environmental aspects

Groundbreaking investigation of fast fashion reveals that while the price of clothing has been decreasing for decades the human and environmental costs have grown dramatically.

Examines how the bottled water industry affects our health, climate change, pollution, and our reliance on oil.

"Community resources, or the lack thereof, often dictate the strengths and weaknesses of that community, whether it's a town or city. This volume discusses both man-made resources-including dams, bridges, roads, and buildings-as well as renewable and non-renewable natural resources-such as soil, water, forests, and energy. Readers will explore how such resources affect a community's health and the opportunities of its members. They will also begin to understand how resources affect trade and industry. This insightful text also introduces the idea that controversies exist about ways to use resources without causing environmental damage"--Provided by publisher.

This documentary "exposes a huge health and environmental scandal in our modern industrial system of meat and poultry production ... In the U.S. and elsewhere, the industry is dominated by dangerous uses of arsenic, antibiotics and growth hormones and also by the dumping of massive amounts of sewage in fragile waterways affecting the nearby towns and its citizens. This film documents the vast catastrophic impact on the environment and public health, as well as focuses on the individual lives damaged and destroyed"--Container.

An exploration of the environmental aspects of travel and transportation as well as the ecotourism industry. Includes audio, videos, activities, weblinks, slideshows, transparencies, maps, quizzes, and supplementary resources.

Learn tips for creating a sustainable community, discover how to build green space, explore green collar opportunities and more. In this episode, a guide to urban greening through urban planning, community gardens, forestry and agriculture is presented.

"Join four children in a little boat as they discover the magnitude [of ocean garbage patches in] this cumulative tale [that] portrays the terrible impact of trash on the ocean and marine life, inspiring us to make changes to save our seas"--Provided by publisher.

Looks at how human activities have affected Earth's environment over the course of the twentieth century, discussing climate, global warming, deforestation, endangered species, environmental pollution, and other topics, and explores the need to establish new policies and practices for interacting with and using natural resources.

Describes the consequences of pollution on the natural environment, discussing different types of pollution that affect the water, land, and more, and examining the impact of the destruction of the world's forests, desertification, and other environmental hazards.

Examines the controversy surrounding whether or not offshore oil drilling is worth the environmental risks it poses, presenting arguments both for and against the issue.