Professor Dave Explains
Introduction to Ecology
We've learned a lot about living organisms on this channel, but now it's time to broaden our scope quite a bit. How do living organisms interact with each other and their physical environments? What is the nature of the biosphere? The...
Visual Learning Systems
The Biosphere: Summing Up
This program explores the major features of earth's amazing biosphere. Students are introduced to the biotic and abiotic components found in an ecosystem. Footage from throughout the world illustrates how ecosystems can change over time....
Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Profound Ecological Implications of a Perpetually Growing Economy
In part 1 of INET's extensive interview with John Fullerton, the founder and President of the Capital Institute talks about the ideas that inspired him to start a think tank that would bridge the gap between finance and the environment
Curated Video
Finland, Lake Saimaa biospheric area
Saimaa is a lake in southeastern Finland. At approximately 4,400 square kilometres, it is the largest lake in Finland, and the fourth largest natural freshwater lake in Europe. It was formed by glacial melting at the end of the Ice Age....
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Is Growth Becoming a Scarce Commodity?
In part 3 of INET's interview with John Fullerton, the founder of the Capital Institute discusses the fact that if there are limits to growth, then we are faced with a tricky allocation challenge as developing countries start consuming more
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Rethinking Finance as a Part of the Whole
In part 4 of INET's interview with John Fullerton, he says that we should start looking at the financial system as a subset of the larger biosphere, emphasizing the connections between the environment and the economy
NASA
Two Research Vessels Leave for the Twilight Zone
A project jointly funded by NASA and the National Science Foundation is heading west from Seattle, straight for the twilight zone. Using two research vessels, the Export Processes in the Ocean from Remote Sensing (EXPORTS) oceanographic...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Michael Spence: Policy Proposals for the United States (4/5)
Nobel Laureate Michael Spence favors a consumption tax: a big chunk of government revenues should come from taxes on value added and consumption. Besides a sensible energy policy, Spence's agenda reads jobs, jobs, and jobs. The tradable...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Michael Spence: Policy Lessons from Germany (5/5)
While manufacturing employment was crumbling in the United States, Germany gained shares in world markets: exports boomed, and the tradable goods sector remained an employment engine. That is why Michael Spence looks to Germany, as a...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Social Sustainability: Does Wealth Equal Happiness
Part 6 of INET's interview with John Fullerton: There's a role for mature companies in a steady state economy that constrains growth
Curated Video
China, Sichuan - Huanglong National Park
Due to thousands of years of geological evolution, Huanglong consists of numerous unique landscapes of geological landforms. Glacial revolution, terrane structure, stratum of carbonic acid rock, tufa water and climatic conditions such as...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
First Time Economic System Bumping into the Boundaries of the Biosphere - John Fullerton
The founder of the Capital Institute, John Fullerton, says that climate change is just one symptom of a "full-world economy." Interviewed by Daniel Erasmus at King's College, April 2010.
Curated Video
China, Sichuan - Jiuzhaigou National Park
The Jiuzhaigou valley is part of the Min Mountains on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau and stretches over 72,000 hectares . It is known for its many multi-level waterfalls, colorful lakes, and snow-capped peaks. Its elevation ranges from...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
How Detroit Did Everything Wrong
Part 7 of INET's interview with John Fullerton: How Motor City's downward slide is emblematic of a large-scale systemic failure that could potentially be fixed with a more diverse economy
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Mobilizing the Top 1%
Part 9 of INET's interview with John Fullerton: A transition to a sustainable economy is more than just politics: it's going to take focused energy from a small group of people with tremendous resources
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Inspirational Authors Who Challenge the Growth Imperative
In part 2 of the INET interview with John Fullerton, he goes over a few writers who are breaking new ground in the evolving space between the economy and the environment
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Michael Spence: The Next Convergence (1/5)
India and China are set to converge to lifestyles and consumption levels similar to those enjoyed by the industrialized countries. The rise of these new economic giants puts enormous strain on the earth's biosphere. At the same time,...
NASA
Our Living Planet From Space
Life. It's the one thing that, so far, makes Earth unique among the thousands of other planets we've discovered. Since the fall of 1997, NASA satellites have continuously and globally observed all plant life at the surface of the land...
NASA
How to Find a Living Planet
The more we see other planets, the more the question comes into focus: Maybe we're the weird one? Decades of observing Earth from space has informed our search for signs of habitability and life on exoplanets and even planets in our own...
NASA
A Candid Look at NASA's "Living Planet"
Creating a major scientific visualization takes considerable time and expertise. A team of scientists and data visualizers work together to building an artful depiction of hard data - whether it be an animation of sea surface...
Mazz Media
Biosphere
This live-action video program is about the word biosphere. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word biosphere through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Curated Video
Principles of Ecology - Organisms and the Environment Part 1
This section covers the relationship between organisms and their environment. It also covers the Levels of Organization and symbiotic relationships.
Curated Video
Understanding Habitats, Niches, and Symbiotic Relationships in Ecology
This section covers the relationship between organisms and their environment. It also covers the Levels of Organization and symbiotic relationships.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Michael Spence: How Global Supply Chains Raise Productivity in the US (3/5)
The US economy has been pretty good at generating jobs in the years leading up to the Great Recession. But nearly all jobs were created in the non-tradable sector, while employment stagnated in sectors that face international...