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| Green Planet Films is a non-profit distributor of nature and environmental DVDs from around the globe. We promote environmental education through film. We seek to preserve and protect our planet by collecting and distributing documentaries that can be used to educate the public about the science, beauty, and fragility of the natural world. Our mission is to grow our web-based DVD library, and provide a channel that connects these films to schools, organizations, businesses, government agencies, and individuals worldwide. |
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CURIOSITY QUEST GOES GREEN: Season 3
Curiosity Quest Goes Green is an upbeat, family, educational program on PBS that explores what viewers are curious about....In Curiosity Quest Goes Green, each episode is also dedicated to raising awareness of earth-friendly issues. Together with host Joel Greene, viewers learn about things that each of us can do to be more eco-friendly and responsible inhabitants of the Planet Earth. In each show, Joel ventures on a quest to answer viewer's letters of curiosity. Each quest takes the audience on location for an unscripted, hands-on exploration.
EPISODES INCLUDE: recycling all different types of materials, worm farming, rescuing wild animals, backyard composting, the effects of plastics in our oceans, Battery Recycling, Fishing for Energy, Green Surfboards, Green Your Home, Lunch Tray Recycling, Polystryrene, Clothing Recycling, and more!
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Anna, Emma and the Condors
In a world of climate change and environmental challenges, two sisters, Anna and Emma and their companions, the California Condors, stand out as a beacon of hope. Their father, Chris Parish is the director of the Condor Project for the Peregrine Fund at Vermillion Cliffs. Their mother, Ellen Parish is a teacher and leader for the organization Roots and Shoots, founded by Jane Goodall. Together, the family work together to save and reintroduce the Californian condors back in to the wild.
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BACK TO THE GARDEN Flower Power Comes Full Circle
In Rural Washington state in 1988, Kevin Tomlinson filmed a group of "hippies" who had been living off the land since the 70s. Now in this poignant examination of an alternative community seen over time, he tracks down those original interviewees and shows what the glories and sufferings of living off the grid might really entail
and of hippie children who today ask whether free love was really free?
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Cafeteria Man
A candid look at what it takes to reform unhealthy school lunch programs and provide nutritious, tasty meals to our nations school kids, profiling Tony Geraci and his success in Baltimore's schools.
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DELICIOUS PEACE IN A UGANDAN COFFEE BEAN
Christian, Jewish, and Muslim coffee farmers in Uganda come together to challenge historical prejudices and economic hurdles by forming a model Fair Trade cooperative.
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Grow
Profiles a new generation of idealistic young farmers who have turned to the fields for a more fulfilling life, and with a strong desire to change how our food is grown.
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How to Boil a Frog
Fast-paced comedy mixed with hard-hitting facts help makes some of the world's major environmental issues both understandable and more enjoyable to learn about.
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Into Eternity
The first film to explore the challenging questions surrounding the long-term storage of nuclear waste generated by the world's nuclear power plants. NY Times Critics Pick.
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The Clean Bin Project
Follows an average couple as they go head-to-head in an uplifting and often humorous year-long competition to see who can produce the least amount of garbage.
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White Water, Black Gold
Investigates the little-known environmental and human costs associated with the largest single foreign source of US oil - Canada's Tar Sands.
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Atlantic Crossing: A Robot's Daring Mission
World-renowned scientists lead by oceanographer Scott Glenn are racing against time to design, build and launch the first transatlantic autonomous underwater robot. RU27 or Scarlet will explore the vast uncharted waters of the North Atlantic collecting critical data necessary for future climate models on her journey toward Spain. It is a one-hour television documentary on new science, deep-sea adventure and history in the making.
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Sick-Amour
A beautiful and forlorn tree, stuck in the middle of a giant parking lot. Hit by cars, and starved for water and oxygen. Drawn to the tree and outraged by the indignities that it endures, Joel Tauber devotes himself to improving the trees life. Passionately narrated by Tauber and peppered with interviews by experts in a variety of disciplines, Sick-Amour is a highly unusual documentary. It examines the tree in a multi-faceted manner, offering it as a microcosm of the plight of urban trees and of forgotten individuals. Simultaneously, the film is a love story between Joel and the tree.
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Vanishing of the Bees 34 mins (grades 5-12)
34 minute version for Grades 5-12. Includes downloadable classroom guide. Investigates the mysterious disappearance of honeybees across the planet, the impact it could have on our food supply, and what scientists and beekeepers think might be the causes and solutions.
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