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Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This episode of the Green Interview features Thomas Linzey and Mari Margil of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF), a non-profit, public interest law firm providing free and affordable legal services for communities facing threats to their local environment. CELDF has assisted more than 110 local governments, as well as the governments of Nepal, India, and Ecuador. It was a founding member of the Global Alliance for the Rights of...
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Gardening is one of life's great pleasures. It offers bountiful wonders - flowers, grasses, fruits, vegetables, trees - that bring you closer to the natural world. And the best part: You can learn to create gardens and landscapes in almost any setting, from large rural backyards to tight urban spaces, and in almost any climate.
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Many of us don't live under ideal growing conditions. Here, Ms. Myers shows you ways to adapt your trees and shrubs to compensate for challenging conditions. First, explore the different types of shade and learn some ideal plantings for each. Then, learn how to recognize and deal with both flooding challenges and drought challenges.
4) Marina Aizen
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This episode of the Green Interview features Marina Aizen, one of Argentina's most distinguished journalists who served for many years as United Nations correspondent for a major wire service. Among the stories she covered was the 1992 Environmental Summit in Rio de Janeiro and that, she says, is where she "got hooked on environmental stories." She recently completed a book on the Mendoza case: the remarkable legal action that lead the Supreme Court...
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Explore the benefits of local, sustainable food production and find realistic ways you can become more involved with your food, from seed to fork. Learn simple methods for growing fruit, vegetables, and herbs-even if you live in a city apartment-and about revolutionary gardening philosophies and gastronomic movements, including Slow Food..
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Integrate everything you've learned in this course with a high-level review. Look closely at permaculture and its ethics; consider the customs of the Tlingit, a self-sustaining people indigenous to the Pacific Northwest; and discover biomimicry, an emerging discipline that uses nature as a model for technological design..
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Turn your attention to how settlement patterns-from rural to suburban to urban-and their existing infrastructures affect sustainability by defining how people can travel within and between locations. How can cities transition to ecocity design? What are the greenest modes of travel? How can we continue to drive cars and still live sustainably? Find out here..
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
What does it mean to live sustainably? How can we better live within the biophysical limits of the planet without engaging in self-denial? Begin to answer these questions here as you consider how your choices of home, food, transportation, energy, and more promote a sustainable lifestyle..
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This episode of the Green Interview features Atossa Soltani, the founder and Executive Director of Amazon Watch, an organization based in California that works to protect the Amazon basin and the rights of indigenous groups that call it home. She has been documenting and publicizing forest destruction and human rights abuses caused by extractive industries and large-scale energy projects throughout the Amazon and she has led successful campaigns to...
10) Pablo Solon
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This episode of The Green Interview features Pablo Solon, a social activist who was formerly the Ambassador of the Plurinational State of Bolivia to the United Nations and its chief negotiator on climate issues. He was instrumental in organizing the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, the 2010 gathering convened by Bolivian president Evo Morales to give the poor and the global south an opportunity to respond...
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
If we make our landscapes beautiful and functional, many of our needs can be met where we live. That's the idea behind sustainable landscapes, the benefits of which you'll explore here, from the surprising abundance of edible plants and household materials that can be produced, to the valuable services they can perform..
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Every day, the sun delivers 14,000 times more energy than the human economy uses. Discover how solar energy in all its forms can be harnessed and used in efficient ways, in addition to the financial benefits that come from using it. Learn how you can use energy wisely in your home..
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Conclude this series with a look at some fun (and challenging) ways to enhance the ornamental appeal and space efficiency of trees and shrubs. Learn pruning methods that help create tunnels or help plantings grow flat against walls or fences; tips for shearing plants into interesting shapes; and growing trees and shrubs in containers, or from cuttings and seeds.
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to implement a recovery plan to bring your landscape back to health from various threats. Is the problem actually worth treating? What kinds of insect traps should you use (and avoid)? How can adjusting the surrounding environment help? And why are black walnut trees often such a big problem?
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Sourcing clean water and using it wisely are key to sustainable living. Consider how systems can be designed to sustainably provide water for drinking, washing, irrigation, and other uses, and find smart ways to get the same or better services using less. Also, examine ecological approaches to handling storm water..
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Discover the many possibilities for framing your landscape with trees and shrubs. Ms. Myers provides you with ideas for landscapes of different sizes, and also shows you the importance of taking into consideration everything from flowers and fruit to texture and mature size when choosing trees and shrubs for your unique patch of land.
17) Tzeporah Berman
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
This episode of The Green Interview features Tzeporah Berman, an eco-activist, environmental iconoclast, and author who has been designing and winning environmental campaigns in Canada for two decades. Her latest book, This Crazy Time: Living Our Environmental Challenge, documents some of her most notable experiences on the front lines of Canada's environmental organizations and some of their most successful environmental campaigns, including the...
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This short was produced by The Green Interview for the Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC), which provides trades training and vocational education on 13 campuses and in six community learning centres. The flagship campus on the Dartmouth waterfront, featured in this short, was designed to be a model of sustainability that would lead the whole province. The building was constructed to LEED Gold standards, which require top-quality energy and water...
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
What happens when your trees and shrubs fail to flourish? Welcome to the world of plant diagnostics. Ms. Myers shows you how to diagnose common growth problems with popular types of plants - just like an expert gardener. Along the way, you'll learn how to spot symptoms for everything from blight and dieback to chlorosis and invasive pests.
20) Soren Hermansen
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This episode of the Green Interview features Soren Hermansen, Denmark's "world-class energy magician" with a mission to demonstrate it's possible to create a sustainable society based on renewable energy. The model society-Hermansen's native Samso- is a small, blustery island nestled in Denmark's Kattegat Strait, once a cluster of farming communities powered by coal and oil, now an impressive showcase of sustainable power: wind turbines, district...
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