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Earth Condominium: Organizing the Global Neighborhood
A wonderful short video, beautifully done, showing how we all live on a shared planet, much like a 'condominium' - where everybody has to get along because we all share everything!
Future Trash
Mother Earth shows us the trash that covers the world in 2027, all because we couldn't find time to recycle.
Global warming has ended all snow, even on New Year's Day. Come and see all the presents we left today for our children of tomorrow.
Produced by: Pierre Terre, 6/7/2007 Language: English Run Time: 4 min. 24 sec. Story Level 1 = Intended for all children or adults CC Developing Nations This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Developing Nations license.
Good Morning Antarctica, 2075 AD
It's the year 2075 and Pierre and Mother Earth have found that the ice has melted off of Antartica. Where did it all go? Why did we let the world warm up? Pierre takes a silly look at global warming.
In the year 2075 AD, Pierre and Mother Earth visit New-New York, located on a mountain top in Antarctica, one of the few dry places left on Earth since all the glaciers melted and flooded the world.
Blue Spruce Hollow I: Architect David Hartke Builds a LEED/Green Residence
Blue Spruce Hollow, Episode I:
Architect David Hartke showed Pierre his environmentally conscious new home, under construction in Doylestown Pennsylvania. The home is to become a LEED-Certified or 'Green' dwelling with many energy and environmentally-friendly features.
South-facing, the home gains much from solar orientation. Large sheltered porch living spaces will provide several 3-season rooms. The home uses little/no large timbers, relying instead on strong composite materials made from fast-growing woods.
Legend of the Four Crows
Caretakers of Creation, the Lena'pe people have lived here for thousands of years, demonstrating sustainability. Native American Jim Beer of the Lena'pe Turtle Clan shares a little of the relationship of his people to the Creator, and the Legend of the Four Crows.
Learn more from Jim Beer of the Lena'pe Turtle Clan, from Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Produced by: Pierre Terre, 7/31/2006
Language: English
Run Time: 15 min. 42 sec.
Story Level 1 = Intended for all children or adults
Happy Lawn, No Chemicals!
Susan Curry and Pierre get close to the grass to learn about why lawn chemicals are so bad for all the living things - and why a beautiful yard does not need chemicals!
Susan tells of how a backyard can be a great habitat for many healthy living things.
Produced by: Pierre Terre, 7/30/2006
Language: English
Run Time: 5 min. 48 sec.
Story Level 1 = Intended for all children or adults
The Great Turning of the World
Pierre hears the incredible vision of an already-unfolding sustainable future, described by author David C. Korten of Yes! Magazine. David Korten is an international development expert, and he describes this Great Turning of humanity. He describes a huge re-shaping of human behavior away from empires driven by globally destructive oil-fuelled behavior, creating a 'perfect storm' of Earth problems.
Global Warming makes Mother Earth Crazy!
Mother Earth and Pierre find out how crazy weather comes from global warming. Pierre tries to get us to use less carbon fuel so Mother Earth does not hurt him with snowballs!
Produced by: Pierre Terre, 2/12/2006
Language: English
Run Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
Story Level 1 = Intended for all children or adults
Utopia/Dystopia: Premiere Performance of a Vision of the Future in Drama and Dance
Premiere Performance of Original Drama, Dance and Music at the Philadelphia Earth Charter Summit, by Jodi Netzer and the Conscious Collective.
Produced by: Gary Blanchard, 10/20/2005
Language: English
Run Time: 30 min. 0 sec.
Story Level 2 = Children may need to ask their parents about the meaning of the Story
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