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Breaking the Wall of Energy Supply: How Heterogeneous Catalysis Can Replace Fossil Fuels
Item# 49419
© 2011
13 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62290-480-8
This 2011 Falling Walls lecture video explores Enerchem, an innovative research association initiated by the Max Planck Society that focuses on issues commonly recognized as relevant across society. T...
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Breaking the Wall of Sustainable Chemistry: How Modern Alchemy Can Lead to Inexpensive and Clean Technology
Item# 49388
© 2011
16 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62290-449-5
In this video from the 2011 Falling Walls Conference, Paul Chirik introduces the philosophy of green chemistry as a means of combating the plague of pollution. Chirik’s work in designing products and...
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Breaking the Wall of Limited Resources: What Catalysis Can Do to Save Energy and Create Materials
Item# 49395
© 2009
17 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62290-456-3
According to the law of thermodynamics, any form of energy may be transformed into another form, but the total energy always remains the same. How can we use this principle to our advantage? In a time...
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Biotechnology on the Farm and in the Factory: Agricultural and Industrial Applications
Item# 39778
© 2009
28 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60825-077-6
As the world’s population and overall standard of living continue to increase, the growing demand for food, fuel, and consumer products has reached unprecedented levels. This program examines how biot...
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Man of the Glaciers: Antarctic Researcher Claude Lorius
Item# 40158
© 2008
55 Min.
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Much of our understanding of climate change and the precarious state of the Earth's polar ice is due to the work of French glaciologist Claude Lorius. This program documents several of his missions to...
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The Green Encyclopedia, Part 1: Environmental Innovations and Opportunities Video Clips
Item# 39979
© 2008
80 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60825-141-4
This collection of 60 video clips (1 minute, 10 seconds each) presents innovations and opportunities arising from the impact of environmental threats on the people of the world. Video clips i...
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The Green Encyclopedia, Part 2: Environmental Concerns and Threats / Recycling and Alternative Energy Video Clips
Item# 39980
© 2008
54 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60825-143-8
This collection of 40 video clips (1 minute, 10 seconds each) addresses concerns about—and threats to—the sustainability of life on Earth as global warming increases in severity. The collection also s...
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The Green Encyclopedia Video Clip Collection
Item# 39978
© 2008
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60825-139-1
What can one person, one business, or one town do to improve the precarious state of the planet? Check The Green Encyclopedia: 100 video clips (1 minute, 10 seconds each) that provide information, ide...
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Battle of the Bag: Deconstructing a Consumer Culture Icon
Item# 39585
© 2008
44 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61616-246-7
They take hundreds of years to biodegrade and have sparked heated debate around the world. This documentary examines the controversy over plastic bags, from their often devastating environmental impac...
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Bill Moyers Journal: Chemicals in Food / Jeffrey Toobin on the Supreme Court
Item# 39554
© 2008
58 Min.
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DVD ISBN: 978-1-60467-434-7
This edition of the Journal casts a wide net. Included are a Bill Moyers essay on Paul Light's book A Government Ill Executed and recent resignations of executive appointees in Washington; a segment f...
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