Food Farmer Earth
Balancing Urban Expansion and Farmland Preservation: Oregon's Model
This video examines Oregon's unique urban growth boundary system, designed to control urban expansion while preserving valuable farmland and natural resources. It highlights the success of this approach in maintaining the state's...
Cerebellum
The Industrial Revolution - The Origins Of The Industrial Revolution
It started in England and reached its peak in America. The Industrial Revolution is a period of history that began in the early 18th century and has carried through our modern times. This video looks at the elements which allowed the...
Curated Video
Restoration of old Cairo brings new life to the old quarter
AP Television
Cairo, Egypt, January 2009
1. Wide Al-Azhar Park, Cairo
2. Close up yellow flower
3. Wide flowers in park with old Cairo in background
4. Wide view over rooftops of old city
5. Pan narrow streets of old city...
Curated Video
Eco-barriers to protect Rio's urban forests
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 18 May 2009
1. Aerial showing urban Tijuca forest in Rio
2. Pan from forest and mountain to wall construction
3. Workers building wall
4. Tilt up from wall to forest and city in background
5. Pan of shantytown to...
Curated Video
Govt presser on reconstruction work after Sichuan earthquake, file
FILE: Beichuan - May 17, 2008
1. Wide of Beichuan Middle School debris, with basket ball hoop in foreground
2. Wide of debris of Beichuan Middle School
3. Emergency workers searching through wreckage for trapped school children
4....
Curated Video
Dubai opens the Arabian Peninsula's first metro system, analyst
1. Various of metro ++audio is mute++
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hamdi Abdul Rahman, Analyst:
"There is definitely a connection between the metro and development (of a city). In the case of Dubai, the establishment of a metro system here is a...
Curated Video
A look at how the country has integrated into EU
1. Underground train arrives at Barajas Airport platform
2. Platform from inside train carriage
3. Train doors open
4. Passengers walking onto escalators
5. Main entrance of station in airport, sign "Metro de Madrid"
6. Signs at station...
NOAA
Noaa: Estuary Education: Urban Estuaries: Living in a Toxic Soup
Urban areas often expand around estuaries. Industrial development often leaves a legacy of pollution in these areas. This video looks at what kind of long-term pollution is found in the Duwamish estuary in Seattle, and how estuary life...
NOAA
Noaa: Estuary Education: Urban Estuaries: Restoration
Students and citizen groups seek to restore and reclaim damaged, changed, or polluted estuaries. [6:52]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1865 1898: Gilded Age and 2nd Industrial Revolution
Discusses the Second Industrial Revolution and the inventions and innovations that fueled the Gilded Age. [10:29]
NOAA
Noaa: Estuary Education: Urban Estuaries: Human Changes
Often humans living in close contact with an estuary want to fix it. We learn about the changes humans made to the Duwamish Estuary in Seattle. and how many groups are seeking to reverse these changes. [9:55]