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Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Take a stunning new look at our wild planet by turning the cameras around to show the world as it really is, with humans in the picture. Dr. M. Sanjayan journeys to the frontiers of where man and animal meet to discover how our relationship with the greatest natural history events on the planet can provide a key to preserving our present and enriching our future.
3) The Lorax
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (25 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Presents Dr. Seuss's "The Lorax," a story that illustrates the consequences of pollution and shares the tale of the Lorax, who tried to protect his forest home from the Once-ler and his destructive ways.
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It's one of the most important and difficult questions of our time...can the human race find a way to co-exist with the natural world before we destroy it? With thirty football fields of forest lost each minute, the world needs answers now more than ever, and sometimes the most innovative solutions can come from unexpected places. Frontier Sumatra is the incredible story of a ground-breaking conservation project called Restorasi Ekosistem Riau (RER)....
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (53 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. "THE LAST STAND for Trees is about saving the world's last remaining ancient forests. Using the flash-point of British Columbia's "Battle for the Trees" at FAIRY CREEK- the documentary examines the importance of keeping intact forest ecosystems: here in North America, in the Amazon, and around the world. Experts like Wade Davis and Leila Salazar-Lopez speak about the impact trees/plants have on our atmosphere, including Carbon sequestration...
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (51 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. "This groundbreaking collaboration between Orca Network and filmmakers Rick Wood and Shari Macy tells the story of one of the most endangered marine mammals in the world and those who are working desperately to save them. Coastal Native tribes had a saying, 'No fish, no Blackfish,' which meant without Chinook salmon, their primary food source, there can be no orcas. 'Fragile waters' is the story of connectivity, balance and finding solutions....
Pub. Date
©2013
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 237 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Manor Reborn is a groundbreaking collaboration between the BBC and the National Trust. This unique partnership brought together two national icons for the first time and produced an incredible story, that is as captivating as it is unmissable. Presented by Penelope Keith (To the Manor Born) and Paul Martin (Flog It!), The Manor Reborn follows the transformation of Avebury Manor in Wiltshire, a quintessentially British, 500 year-old manor house....
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (45 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Join National Geographic photographer Tim Laman and ornithologist Ed Scholes as they journey deep into the most remote jungles on earth in search of all 39 species of some of the most amazing birds in the world--birds of paradise.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Few things on Earth are as miraculous and vital as seeds, worshipped and treasured since the dawn of humankind. Seed: The Untold Story follows passionate seed keepers protecting our 12,000 year-old food legacy. In the last century, 94 percent of our seed varieties have disappeared. As biotech chemical companies control the majority of our seeds, farmers, scientists, lawyers, and indigenous seed keepers fight a David and Goliath battle to defend the...
10) Whale mission
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The crew members of the sailing ship Sedna IV brave the treacherous Atlantic Ocean to learn more about whales and the people who hunt them.
11) Primates
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (160 min) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inches
Description
Primates have been called the highest order of animal with big brains, adaptability, tool-usage, social structures, and personalities. Learn more about familiar species and discover new ones, such as the newly-found bald uakari and Tapanuli orangutan, as well as the scientists who work with them.
Pub. Date
c2019
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1 videodisc : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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DVD-R. Dungeness River management is discussed by various community leaders. Staff from Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife, Clallam County Environmental Health, Clallam Conservation District, and legislative representatives explain the history and status of the Dungeness River management and conservation.
14) The Lorax
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In a place where the brown Bar-ba-loots frisk and the Humming-Fish splash around, you will find the Lorax. The Lorax speaks of the trees, which the Once-ler is chopping down as fast as he pleases. Will the Once-ler change his destructive ways and heed the wise warnings of the Lorax?
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (750 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Traces the birth of the national park idea in the mid-1800s and follows its evolution for nearly 150 years. Using archival photographs, first-person accounts of historical characters, personal memories and analysis from more than 40 interviews, and what Burns believes is the most stunning cinematography in Florentine Films' history, the series chronicles the steady addition of new parks through the stories of the people who helped create them and...
16) The last rhino
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (53 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Sudan is the very last male Northern White Rhino. His amazing story is told through the global cast of people involved in Sudan's life of 43 years. He was aged two when snatched from his mom's side in Central Africa and became a prized exhibit in a zoo behind the Iron Curtain while the rest of his kind was poached to extinction. Now Sudan is the focus of an eleventh hour battle to save his sub-species.
17) Unbranded
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows four men who, during a 3,000-mile trek from Mexico to Canada, encounter a herd of wild mustangs, which they tame and bring with them on the remainder of the journey. Discusses the plight of wild horses of America's West, animals who run the risk of being detained in federal holding pens sometimes for decades.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Following the April 2019 fire that almost destroyed Paris's iconic Notre Dame Cathedral, a team of engineers, masons and timber workers set out on the daunting challenge of restoring France's historic landmark.
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
America's national mammal sustained the lives of Native people for untold generations before being driven to the brink of extinction, eventually prompting an unlikely collection of people to rescue it from disappearing forever.
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