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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 13 - 18
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Volunteers are teaching local farmers to use their land and to protect it at the same time. In northern Ecuador farmers and loggers have cut down almost all the trees in this once forested area. This troubled landscape only has about 2% of what used ...to be there only decades ago. These volunteers are trying to strike a balance with locals on how they can meet their needs but also save the land. (3:39)
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April 22, 2009 at 02:02 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 8 - 18
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A program in Minnesota is encouraging farmers to turn their farmlands into wetlands. This movie discusses the Reinvest in Minnesota program which encourages farmers to keep farming their profitable land, but to sell back their marginal land and allow... it to turn back into wetlands to save wildlife. Run time 02:50.
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April 22, 2009 at 02:06 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 10 - 18
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He's a great example of what we all should try to become. With a unique composting facility, Price does his part to pitch in to save the environment.
April 12, 2010 at 11:44 AM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 8 - 18
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Hydroponics
From thefutureschannel.com, produced by Futures Channel
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With only so much good farmland available worldwide, one of the challenges of feeding an expanding population is finding alternative ways to grow crops. Show your students one possible solution--a hydroponic "lettuce factory" that produces over 50,00...0 heads of lettuce every week.
Running time 2:24 minutes.
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September 26, 2011 at 08:43 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 13 - 18
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They can be small Do’s or big Do’s or just extraordinary Do’s. But when you listen to the story of, Alice,
as she represents a small group of young people who are choosing a
career on the land. She will tell us how and why the work captured her
...& perhaps even challenge our notions of what it means to be a
farmer. Alice Holden, Farmer and grower. These
speeches light a fire in your belly to go and Do your thing, your
passion, the thing that sits in the back of your head each day, just
waiting, and waiting for you to follow your heart. (22:44)
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May 9, 2012 at 10:38 AM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 12 - 18
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This is an informative video about Wangari Maathai. She was an environmentalist from Kenya who was very accomplished and promoted sustainable agriculture. This project won first place for the student category of the MyHero film festival. (09:54)
January 3, 2013 at 01:00 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 5 - 18
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his educational video shows you how to start making your own compost.
Composting is an easy way to use leftovers, and to have a happy,
healthy garden. We all talk about having a healthier planet, and this
is one great way to get started in yo...ur own backyard!
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June 9, 2010 at 12:36 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 8 - 14
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In “What’s on Your Plate,” Sadie and Safiyah, who are two eleven-year-old, African-American city kids, go on this journey to understand their place in the food chain. The film is inspired by them looking at food and going around to stores and seeing,... “Where does this food come from?” Like, “Why are we getting potatoes from Canada, when there are potatoes grown 100 miles away?” And along the way they talk to farmers and food activists and policy makers and, most importantly, their peers.
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February 10, 2011 at 01:35 PM
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