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Welcome to the World of Green
GreenTV is a part of StableRoad devoted to videos, ideas, thoughts and news relating to the condition of our planet.
From short videos to gripping documentaries, GreenTV at StableRoad is just another example of how our visual world can be stimulated by things other than network TV!
home sweet home
so human a zoo
running dry
water in cambodia
water and education
“Running Dry - A Call To Action” is a twenty minute synopsis from the powerful documentary produced by Jim Thebaut.
Actress Jane Seymour narrates the show which features Shimon Perez, Mikhail Gorbachev and many other notable and knowledgeable individuals who discuss the worsening crisis which is killing thousands daily - and threatens to only get worse.
Click the image to the left to learn about what is going on - and why you need to care!
Also on Green, a first time production from John Cassils and his wife Nina.
“So Human A Zoo” is a twenty minute documentary about an entrepreneur wanting to set up a rafting operation in the heart of Myanmar.
It’s a story which illustrates the fine line we walk between having fun and destroying ancient cultures.
Here’s a children’s animation from a first time claymation filmmaker, Anita Sancha, from Hereford England.
This designer, theatre performer and environmentalist used claymation, Adobe Photoshop, Premier and AnimatorDV to create the work.
It took about 6-8 weeks to make this two minute film, working about 50 hours a week. Click on the image to watch “Home Sweet Home”.
Here’s another video, this time from Cambodia, a country which has a huge water quality problem.
With 86% of the population unable to get decent sanitation systems in their communities, many young women and children are paying the ultimate price, succumbing to water poisoning.
This video comes to us from Camaroon, a country where water isn’t always where people need it.
In an attempt to provide clean drinking water AND education opportunities to girls and young women, local authorities have installed a well near the school...
Our next green clip is about people helping people... while on vacation. From helping out orphans in Tanzania to building homes for Habitat for Humanity, travel experts say an increasing number of baby boomers are participating in volunteer vacations.
During these trips, known as “voluntourism,” participants work with various affiliates to offer services or provide relief to those in need.
For filmmaker Rob Stewart, exploring sharks began as an underwater adventure. What it turned into was a beautiful and dangerous life journey into the balance of life on earth. Driven by passion fed from a lifelong fascination with sharks, Stewart debunks historical stereotypes and media depictions of sharks as bloodthirsty, man-eating monsters and reveals the reality of sharks as pillars in the evolution of the seas.
Sharkwater takes you into the most shark rich waters of the world, exposing the exploitation and corruption surrounding the world's shark populations in the marine reserves of Cocos Island, Costa Rica and the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. This is the story about how the film was made.
Narrated by Robert Redford and produced by The Redford Center at the Sundance Preserve and Alpheus Media, FIGHTING GOLIATH: TEXAS COAL WARS follows the story of Texans fighting a high-stakes battle for clean air. This clip introduces the unlikely partners-mayors, ranchers, CEOs, community groups, legislators, lawyers, and citizens-that have come together to oppose the construction of 19 conventional coal-fired power plants that were slated to be built in Eastern and Central Texas and that were being fast-tracked by the Governor. Click here to watch...
Global warming is one of the biggest environmental threats humanity will face in the 21st century. Caused by an overabundance of the heat-trapping gas, carbon dioxide, in the earth's atmosphere, global warming has caused changes in climate worldwide as well as disruptions in habitats and wildlife. “Global Warning” is a compelling short film created by Leonardo DiCaprio. Click here to watch.
According to United Nations estimates, there are currently 1.2 billion people who do not have access to safe drinking water, and 2.4 billion who lack proper sanitation facilities. By 2025, the U.N. estimates that some 3 billion people will suffer the effects of water shortages. This short film takes a look at some of the issues and suggests several solutions. It was created by Leonardo DiCaprio and produced by Tree Media Group & Birken Studios. Click here to watch.
Tibetans have lived off the grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau for millennia but their way of life is being threatened. Asia Society has commissioned this exclusive video shot by Tibetan environmentalists throughout 2008, showing how as the plateau warms up, this environmentally harmonious way of life is now under pressure. Rapidly melting glaciers and thawing permafrost have disturbed watersheds for rivers, lakes and the pastoral ecosystems and the consequences are continental and beyond. Running Time: 11 minutes. Click here to watch.
Featuring narration from Emmy® Award-winning actress Jane Seymour, “The American Southwest: Are We Running Dry?” is a definitive look at how the water crisis affects the American Southwest states and its escalating economic toll. It was filmed at diverse locations including the Navajo and Hopi reservations, on Capitol Hill and in Las Vegas for an absorbing and contemplative discussion about conservation, water reuse, desalination, unprecedented population growth and future water policies. Click here to watch the twenty minute “Call To Action” video.
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