Category: Video library
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Canadian teen tells UN to ‘warrior up,’ give water same protections as people
Canadian water activist Autumn Peltier, a 13-year-old from Manitoulin Island, addresses the UN General Assembly on world water day. Her plea to protect the world’s water was part of the UN’s launch of the International Decade for Action on Water for Sustainable Development. (Manuel Elias/UN Photo) It’s time to “warrior up,” stop polluting the planet…
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Crapshoot: The Gamble with Our Wastes
The film was clear in that a revolution in terms of how we live is required if we are to have any hope of long-term survival. The solution to so many of society’s woes (including how to deal with our waste) is for us to take the road less traveled; to finally agree to place…
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Why We Flooded McDonalds
What motivates a Danish artists’ group to make a movie in which one of the America’s iconic fast-food restaurants is inexplicably flooded? Superflex here comment on the content of their “post-apocalyptic movie,” Flooded McDonald’s.
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Why Water?
663 million people on our planet drink dirty and dangerous water. Actually, they don’t just drink it, they work for it. They invest hours every day. And not only does it keep them out of school, or take up time that they could be using to earn money for their family, it also kills them.…
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Millions consumed potentially unsafe drinking water in the past 10 years
The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the U.S. a “D” grade for the quality of its drinking water systems based on an evaluation of their safety, condition, capacity, and other criteria. This report is part of a project on drinking water contamination in the United States produced by the Carnegie-Knight News21 program. WOLFFORTH, Texas…
