Kanopy Videos
On-demand streaming video for over 16,000 films including content from the BBC, PBS, and Critereon Collection. Public performance rights for educational use are included.
These videos are searchable via the Cerritos College Catalog or directly through Cerritos.kanopystreaming.com
A vital investigation of the economic and environmental instability of America's food system, from the agricultural issues we face - soil loss, water depletion, climate change, pesticide use - to the community of leaders who are determined to fix it. SUSTAINABLE is a film about the land, the people who work it, and what must be done to sustain it for future generations.
Our high-tech use of the ocean for food, transportation, and energy has far-reaching effects, particularly on certain species. Focusing on issues from noise pollution to microplastics, we can mitigate our impact to provide better futures for ourselves as well as for marine life. The work begins with understanding the extent of our true impacts.
"An eye-opening documentary that focuses on many never-before-seen solutions designed to slow down our escalating environmental crisis, ICE ON FIRE goes beyond the current climate change narrative and offers hope that we can actually stave off the worst effects of global warming. The feature-length documentary focuses on cutting-edge research behind today’s climate science – and the innovations aimed at reducing carbon in the atmosphere, which could pave the way for a reduction in the global temperature rises and a benefit to the planet’s life systems."
Fossil fuels, while abundant and portable, come with a significant list of drawbacks. Focus now on the various financial, environmental, and health concerns surrounding our continued reliance on fossil fuels (such as coal fires and oil spills). Then, examine some recent technological and legislative efforts to combat these problems.
Most everywhere in the world, the air, the ground, the drinking water, the ecosystems and even made-made structures, are impacted by the harmful effects of pollution. It's a serious problem in need of some serious solutions. This global perspective on the topic of pollution takes a closer look at the where and what, along with the when and how, of this threatening environmental issue.
Kids eating burgers in Los Angeles. Surfers in Australia. Indians in the Amazon. What in the world do they have in common?
Spaceship Earth is a unique program demonstrating the amazing interdependence of human, natural, and technological systems. Hosted entirely by young people, this unusual video travels the world examining three of today's most critical environmental issues: deforestation, global warming, and ozone depletion. These abstract concepts are made immediate and personally relevant. With increased understanding and awareness, viewers are challenged to "get involved and make a difference." Spaceship Earth features international rock star Sting, an articulate spokesman for the rainforests. The program is an excellent discussion starter, fast-paced, factual, and entertaining.
Last Call provides a high-level examination of one of the most fundamental environmental questions of our time - are there limits to growth?
In 1972, the publication of the book The Limits to Growth stimulated worldwide interest and debate, selling 30 million copies in 30 languages. It marked a turning point in thinking about the environment. Prepared for the Club of Rome, the book was based on the work of a team of young scientists from MIT who created the first computer model to analyze the interaction over time of exponential growth with finite natural resources.
Their primary message was that the human footprint, if unchecked, would grow beyond the carrying capacity of the planet on a sustainable basis. They concluded that humanity must adapt to the planet's limits or risk overshoot, which could result in the collapse of global support systems and human decline.
Four decades later, the surviving authors and mentors of The Limits to Growthassess their earlier predictions, update where we stand today in relation to the earth's limits, and present a "final call" on what we need to do now to avoid global ecological collapse in the next few decades.