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Concrete production is a leading cause for climate change today, generating many times more carbon dioxide pollution than air travel and leaving a significant footprint on our environment. This 2009 Falling Walls lecture video highlights Franz-Josef Ulm's nano-engineering of materials, which sets out to eradicate climate change. Ulm investigates the replacement of calcium carbonate, the active ingredient in lime, and the reduction of the massive carbon...
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The world over, teachers hear the lament "why do we have to study Shakespeare?" from their students. Here are the answers to that ubiquitous question. This densely packed and student-friendly program includes well-known examples from his plays and a look at his contribution to the English lexicon to demonstrate Shakespeare's enduring impact on language and the study of literature.
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We call them man's best friend. But there's more to our ancient alliance than friendship. Humans have transformed dogs from their wolf ancestors into a dazzling array of breeds, from beautiful to bizarre. And just as we've left our human footprint on dogs, they've left their pawprint on us... and the world we both share.
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If you divide the productive capacity of the Earth by the number of people on the planet, you can estimate the share of the planet's capacity that each human being is entitled to. Consumer societies of the West are taking up far more than their share of the Earth's resources, while the Third World is taking up far less. This episode of The Green Interview features William Rees, the originator of ecological footprint analysis-designed to measure the...
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Ecotourism is a relatively new term used to describe tourism related activities which are managed within a sustainable manner. Many definitions of ecotourism exist, which can cause confusion concerning when and how to use the term. Visiting two leading tourist destinations, Phillip Island Nature Park and Mount Hotham Alpine Resort, this program discusses the needs of the ecotourist, the process of accreditation and the associated benefits for all....
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Film is often used to represent the natural landscape and, increasingly, to communicate environmentalist messages. Yet behind even today's "green" movies are ecologically unsustainable production, distribution, and consumption processes. Noting how seemingly immaterial moving images are supported by highly durable resource-dependent infrastructures, The Cinematic Footprint traces the history of how the "hydrocarbon imagination" has been central to...
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"Recovering Lost Footprints is the first full-length critical study to analyze Latin American Indigenous literary narratives in a systematic manner. In the book, Arturo Arias looks at Maya narratives in Guatemala. The study of these works is intended to spark changes so that constitutions recognize these cultures, their rights, their languages, their centers of worship, and their cosmologies. Through this study, Arias problematizes the partial or...
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