EarthEcho International
Water by Design: Exploring Innovative Solutions for Freshwater Resources
The video explores the challenges and solutions related to managing freshwater resources in Southern California, where a severe drought has impacted millions of people. It showcases the use of NASA technology to predict water...
Mr. Beat
The Most Underrated American President
Here's the story of James K. Polk, the most underrated President in American history. He did more in four years as President than most Presidents do in eight.
Visual Learning Systems
Exploring Grassland Biomes: Grasslands in North America
Upon viewing the Exploring Grassland Biomes video series, students will be able to do the following: Describe some of the basic characteristics of grasslands: - grasslands receive 25 to 75 centimeters of rain a year - grazing by large...
Healthcare Triage
Reference Pricing, CALPERS, and Reduced Health Care Costs
At a time when health care spending seems only to go up, an initiative in California has slashed the prices of many common procedures.
Next Animation Studio
Construction begins on largest solar farm in the U.S.
Construction has begun on a solar plant in North Texas that will become the largest facility of its kind in the U.S.
Science360
Los Angeles & Water Imports
The nearly 10 million people in the city and county of Los Angeles, California require a lot of water -- most of which is imported snow melt from the Eastern Sierra Nevadas and Rocky Mountains, hundreds of miles away. UCLA researchers...
Science360
Science Behind The News: Bio-Inspired Materials
In the search for the next groundbreaking tough material, scientists like David Kisalus from the University of California, Riverside are looking to nature for inspiration, including under the sea where one little crustacean packs a...
Hip Hughes History
The Silencer Debate: Should Silencers Be Deregulated?
Should silencers be illegal? Are they safe? Do they endanger the public? Or are regulations interfering with our rights and safety? With the Republican Party poised to pass the Hearing Protection Act, it may be time to get acquainted...
Food Farmer Earth
Fred Kirschenmann - The Future of Agriculture
Part 2 - As Fred Kirschenmann points out, extreme weather patterns will have a destabilizing impact on agriculture. Climate Change and Ecological Degradation threatens the future of agriculture unless we change our farming practices....
Mr. Beat
The American Presidential Election of 1976
The 48th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. I hope to have them done by Election Day 2016. In 1976, the country celebrates its bicentennial by not trusting the government....
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Wendy Brown on Education.
Neoliberalism, warns Professor Wendy Brown, has created a form of reasoning in which human beings are reduced to their economic value and activity, and in which all fields of human activity are treated as markets and institutions,...
Religion for Breakfast
Modesto, CA: A Public School with Mandatory Religion Courses?
Teaching neutral, academic religious studies courses in American public schools is tricky. Many people don't even realize that it is legal! But one school district in Modesto, California is proving that a world religions requirement for...
The Wall Street Journal
Our Mountain Of Waste
Wealthy societies disproportionately waste food. If that isn't a moral issue, it certainly is a financial one. What can be done?
ACDC Leadership
Pollution, the Government, and MSB=MSC- Microeconomics Topic 6.2
Should we end pollution? Could we even if we wanted to? Mr. Clifford explains marginal social cost, externalities and the role of the government. Don't forget to watch the very end.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Mazzucato and Wray: Making Finance Work for Innovation
Welcome to our new video series called "New Economic Thinking." The series will feature dozens of conversations with leading economists on the most important issues facing economics and the global economy today. This episode features...
Sustainable Business Consulting
Options for Climate Policy
Describes other ways that countries are combating climate change
Curated Video
Compare Two Functions by Analyzing an Equation and a Table
In this video, the teacher explains how to compare functions using equations and tables. They emphasize the importance of understanding the different representations of functions and how to calculate the constant rate of change. They...
Visual Learning Systems
Geology of North America: Faulting
North America's geology and topography is a fascinating and beautiful story. This video captures footage from throughout the continent to tell this captivating story. Major geological events such as the formation of the Appalachian and...
Soliloquy
Why Hawaii Flies Its Cows
When Hawaiian Ranchers want to export cattle to the continental United States, sometimes they load their cows onto jet airlines and fly them across the ocean. By weight air travel is far more expensive than shipping on an ocean going...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Julian Vasquez Heilig - Community Based Education Reform
Julian Vasquez Heilig leads nearly 3,000 students, staff and faculty as the Dean of the University of Kentucky College of Education. He is also a tenured professor of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation. While at UK, the College of...
Science360
Earthquakes To The Core Researchers Drill Down At The Epicenter
Understanding what happens at the epicenter of an earthquake, as the tectonic plates beneath the earth shift and the earth shakes, could help us better predict when and where the next big one will hit. For the past six years scientists...
Sustainable Business Consulting
Carbon Pricing
Delivers the case for carbon pricing and provides viable options and case studies around cap and trade and carbon taxes
Religion for Breakfast
Sikhs and Muslims: Bullied at US Schools?
Religious bullying is a common occurrence at schools in the US. What are some examples, and what can we do about it?
Curated Video
Wong Kim Ark's Fight for Birthright Citizenship
By taking on the US government and winning, Wong Kim Ark ensured that the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution granted citizenship to every American by birth, regardless of their race or ethnicity.