Want to see more videos on climate change? Check out http://www.defenders.org/climate-change/video

Instruction by Noah Matson of Defenders of Wildlife. 

Water issues are among the most pressing facing our planet in the 21st century. Aqueduct, World Resources Institute (WRI) online water risk mapping tool, creates customizable, high-resolution maps of where and how water risks are emerging worldwide. Betsy Otto of WRI is the director of water initiataives and narrates the video. Go to wri.org/aqueduct for more information. There is a tutorial on the using this mapping tool here on the WRI Youtube channel. Published on Mar 22, 2013

NYC carbon footprint: 54,349,650 tons a year = 148,903 tons a day = 6,204 tons an hour = 1.72 tons a second

In 2010 New York City added 54 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (equivalent) to the atmosphere, but that number means little to most people because few of us have a sense of scale for atmospheric pollution.

Carbon Visuals and Environmental Defense Fund make carbon emissions feel a bit more real - the total emissions and the rate of emission. Designed to engage the 'person on the street', this version is exploratory and still work in progress.

From IEN's Food Sovereignty and Safety Campaign

©SommerFilms, for EARTH PEOPLES

©SommerFilms, for EARTH PEOPLES

A report on Ethan Schaffer (recipient of the Brower Youth Award in 2002) who has created Organic Volunteers, a national outreach and education program for sustainability and organic food systems.

What if you lived by the largest body of fresh water in the world but could no longer afford to use it?

When water costs soar, residents of Highland Park, Michigan demand to know who will foot the bill. Topics: Water, Community, Activism, Sustainability, Women's Rights, Civil Rights, Government, Michigan.

Visit The Waterfront Website for more information.Film by Liz Miller.

Edward Burtynsky's In the Wake of Progress | Luminato Festival 2021 | Trailer (1 min)