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New! Vanishing Ice: The Last American Polar Bears 17 min.

Polar bears struggle for survival on the melting Arctic ice and move inland toward humankind. This ABC News film investigates the effects of polar bears descending on an Alaskan village and the race to save a vulnerable species.

Formats: DVDStreaming Copyright Date: 2017

Restoring Paradise: An American Story 156 min.

Just 25 miles off the coast of Los Angeles, the Channel Islands are a paradise that was found, lost, and, in an ecological battle, regained. In a time machine journey alongside scientists involved in their salvation, we come to understand how this tiny group of islands has become a crucible for the reshaping of our relationship with nature.

Formats: DVDStreaming Copyright Date: 2017

Restoring Paradise: An American Story—Episode 1 52 min.

Arriving at the islands 13,000 years ago, the Chumash people discovered a true paradise. Life was so abundant, both on land and in the sea, it made it seem like resources were infinite. That is, until the first European colonists came to settle.

Formats: DVDStreaming Copyright Date: 2017

Restoring Paradise: An American Story—Episode 2 54 min.

Disrupting the natural equilibrium of this paradise, successive waves of settlers and visitors used the islands for cattle farming, a vacation destination for the Hollywood elite, and, during World War II, a military base. Pristine nature was turned into a vast wasteland.

Formats: DVDStreaming Copyright Date: 2017

Restoring Paradise: An American Story—Episode 3 54 min.

After centuries of intense exploitation, the marine and terrestrial ecosystems of the islands had been devastated. To bring back the paradise once lost, a massive restoration plan was designed. But it is subject to many controversies.

Formats: DVDStreaming Copyright Date: 2017

Gert-Jan Gruter (NL): Plant-based Plastic Bottles 7 min.

Gert-Jan Gruter and his team at Avantium have developed a revolutionary chemical process for converting plant-based sugars into the new building block Furandicarboxylic Acid (FDCA). FDCA can be used to produce a wide range of renewable plant-based materials, but the most exciting application is a polyester known as polyethylene furanoate (PEF). It has several properties that will allow PEF to repl...

Formats: DVDStreaming Copyright Date: 2017

Günther Hufschmid (DE): Super Sponge for Oil Spills 6 min.

The innovation of Günter Hufschmid at the German firm Deurex is a synthetic wax that, when heated under pressure, turns into a light, spongy material that can adsorb about seven times its own weight's worth of oil, chemicals, or other hydrophobic liquids. The invention is a radical improvement to existing "spill management" technologies, which soak up fewer contaminants less quickly and often leav...

Formats: DVDStreaming Copyright Date: 2017

Saving the Big Blue 29 min.

A band of inspired young Australians are deploying a new weapon against a global scourge—the great gobs of plastic polluting our oceans. Europe Correspondent Lisa Millar tells how they’re doing it.

Formats: DVDStreaming Copyright Date: 2017

Special Edition: Global Warning 19 min.

On this edition of Nightline Matt Guttman will examine environmental issues including unusual phenomena caused by global warming.

Formats: DVDStreaming Copyright Date: 2017

Uprising 51 min.

Burning coal remains a major source of energy, emitting toxic pollutants and carbon dioxide. North of Chicago, in Waukegan, Illinois, America Ferrera meets with activists, backed by the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign, who are working to shut down a local coal plant, and with a mayor who wants to keep it open. Residents complain that the pollution is making them sick. Ferrera learns about an op...

Formats: DVDStreaming Copyright Date: 2017