century, not far from a deserted hamlet ruined by drought and ravaged by relentless wind, a shepherd lives alone, caring for his sheep. Shepherd Elzeard Bouffier is a man of few words but great determination. Putting to work his special knowledge of nature, he sows seeds and acorns, one by one, with the greatest care. With patience and persistence, Elzeard single-handedly plants and nurtures a forest of thousands of oak trees, changing his arid surroundings into a thriving oasis. As if by magic, a landscape that seems condemned grows green again. Through two world wars, he continues his work in peace, without interruption and in complete anonymity. As young families return to the new bountiful land, none realize that the "miracle" is the result of one man's work. In this critically acclaimed program, the breathtaking animation of Frederic Back combines with a rich language of renowned French author Jean Giono to create a film of extraordinary beauty and hope. A parable for all ages and triumphant testament to one man's indomitable spirit.

ONE SECOND BEFORE SUNRISE
(60 minutes - VHS - Age level Middle School to Adult, 1989)
Lynn Redgrave hosts this series of vignettes showing how scientists, policymakers, and laypeople are working to meet environmental challenges. Most news and documentary coverage of the global environment focuses on the degradation the environment had undergone and on the threats it faces now and in the future. Such coverage has awakened the concern of many citizens world-wide, but at the same time the rush of bad news risks bringing about a spirit of inaction and paralysis. Typically, readers and viewers are presented with a choice between a protected environment in which the economy will stagnate and a degraded environment in which the economy will grow. Each segment in this video takes a hard look at an environmental problem, and then shows how scientists, policy makers, and citizens are solving the problems today. Viewers will see that threats to the environment can be greatly reduced, and that doing so is not at odds with economic prosperity. Examples show how communities around the world, each with its own unique environment and each with its own unique needs, manage to sustain themselves in ways that do not degrade the environment. It gives viewers the opportunity to think about how their own local ecologies...and the global environment...are respected and sustained. Topics covered include: Wave-Powered Desalination, Organic Farming in the South Bronx, Wildflower Seed Bank, Preserving Holland's Tidal Ecology, and Fish Farming in Amazonia.

OUR PLANET EARTH
(23 minutes - VHS - Age level Middle School to Adult, 1990)
Three decades ago, human life first pierced the sky and stepped out, into the unknown of space. Since then, just over two hundred people, out of billions, have made that transcendent journey. They represent not only their countries, but all humankind - indeed all of life. From the vantage point of space, seventeen astronauts from ten countries share their experiences and insights in the hope that all humanity will see the wonder and fragility of our planet, as they have, from beyond political and geographical boundaries. Continents pass without dividing lines. Pollution travels freely through the common air and water of our globe. Our destructiveness, now a geological force, is as vast as our wonderous technology. Only a minute strip of atmosphere separates our delicate Earth from the vacuum of space. This spectacular program focuses on the international and environmental interdependence of all Earth's inhabitants.

RAIN FORESTS: PROVING THEIR WORTH
(30 minutes - VHS - Age level Middle School to Adult, 1990)
Is a living rain forest of greater economic value than one that has been cut down for timber or pasture land? International marketing of foods, cosmetics, and crafts derived from tropical forests may provide native inhabitants with the means to protect their vanishing lands. This video chronicles this promising new movement to save the fast disappearing rain forests - by marketing renewable tropical forest products.

RISKY BUSINESS
(25 minutes - VHS - Age level: High school to Adult, 1996)
Thousands of plants and animals are being genetically engineered: foods for longer shelf life, crops to tolerate more poison chemicals, and pigs so that their hearts can be transplanted into people. Yet, so far, there has been relatively little public debate about the impact of biotechnology. The video stimulates discussion about this important subject, and investigates the effects of this new technology on farmers, our food supply, public health, and the environment. Vividly filmed in laboratories and fields, this video presents scientists, industry proponents, environmental and consumer activists from the U.S., Europe, and developing countries who discuss the risks and benefits of biotechnology and its growing international impacts.

THE ROTTEN TRUTH
(30 minutes - VHS - Age level Primary Grades to Adult, 1990)
The PBS series "3-2-1 Contact" takes viewers on a visit to the fictitious Museum of Modern Garbage and to landfill sites to dramatize the mounting waste problem, and the need for consumers to change their habits.

SAFE WATER 2000
(16 minutes - VHS -Age level High School to Adult, 1990)
Water is the source of life. Most people in the developed world take it for granted. For drinking, washing, farming, recreation, it is always there in abundance, and at an affordable price. But for more than one billion poor people in the rural villages and urban slums of the developing world, water is a source of disease, and even death. They pay a high price for inadequate services - in time spent hauling water over great distances, in chronic ill health, and often in charges out of all relation to incomes. This video stresses the need for providing appropriate technologies in wells, pumps, and latrines for communities, as well as giving local people the feeling of ownership in those technologies.

SAVE THE EARTH: A HOW-TO VIDEO
(60 minutes - VHS - Age level Middle School to Adult, 1990)
This program presents a look at the practical, everyday things individuals can do to help restore the environment. It provides an overview of global warming, acid rain, deforestation, ozone depletion, and toxic waste. It mixes advice from environmental experts with cameo appearances by celebrities who support the environmental cause.

SECRET OF THE MISSING SEEDS
(12 minutes - VHS - Age level Primary Grades to Upper Elementary Grades, 1981)

Love a mystery? Then you'' enjoy this story about a wicked king, Gongel the Gloomy, whose strange treasure is not gold--but seeds. Every year the king's soldiers gather up all the seeds throughout the kingdom of Middleland and take them away to his guarded castle. Soon Middleland becomes barren and desolate. To save Middleland, four brave youngsters, Rudy, Suki, Maria, and Fred, set out to discover why the kingdom of Middleland is desolate and hungry.

SELF SERVICE
(11 minutes - VHS - Age level Primary Grades to Adult, 1975)
This timeless, humorous, and thought-provoking animated film by Bruno Bozzetto looks at mankind's tendency to "get the most out of everything," even to the point of using it all up in the process. This program is excellent for starting discussion on resource usage and our obligation to the planet that supports us. Mosquitoes are the animator's metaphor for avaricious mankind.

SIMPLE THINGS YOU CAN DO TO SAVE ENERGY
(15 minutes - VHS - Age level Upper Elementary Grades to Middle School, 1992)
The lively exploits of Indiana Jane and Draft Girl show kids how to kick the energy habit, help their families save money on electric bills, and help save the environment. This highly entertaining video follows 12-year-old Sarah as she takes viewers on an unusual tour through a home where light bulbs talk, an energy-sucking beast lives in the basement, and kids are blown away by hurricane-force winds. Learn how to do a mini energy audit, then implement low-cost or no-cost ways to save energy. And learn true ways to get your parents involved!

SIMPLE THINGS YOU CAN DO TO SAVE ENERGY IN YOUR SCHOOL
(15 minutes - VHS - Age level Upper Elementary Grades to Middle School, 1995)
Shows kids what they can do to help their schools save energy loss from inefficient heating, lighting, and air-conditioning. Encourages them to talk to maintenance personnel and others to help eliminate school-wide energy-wasters, and to work at the classroom level on simple energy-saving projects.

SONGBIRD STORY
(13 minutes - VHS - Age level Primary Grades to Upper Elementary Grades, 1994)
In an animated dream, two young people, concerned about songbirds disappearing from their neighborhood fly along one of the bird migration routes to the tropical rainforest where they see how quickly the rainforests in Central and South America are being cut down to make way for people and development. They learn that they have no time to waste in saving the songbirds.

STEPAN CHEMICAL:
THE POISONING OF A MEXICAN COMMUNITY
(18 minutes - VHS - Age level High School to Adult, 1992)
A moving account of the people of Matamoros, Mexico, and their struggle for a clean environment. The Chicago-based Stepan plant has dumped xylene, a toxic solvent linked to birth defects, into open canals near their homes. Faced with this deadly pollution, the Sanchez family and their neighbors decide to fight back. With help from the U.S.-based Coalition for Justice in the Maguiladoras, community leaders demand an end to the contamination and a full accounting from Stepan and environmental agencies in the U.S. and Mexico.

STILL LIFE FOR WOODPECKER?
(28 minutes - VHS - Age level Middle School to Adult, 1992)
This video incorporates the Ktunaxa native myth of the three woodpeckers - Yamakpah, Mukah, and Kopuhk - into the study of forest ecology. In North America, we are losing our old growth forests at an alarming rate. Yet, these large old forests are vital to the survival of many species including the pileated woodpecker. In turn, several smaller species of both birds and mammals are dependent on the survival of the pileated woodpecker. Old growth forests, like all ecosystems, are an interconnected, inter-related web of life. Scientists have begun to use pileated woodpeckers as indicator species to judge the health of a forest. In the native myth, Yamakpah, the pileated woodpecker, was sent to the Earth to watch over and protect our human species. Now, we must watch over and protect Yamakpah, and the old growth forests in which Yamakpah resides.

THREE PARABLES
(22 minutes - VHS - Age level High School to Adult, 1991)
Three stories - the contamination of water in California, pollution in an industrial corridor in Louisiana, and the destruction caused by the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska - illustrate the psychological, social, and physical effects of technological disaster. The video invites discussion and seeks to promote action following human-caused disasters.

TREES OF HOPE
(20 minutes - VHS - Age level Middle School to Adult, 1985)
Deforestation of Africa through the wide use of firewood is analyzed. In times of drought, firewood is cut ever more extensively to provide cash for food. The woodlot project in Niger depicts a viable means of reforestation and a way out of the wood shortage. Footage of a Tree Day celebration, now a national holiday in some African countries, ends the program on an upbeat note.

TURNING THE TIDE (Series)
(26 minutes each - Order by episode title - VHS - Age level Middle School to Adult, 1988)
British botanist David Bellamy profiles impending environmental crises in an entertaining manner. Says Bellamy, "The environmental problems are our own personal problems and the solution is in our own hands..." While showing how different issues are interrelated, each of the seven programs keys in on one topic.

WATER: A TREASURE IN TROUBLE
(14 minutes - VHS - Age level Primary Grades to High School, 1988)
Water is vital to every living thing. This piece shows why water is one of our greatest treasures, how pollution threatens our water supply, and what we can do to safeguard our sources of pure water.

WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS:
OUR CHILDREN, OUR ENVIRONMENT
(52 minutes - VHS - Age level High School to Adult, 1990)
This video combines the efforts of film makers from Poland, the U.S., India, Bolivia, the U.K., and the Sudan to explore how environmental neglect and ignorance threatens the lives of millions of children. When it comes to environmental hazards, children act as the "miner's canary." They are always the first to suffer. This video looks at the major causes of suffering to the children of the world, including pollution, the spread of deserts world-wide, and the international debt crisis. Five major problems confront children worldwide: Poison: In Poland we see the results of pollution turning up in birth defects; Water: We go to India where five million children die before their fifth birthday from diarrhea caused by unclean water; Flight: In Africa, war forces children into refugee camps. Global climate changes furthur exacerbate drought-prone areas like the Sudan; Debt: In Latin America, children are left destitute when their parents lose their jobs in countries like Bolivia, which owes vast sums to international banks; Population: Poverty and scarce environmental resources result in parents having more children (more potential workers) to help feed the family.

WILL THE WORLD STARVE?
(58 minutes - VHS - Age level Middle School to Adult, 1987)
Precious topsoil washes away as a result of deforestation, droughts, and flooding. This program explores the recovery strategies of Ethiopia and China, which include terracing, tied ridging, check dams, and alternatives to fertilizers. Sound agricultural and economic policies are seen as essential.

WORLDLINK: SPACESHIP EARTH
(25 minutes - VHS - Age level Middle School to Adult, 1990)
This is a unique program designed to inform audiences about global issues while inspiring and motivating them to care enough to affect positive change. The program travels around the world to explore three environmental issues: deforestation, global warming, and ozone depletion. By observing a number of apparently unrelated people and events, we see the interdependence of human, natural, and technological systems on planet Earth.

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