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With Knowing Comes Caring by Sylvia Earle

Dr. Sylvia Earle is a National Geographic Society Explorer-in-Residence Dr. Sylvia A. Earle, called a "Living Legend" by the Library of Congress, and first "Hero for the Planet" by Time magazine, is an oceanographer, explorer, author, and lecturer.She addresses in this video the result on our oceans of our addiction with plastic.

EarthSayer Sylvia Earle
Date unknown Format Interview
Length unknown Keywords SustainabilityMember of Special Collection Plastic in Our Oceans More Details

The Metropolitan Revolution: Selling Sustainability

Portland's former mayor Sam Adams, former Director of International Affairs Noah Siegel and Greater Portland Inc. president and CEO Sean Robbins on the region's competitive advantage in building green cities. Download the iPad app. Published on Sep 16, 2013

From the The Metropolitan Revolution: How Cities and Metros Are Fixing Our Broken Politics and Fragile Economy, By Brookings Institution

EarthSayers Sam Adams; Noah Aiegel; Sean Robbins
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Length unknown Keywords SustainabilityMember of Special Collection Portland Sustainability Leaders More Details

Six Decades of a Warming Earth by NASA

Published on Jan 21, 2014

This visualization shows how global temperatures have risen from 1880 through the end of 2013. NASA scientists say 2013 tied for the seventh warmest of any year since 1880, continuing a long-term trend of rising global temperatures. With the exception of 1998, the 10 warmest years in the 133-year record all have occurred since 2000, with 2010 and 2005 ranking as the hottest years on record.

The visualization shows a running five-year average global temperature, as compared to a baseline average global temperature from 1951-1980.

This color-coded map displays a progression of changing global surface temperatures anomalies from 1880 through 2013. Higher than normal temperatures are shown in red and lower then normal temperatures are shown in blue.

Animator: Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC) (Lead)
Producer: Leslie McCarthy
Scientists: James Hansen Ph.D. (NASA/GSFC GISS)
Patrick Lynch (Wyle Information Systems)

EarthSayers James Hansen; Leslie McCarthy; Lori Perkins
Date unknown Format Visualization
Length unknown Keywords SustainabilityMember of Special Collection Climate Change More Details

Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage: An Introduction

Located in northeast Missouri, Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage is an intentional community devoted to ecological sustainability. This video describes how members strive to lead sustainable and more eco-conscious lives in this off-the-grid ecovillage community.

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Seed Communities: Ecovillage Experiments by Karen Litfin

Karen Litfin is the author of "Ecovillages: Lessons for Sustainable Community" Check out the website. Ecovillages from the around the world represent sustainability as they integrate the social, economic, and environmental into the community. Learn about ecovillages as Karen did on her journey.

To order her book from Amazon click on the image, or visit you local bookstore. Thank you.

EarthSayer Karen Litfin
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Length unknown Keywords SustainabilityMember of Special Collection Innovation and Sustainability More Details

What's In Your Food? Telespec Innovation

In this video, Stephen Watson and Isabel Hoffmann show how far TellSpec has progressed in just 3 months since the beginning of the Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign on Oct 2013. In terms of size, usability, portability, user interface and input for the scanner and the app. Published on Dec 31, 2013

EarthSayers Isabel Hoffmann; Stephen Watson
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Length unknown Keywords SustainabilityMember of Special Collection Innovation and Sustainability More Details

Biggest Catalyst to Change by Arvind Ganesan of Human Rights Watch,

Arvind Ganesan, Human Rights Watch, at the BSR Conference 2013 talks about building understanding and collaborating around a common focus and developing standards.

EarthSayer Arvind Ganesan
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A Brighter Future

Uploaded on Nov 30, 2009

Suranjini Kumar, a homemaker, relates how she has taken advantage D.Light, possible through the advances in light emitting diode (LED) technology, moving from oil lamps and matches to bright light in her home.

The Challenge: More than 1.5 billion people in the world live without access to electricity. The United Nations Millennium Development Goals identify electricity as essential to eradicating poverty, calling for 500 million more people to be electrified by 2015. Many households rely on kerosene lanterns and candles to meet their lighting needs, but these light sources are expensive, hazardous, polluting and produce low-quality light.

Many thanks to Jamie Billet for his tireless efforts producing this video and Raina Kumra and Vineet & Abha Agrwal for their help with translations.

EarthSayers Jamie Billet; Suranjini Kumar
Date unknown Format Interview
Length unknown Keywords SustainabilityMember of Special Collection Jacqueline Novogratz and The Acumen Fund More Details

Ten Years of Acumen Fund

Acumen Fund's origin story told through the diverse voices in our community.Uploaded on Nov 12, 2011

Date unknown Format Documentary
Length unknown Keywords SustainabilityMember of Special Collection Jacqueline Novogratz and The Acumen Fund More Details

Acumen Fund Fellows - A New Generation of Leaders

Learn more about the Acumen Fund Fellows Program here. www.acumenfund.org/fellows.html

Uploaded on Sep 30, 2010

Date unknown Format Students
Length unknown Keywords SustainabilityMember of Special Collection Jacqueline Novogratz and The Acumen Fund More Details

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