Becoming green : growing environmental awareness.
(DVD)
Contributors
Published
[Boston, Mass.] : Wgbh Boston Video, [2008].
ISBN
9781593758073, 1593758073
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (277 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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East Greenwich - Adult Non-Fiction | DVD 333.72 BEC | On Shelf |
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Published
[Boston, Mass.] : Wgbh Boston Video, [2008].
Format
DVD
Language
English
ISBN
9781593758073, 1593758073
UPC
783421423596
Notes
General Note
V. 1-2 originally broadcast on the television program Nova; volume 3 originally broadcast as a Nova/Frontline television production; volume 4 originally broadcast on the television program American experience.
Creation/Production Credits
Cinematographers, Rick Brandt ... [et al.] ; editor, Michel Chalufour ; music, Sheldon Mirowitz.
Participants/Performers
(1): Hosted by Tom and Ray Magliozzi ; narrated by John Lithgow.
Participants/Performers
(4): Narrator, Alex Chadwick ; Rachel Carson readings by Meryl Streep.
Description
Car of the future: NPR's Car talk co-hosts Tom Magliozzi and brother Ray examine America's four-wheeled future, exploring everything from a Detroit auto show to the homebuilders of Boston's AltWheels Festival, from a hydrogen-powered bus fleed in Iceland to a green think tank in Colorado.
Description
Saved by the sun: Examines efforts to make solar power more efficient and affordable, from individuals installing solar panels on their roofs to industrial-scale projects in the Mojave desert featuring massive arrays of mirrors. Also looks at Germany's goal to produce thirty percent of its electricty from renewable sources by 2020.
Description
What's up with the weather?: Examines recent changes in weather patterns around the world, attempting to discover whether they are natural, temporary glitches in the global climate or the result of global warming.
Description
Rachel Carson's silent spring: Examines Rachel Carson and her book, Silent spring, published in 1962, an exposé of the chemical industry's unregulated use of DDT.
System Details
DVD; NTSC, Region 1; (4 x 3) full screen presentation (v.3-4); letterboxed (v.2) or 16:9 anamorphic (v.1); Dolby digital.
Language
Closed-captioned. (v.1-3).
Language
Audio-described (v.1-2).
Subjects
LC Subjects
Automobiles -- Design and construction.
Automobiles -- Technological innovations.
Biographical television programs.
Biologists -- United States -- Biography.
Carson, Rachel, -- 1907-1964. -- Silent spring.
Climatology.
Documentary television programs.
Environmental health.
Environmentalists -- United States -- Biography.
Fossil fuels -- Environmental aspects.
Global temperature changes.
Global warming.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.
Insect pests -- Biological control.
Long-range weather forecasting.
Meteorology.
Pesticides -- Environmental aspects.
Pesticides -- Toxicology.
Pesticides and wildlife.
Science television programs.
Science writers -- United States -- Biography.
Solar energy.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Automobiles -- Technological innovations.
Biographical television programs.
Biologists -- United States -- Biography.
Carson, Rachel, -- 1907-1964. -- Silent spring.
Climatology.
Documentary television programs.
Environmental health.
Environmentalists -- United States -- Biography.
Fossil fuels -- Environmental aspects.
Global temperature changes.
Global warming.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.
Insect pests -- Biological control.
Long-range weather forecasting.
Meteorology.
Pesticides -- Environmental aspects.
Pesticides -- Toxicology.
Pesticides and wildlife.
Science television programs.
Science writers -- United States -- Biography.
Solar energy.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
(2008). Becoming green: growing environmental awareness . Wgbh Boston Video.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)2008. Becoming Green: Growing Environmental Awareness. Wgbh Boston Video.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Becoming Green: Growing Environmental Awareness Wgbh Boston Video, 2008.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Becoming Green: Growing Environmental Awareness Wgbh Boston Video, 2008.
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