Instructional Video6:05
SciShow

New Research to Help You Choose Eco-Friendly Foods | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
The environmental impact of the foods we eat can be tricky to track. But now, researchers in the UK have developed a system to estimate the impact of 57,000 food products in the UK and Ireland! And we are gaining insights into the...
Instructional Video4:20
TED-Ed

The "myth" of the boiling frog | TED-Ed

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Since 1850, global average temperatures have risen by 1 degree Celsius. That may not sound like a lot, but it is. Why? 1 degree is an average. Many places have already gotten much warmer and if average temperatures increase one more...
Instructional Video4:55
TED-Ed

The world's biggest battery looks nothing like a battery | TED-Ed

Pre-K - Higher Ed
As of 2020, the world's biggest lithium-ion battery is hooked up to the Southern California power grid and can provide enough power for about 250,000 homes. But it's actually not the biggest battery in the world: a pair of lakes are. How...
Instructional Video2:22
MinuteEarth

*If We Aren't Too Late

12th - Higher Ed
We’ll each have at least $100,000 more in our piggy banks, on average, if we stop climate change than if we don’t.
Instructional Video5:23
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: What if there were 1 trillion more trees? | Jean-François Bastin

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Today humanity produces more than 1,400 tons of carbon every minute. To combat climate change, we need to reduce fossil fuel emissions, and draw down excess CO2 to restore the balance of greenhouse gases. Like all plants, trees consume...
Instructional Video4:31
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Which bag should you use? | Luka Seamus Wright and Imogen Ellen Napper

Pre-K - Higher Ed
You've filled up your cart and made it to the front of the grocery line when you're confronted with yet another choice: what kind of bag should you use? It might seem obvious that plastic is bad for the environment, and that a paper bag...
Instructional Video3:57
Sustainable Business Consulting

Governments Taking Action

Higher Ed
See examples of countries whose government has taken action to incorporate sustainability and do business in a more sustainable way. Examples include Ecuador and how the constitution incorporates a triple bottom line perspective and...
Instructional Video0:48
Next Animation Studio

Study finds plastic exposed to the sun emit greenhouse gases

12th - Higher Ed
The study found that some of the commonly-used plastics release methane and ethylene one they are exposed to sunlight.
Instructional Video1:09
Next Animation Studio

Oceans are absorbing more heat than previously estimated

12th - Higher Ed
The world's oceans have absorbed considerably more heat than previously estimated, according to a new study.
Instructional Video1:12
Next Animation Studio

Increase in HFC-23 emissions linked to China, India: Study

12th - Higher Ed
New research from the University of Bristol has found that atmospheric levels of hydrofluorocarbon gas, or HFC-23, have continued to rise despite China and India saying they had stopped emissions.
Instructional Video1:38
Curated Video

Could Veganism Save The World?

9th - Higher Ed
Veganism is sweeping the global. So why are more and more people deciding to cut all animal products from their diets – and why could doing so help to save the Earth?
Instructional Video8:30
Curated OER

Intro to Carbon Sequestration

9th - 12th
Increase awareness of the greenhouse effect with this clip. Global climate change poses a problem if our planet becomes warmer than is possible to sustain life. Reduction in carbon emissions is essential in the next few decades and can...
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Global Climate Change Update

9th - 10th
Researchers talk about global climate change, what the science says, the Kyoto Protocol, and what governments need to be doing immediately to help stem the tide of climate change. Aired Nov. 2, 2007 [41:25]
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Eat Local? Or Eat Differently?

9th - 10th
When it comes to greenhouse gas emissions, what you eat may be more important than where that food comes from, a new study finds. [12 mins. 8]