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Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When pioneering environmentalist Rachel Carson published Silent Spring in 1962, the backlash from her critics thrust her into the center of a political maelstrom. Despite her love of privacy, Carson's convictions and her foresight regarding the risks posed by chemical pesticides forced her into a very public and controversial role. An intimate and poignant reflection of Carson's life as she emerges as America's most successful advocate for the natural...
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. After quitting his job and getting dumped, filmmaker and nature enthusiast Fraser Jones decides to spend all his money on a camera and campervan to follow the miraculous 3,000-mile migration of the Monarch Butterfly across North America with high hopes of hosting the next great children's nature show.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Often called the mother of the modern environmental movement, Rachel Carson rocked the world in 1962 with her book Silent Spring, which warned the American public of the impact of pesticides on the environment and unleashed an extraordinary national debate about science and safety. At the center of that firestorm stood Ms. Carson, a strong, intensely private woman who balanced her love of the natural world and passion for writing with personal strife....
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Chronicles the famed biologist's lifelong love for the natural world and his groundbreaking research. Wilson's work on ant communication led to his remarkable studies of advanced social behavior. His research turned to human behavior, and his controversial theories on the role of evolutionary processes in social behavior. His work in the great National Park of Gorongosa, brings together the great themes of his life and work: nature and humanity's...
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ben is an overworked lawyer who no longer spends time doing the things he loves. Zach is an easy-going guy who enjoys everything he does. He happily spends his days taking care of the elderly at a nursing home. The two have been friends since grade school, but life's choices have drifted them apart. Zach's chance to re-connect comes when a dying patient begs him to find her granddaughter. Zach sees her photo and can't believe that it is Ben's long-time...
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A deep dive into the life of Stewart Brand, a legendary pioneer of LSD, cyberspace, futurism, and modern environmentalism. Brand created the revolutionary do-it-yourself publication The Whole Earth Catalog, which Steve Jobs famously called "Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google existed."
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