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Climate heroes: Stories of change
This documentary film takes the viewer on a virtual trip around the world to visit communities in different countries (Asia, Africa, Central America, Australia) taking action on climate change. The documentary weaves together nine inspiring stories, showing that action on climate change is creating jobs, improving lives and turning dreams of a better future into reality. Find resources to accompany the video here.
UN Climate Change. (2014, 26 September). Climate Heroes: Stories of Change [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/nozdbgeZFxQ
Sea change part 1: In the field
This video is the first of a three-video series from the Sea Change project. It features the field work of scientists from the US and Australia looking for evidence of sea level rise during the Pliocene era when Earth was (on average) about 2 to 3 degrees Celsius hotter than it is today. Find resources to accompany the video here.
Grossman, D. & Sea Change. (2013, October 27). Sea Change Part I: In the Field [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/ZwWHexxEZQU
Sea change part 2: In the lab
This video is the second of a three-video series in the Sea Change project, which follows the work of Dr. Maureen Raymo, paleogeologist at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, who travels with fellow researchers to Australia in search of evidence of sea level that was once higher than it is today. Find resources to accompany the video here.
Grossman, D. & Sea Change. (2013, October 28). Sea Change Part II: In the Lab [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/qyfx7CO-B30
Sea change part 3: Interpreting the results
This video is the third in a three-part series by the Sea Change project, about scientists’ search for Pleiocene beaches in Australia and elsewhere to establish sea level height during Earth’s most recent previous warm period. This segment features the research of Jerry Mitrovica, Harvard geophysicist. Find resources to accompany the video here.
Grossman, D. & Sea Change. (2013, October 28). Sea Change Part III: Interpreting the Results [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/vjl2q5s3DvM
Samoa under threat by Torrice, A. & Bullfrog films (2012)
Examines the effects of global warming on the Pacific island of Samoa with testimonials from an expert in both western science knowledge and traditional ecological knowledge. Background essay and discussion questions are included.
Torrice, A. (2023). Samoa under threat. Bullfrog Films/Teachers’ Domain [Video]. https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ean08.sci.ess.watcyc.samoa/samoa-under-threat/
“Why I protest for climate justice”
In a video interview with TEDWomen curator Pat Mitchell, Fonda speaks about getting arrested multiple times during Fire Drill Fridays, the weekly climate demonstrations she leads in Washington, DC, and discusses why civil disobedience is becoming a new normal in the age of climate change.
Fonda, J. (2019). Why I protest for climate justice. TEDWomen. https://www.ted.com/talks/jane_fonda_why_i_protest_for_climate_justice/transcript