Posts Tagged ‘sustainability’

Forget the axis of evil, its the axis of oil

The Cold War and the War on Terror were about ideology and globalization. The 21st century will be dominated by the struggle for energy: It will be every man for himself and it’s going to get dirty.

In the two-part documentary Energy War, VPRO’s Backlight investigates the major developments with regards to energy sources. Featuring NY Times columnist Thomas Friedman.

The film describes the geopolitical consequences of the dependency on fossil fuels. In the struggle for the last sources of fossil fuels, countries all over the world are forced to take new political and moral decisions and have to enter into awkward alliances: rogue regimes must be tolerated and befriended. With a special focus on the gas conflict between Georgia and Russia and the position of Saudi Arabia.
Featuring a.o. Thomas Friedman, author of international bestseller The World is Flat. Friedman sheds his light on the inverse connection between rising oil prices and the establishment of free democracies.
The film then moves on to take a look at the international markets for alternative energy. If oil and gas are scarce and expensive in the future, where will countries turn to keep their economy going and their population warm and happy? Could solar energy or bio fuels become the main energy sources of the post-fossil fuel era? Will governments, multinationals or small producers be the motor of the green race?

Duration : 1:18:29

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A device called VIVACE developed at the University of Michigan draws power out of slow water currents to produce clean electricity. It imitates the swim strategy of a school of fish.

Duration : 0:4:2

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Technorati Tags: energy, sustainability

We visit a state-of the-art ethanol plant in Macon, Missouri where a maintenance electrician, production operator, quality control director, and plant administrator oversee the conversion of corn into fuel. We also examine new technology in advanced biodiesel, produced from animal fats and from algae and waste materials. This new technology is expanding opportunities for lab techs, engineers and researchers and creating green jobs for an energy independent future from home grown renewable resources.

Jobs profiled in this program include:
Biodiesel Plant Manager, Quality Control Director, Plant Administrator, Ethanol Plant Maintenance, Electrician, Biofuel Researcher.

Grade Levels: 7 to Adult

21 minutes • Color

Direct link to purchase the DVD:
http://www.phoenixlearninggroup.com/Products/VideoDetail.aspx?id=354255bf-fcef-45f6-9daf-041a2d6f1d19&sub=6516bc9d-f8fd-4e94-b702-ab180d939306&cat=

Duration : 0:2:27

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We visit the largest geothermal operation in the world to see how heat from the earths core is transformed into electricity. We meet a chemist, geologist, plant operator, environmental manager and engineer as they show us how they manage steam production wells and electric generators. This growing field relies not just on professionals with advanced degrees but entry- level workers who drill the wells and maintain the power plants in this vanguard of clean energy.

Jobs profiled in this program include:
Geologist, Project Manager, Chemist, Environmental Manager, Plant Operator

Grade Levels: 7 to Adult

22 minutes • Color

Direct link to purchase the DVD:

http://www.phoenixlearninggroup.com/Products/VideoDetail.aspx?id=be1f20f7-873a-46ea-aeb1-48ea14e5aa8c&sub=6516bc9d-f8fd-4e94-b702-ab180d939306&cat=

Duration : 0:2:37

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Copyright 2009 Media Magic Productions, LLC. This is a Pro Bono promotional video project for Green Energy Ohio, based in Columbus. It was spearheaded by our 2009 summer interns, Rebecca Moisio (scriptwriter/producer) and Cory Sage (videographer/editor). The project was planned and coordinated by Rebecca and Cory- Cheryl Dickson-Walker supervised as Executive Director and David Walker served as Director of Photography. The voiceover work was donated by David Bucci. After the completion of their internship, Dave and Cheryl completed the finishing work on the video, creating the graphics and animation, and polishing the audio and video editing.

Duration : 0:2:57

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