Category Archives: Nature

My green school dream – John Hardy

Jewelry designer John Hardy co-founded the extraordinary Green School in Bali, where kids get a holistic and green education.

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The Dream of the Earth by Thomas Berry

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Thomas Berry Speaks

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180 Degrees South

Chris Malloy’s film strikes so deeply into the heart of Patagonia’s wilderness we come to feel at home there. 180° South: Conquerors of the Useless follows Jeff Johnson as he retraces the epic 1968 journey of his heroes Yvon Chouinard … Continue reading

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“Last Year on the Farm” paintings

Virginia Vaughan made one painting a day to remember the last year on her family’s farm. Now it’s gone – replaced by suburban expansion from the nearby city of Austin, Texas. Bob visits her as she paints her final pieces. … Continue reading

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Blue Gold : World Water Wars

Award-winning featured documentary narrated by Malcolm McDowell. Wars of the future will be fought over water as they are over oil today, DVD at Netflix and www.bluegold-worldwaterwars.com

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Life science in prison (Nalini Nadkarni)

Nalini Nadkarni challenges our perspective on trees and prisons — she says both can be more dynamic than we think. Through a partnership with the state of Washington, she brings science classes and conservation programs to inmates, with unexpected results.

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Douglas Adams: Parrots, the Universe, and Everything

Douglas Adams was the best-selling British author and satirist who created The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. In this talk at UCSB recorded shortly before his death, Adams shares hilarious accounts of some of the apparently absurd lifestyles of the … Continue reading

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Build Renewable Energy NOW.

Our desire to live comfortably on this planet does NOT give us the right to kill the oceans. Offshore drilling is killing the oceans. Our survival depends on healthy oceans. We need to replace dirty energy with clean energy. The … Continue reading

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Spiders On Drugs

In 1965 Dr. Peter Witt gave drugs to spiders and observed their effects on web building.

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