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1) Land
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A bereaved woman seeks out a new life off the grid in Wyoming after a devastating life event.
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Imagine a home that heats itself, that provides its own water, that grows its own food. Imagine that it needs no expensive technology, that it recycles its own waste, that it has its own power source. And now imagine that it can be built anywhere, by anyone, out of the things society throws away. Thirty years ago, architect Michael Reynolds imagined just such a home - then set out to build it. A visionary in the classic American mode, Reynolds has...
6) 2040
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Award-winning director Damon Gameau (That Sugar Film) embarks on a journey to explore what the future could look like by the year 2040 if the solutions already available to improve our planet were embraced. Structured as a letter to his daughter, Gameau blends documentary with dramatized sequences and high-end visual effects to create a vision of how these solutions could regenerate the world.
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In recent years, many people are redefining their American Dream to focus on flexibility, financial freedom, and quality of life over quantity of space. These self-proclaimed "Tiny Housers" live in homes smaller than the average parking space, often built on wheels to bypass building codes and zoning laws. Tiny takes viewers inside six of these homes stripped to their essentials, exploring the owners' stories and the design innovations that make them...
8) Go green!
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Kids will learn how their favorite Nick Jr. friends are going green and caring for the planet. Features over two hours of entertainment with episodes from Dora the explorer; Go, Diego, go!; Wonder pets!; Yo gabba gabba!; Blue's clues; and Ni Hao Kai-lan.
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What Henry David Thoreau did for two years Anna and Harlan Hubbard did for forty. Anna and Harlan lived life as few people in modern times have and in doing so inspired thousands. Wonder: The Lives of Anna and Harlan Hubbard , a new documentary by Morgan Atkinson, brings to life their adventures. Wendell Berry, the nationally renowned writer and environmentalist, was an Hubbard friend and wrote a book on their lives called Harlan Hubbard: Life and...
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Challenging where our energy comes from and who profits from it can seem a little eccentric After all, not everyone has solar panels bolted above the doorstep. Green economy educator David Chernushenko does, and they generate more than enough energy to go around. So why can't he share it? New technologies mean that energy security is within our grasp, but harsh resistance is still being met. Debunking some of the spin of the big energy lobby, David...
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"As we travel through life, all of us leave footprints behind. At times these prints are wider & deeper than they should ever be. So how does one go about lightening their step and reducing the imprint? Well, by doing what others have chosen to do; share, renew, reuse, and rethink new ways of doing old things. What's your idea?"--Container.
20) Going to green
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Going to Green deals with the restoration of America's urban landscape through the creation of sustainable neighborhood ecosystems. Each chapter is devoted to a specific subject and is accompanied by a lesson with service learning extension activities.
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