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Green Economy, The : Sustainable Mining / Film Ideas.

Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (21 min., 12 sec)) : sound, color.
Publisher:	[Place of publication not identified] : Film Ideas, [2014]
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▸The history of Butte Montana is forged in the not so environmentally friendly practices of the ... Copper Kings of the early 20th Century. Now the city leaders and residents are pushing to clean up the sins of the past and also educate those who wish to get into the field of Mine Reclamation at Montana Technical Institute. We go on top and hundreds of feet below the city to get all the angles. Read More

Green Economy, The : Home Recycling / Film Ideas.

Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (19 min., 17 sec)) : sound, color.
Publisher:	[Place of publication not identified] : Film Ideas, [2014]
Electronic resource	Access for Phillips Academy via Films on Demand
▸Keeping aluminum cans out of the trash is how a lot of us were raised to recycle. Today nearly ... everything we buy, use and throw away can be recycled in some form. It is not always easy but the ways in which companies are making recycling products is downright fascinating...we will take a look. Read More

Green Economy, The : Sustainable Forestry / Film Ideas.

Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (19 min., 47 sec)) : sound, color.
Publisher:	[Place of publication not identified] : Film Ideas, [2014]
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▸Growing trees is not totally the job of Mother Nature anymore! Making sure logging doesn't tax ... future growth too much is an ever more increasingly important task. Using a relatively new high tech invention, the helicopter, to harvest hasn't been around that long but offers an interesting alternative to logging. We look at growing, managing and cutting of the new sustainable forest. Read More

Green Economy, The : Wave Energy / Film Ideas.

Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (19 min., 30 sec)) : sound, color.
Publisher:	[Place of publication not identified] : Film Ideas, [2014]
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▸Another budding energy field is harnessing the power of the ocean. Wave energy buoys are doing it ... now but the plan is to expand this technology all over the world. The world's largest buoy is being built in Vancouver Washington and it will launch on the Oregon Coast. Read More

Green Economy, The : Waterway Superfunds, Part #1 / Film Ideas.

Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (21 min., 37 sec)) : sound, color.
Publisher:	[Place of publication not identified] : Film Ideas, [2014]
Electronic resource	Access for Phillips Academy via Films on Demand
▸Cities around the United States grew up around the great arterial waterways. In the West, the ... Columbia and Willamette have seen 150 years of commerce and change and unfortunately have paid the price of the industrial revolution. It's not the water so much as the sediment on the bottom where PCB's and other toxins are threatening fish and other wildlife. There is a push to reverse the damage of the past by removing the worst of this sediment. This is a complex issue with an even more complex solution but we show you how they're doing it. Read More

Green Economy, The : Green Golf Course Management / Film Ideas.

Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (20 min., 38 sec)) : sound, color.
Publisher:	[Place of publication not identified] : Film Ideas, [2014]
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▸Think the modern golf course simply dumps tons of fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides everywhere? ... Think again! Not only would that bankrupt most of these facilities but they are must more forward thinking, from a sustainability standpoint, than you might give them credit for. We will look at 2 courses that are making sustainability one of their primary goals. We will also look at the industry in general and how things are changing... for the better! Read More

Green Economy, The : GeoThermal Energy / Film Ideas.

Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (19 min., 32 sec)) : sound, color.
Publisher:	[Place of publication not identified] : Film Ideas, [2014]
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▸All of us have seen a hot spring or an active volcano but finding new and creative ways to utilize ... this energy hasn't been easy. Now you can not only heat your home but use it to turn the lights on too. We visit Bottle Rock Power Plant in The Geysers California. Here they drill and harness the heat and steam from the earth on a scale hard to believe. Read More

Green Economy, The : Wildlife Management / Film Ideas.

Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (20 min., 1 sec)) : sound, color.
Publisher:	[Place of publication not identified] : Film Ideas, [2014]
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▸Lions...Tigers...Bears...Oh My! We find out how people who really care about wildlife are raising ... awareness about why our urban growth is literally making dangerous encounters with wild animals is becoming an everyday occurrence. We visit an exotic animal rescue to see lions, tigers and other wild animals are being cared for the best way possible. We also talk to experts about one of the most allusive animals, the wolf, is now making a comeback. Read More

Green Economy, The : Green Medicine / Film Ideas.

Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (20 min., 59 sec)) : sound, color.
Publisher:	[Place of publication not identified] : Film Ideas, [2014]
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▸Words like Naturopath and other less traditional terms to describe the healing process once were ... shunned by modern medicine and the general public. Today they are much more common and accepted. Procedures like acupuncture are prescribed by doctors routinely nowadays. Read More

Green Economy, The : Green Insulation / Film Ideas.

Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (19 min., 45 sec)) : sound, color.
Publisher:	[Place of publication not identified] : Film Ideas, [2014]
Electronic resource	Access for Phillips Academy via Films on Demand
▸Not only how, but what is now being used to insulate homes and buildings will surprise you! How ... about sheep wool or compressed recycled newspaper? The list is fascinating as are the folks who are working to make it even more sustainable. Read More