The videos listed below rent for $10-$15 each, which includes outgoing shipping
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| Title / Subject | Presenter / Year | Run Time |
|---|---|---|
| Green Mantle Ecological Landscaping Workshop This emphasizes ways to reduce the use of water, chemical pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, unnecessary energy, and maintenance labor in the garden. |
Michael Talbot 2001 | 3 hours |
| Green Mantle Workshop on Bird Gardening Creating Bird Friendly Backyard Habitats. How to select plants and arrange them for maximum benefit to birds. |
Stephen Kress 2002 | |
| The Healthy Home & Garden Less toxic and nontoxic ways to manage pests in the home and garden. |
Central Contra Costa Sanitary District, CA | 25.5 min. |
| Hormone Impostors Explores the way chemicals are infiltrating our bodies and mimicking our hormones. |
Bullfrog Films 1997 | 47 min. |
| My Father's Garden Documentary about the use and misuse of technology on the American farm. The main story concerns an organic farmer and leader in the sustainable agriculture movement. |
Miranda Productions, Inc. 1997 | 56 min. |
| The Next Industrial Revolution William McDonough and Michael Braungart are leaders of a movement that brings together ecology and human design. It explores how some businesses are beginning to work with nature while enhancing profitability. |
William McDonough & Michael Braungart 2001 | 55 min. |
| Playing With Poison American anthropologist Dr. Elizabeth Guillette investigates the harmful effects of pesticide exposure on children. |
Bullfrog Films 2001 | 46 min. |
| Preserving the Future produced by Roswitha S. Augusta featuring Tom Brown, Jr., John Parrish and Karin Kirk Motivating individuals to love and protect the earth using the ICC project as an example and featuring an interview with Tom Brown, Jr., naturalist consultant to motion pictures, and teacher. |
Narrator: Donald Dittberner 2001 | 21 min. |
| The Silent Spring of Rachel Carson The Silent Spring of Rachel Carson, hosted by Eric Sevareid, features the rare appearance of Rachel Carson (1907-1964) on camera at her home in Maryland and in footage filmed near her cottage in Maine. In 1963, during the heated debate surrounding the publication of Silent Spring, CBS aired this documentary piece despite receiving more than 1,000 letters protesting its showing and the withdrawal of support by three of the network's five sponsors. |
CBS News Archives, CBS Reports- 1963 | 60 min. |
| The following are presentations from the Wildlife, Pesticides and People Conference, September 1998: | ||
| Thirty Years of Farm Pesticides Long term effects of herbicides and insecticides on partridge populations in Sussex, England. |
Dr. Julie Ewald | 30 min. |
| Economic and Environmental Costs of Pesticide Use | Dr. David Pimentel | 30 min. |
| Conference Summary | Dr. Lee Talbot | 30 min. |
| Surface Water and Pesticide Contamination | Robert Gilliom | 30 min. |
| Insecticides and Pollinators Loss of pollinators by insecticides results in declines of rare desert plants. |
Dr. Gary Nabhan | 30 min. |
| Endocrine Disrupters | Dr. Theo Colborn | 30 min. |
| Pesticides and Birds, Part 1 | Dr. Pierre Mineau | 30 min. |
| Pesticides and Birds, Part 2 | Dr. Nimish Vyas | 30 min. |
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