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The Resource Journey to planet Earth, a Screenscope production in association with South Carolina ETV, (videorecording)

Journey to planet Earth, a Screenscope production in association with South Carolina ETV, (videorecording)

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Summary
This series illustrates the desperate need for a balance between the needs of people and the environment to ensure a healthy, productive society. Three main themes are intertwined, dwindling farmland due to urban development, a shortage of water for the residents of huge cities, and the pollution of and human intervention in waterways. This second series looks at environmental issues in a new way, without regard for national, political or cultural boundaries. The third series investigates a growing national security threat throughout the world, how environmental pressures can lead to terrorism and regional conflict., examines the devastating environmental, political and economic effects of the degradation of the world's grasslands, examines how recent trends in globalization and the altering of ecosystems have led to dramatic increases in the spread of infectious diseases
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
11 videodiscs (videodisc) (626 min.)
Note
  • This disc is a recorded DVD and may fail to play on some DVD equipment
  • Volumes 12, 13, and 14 added in 2017
  • Closed captioned for the hearing impaired
Contents
  • v. 1. Rivers of destiny
  • v. 2. Urban explosion
  • v. 3. Land of plenty, land of want
  • v. 4. On the brink
  • v. 5. Seas of grass
  • v. 6. Hot zones
  • v. 7. Future conditional
  • v. 8. The state of the planet
  • v. 9. The state of the planet's wildlife
  • v. 10. The state of the ocean's animals
  • v. 11. The state of the planet's oceans
  • v.12 Plan B: mobilizing to save civilization
  • v.13 Extreme realities: severe weather, climate change, and our national security
  • v.14 Dispatches from the Gulf
  • v.15 Dispatches from the Gulf 2: research, innovation, discovery
  • v.16 Dispatches from the Gulf 3: Ten years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Isbn
9781928964162
Instance
Label
Journey to planet Earth
Title
Journey to planet Earth
Statement of responsibility
a Screenscope production in association with South Carolina ETV
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
This series illustrates the desperate need for a balance between the needs of people and the environment to ensure a healthy, productive society. Three main themes are intertwined, dwindling farmland due to urban development, a shortage of water for the residents of huge cities, and the pollution of and human intervention in waterways. This second series looks at environmental issues in a new way, without regard for national, political or cultural boundaries. The third series investigates a growing national security threat throughout the world, how environmental pressures can lead to terrorism and regional conflict., examines the devastating environmental, political and economic effects of the degradation of the world's grasslands, examines how recent trends in globalization and the altering of ecosystems have led to dramatic increases in the spread of infectious diseases
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KTU
Characteristic
videorecording
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Journey to planet Earth (Television program)
Credits note
Director/writer, Hal Weiner ; producer, Marilyn Weiner ; cinematographers, Dennis Boni, Bill Mills ; editors, Robert Zakin, Jim McNamee ; music, Frank Ferrucci, Christopher Mangum
PerformerNote
Narrators, Kelly McGillis, Matt Damon
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1958-
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  • Weiner, Hal
  • Weiner, Marilyn
  • McGillis, Kelly
  • Damon, Matt
  • PBS Home Video
  • Screenscope, inc
  • South Carolina Educational Television Network
  • TVF International (Firm)
Runtime
626
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  • Ecology
  • Environmental degradation
  • Nature
  • Environmental policy
  • Stream ecology
  • Grasslands
  • Sustainable development
  • Environmental health
  • Urban ecology (Sociology)
  • Agricultural ecology
  • Marine animals
  • Endangered species
  • Wildlife conservation
  • Extinction (Biology)
Technique
live action
Label
Journey to planet Earth, a Screenscope production in association with South Carolina ETV, (videorecording)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • This disc is a recorded DVD and may fail to play on some DVD equipment
  • Volumes 12, 13, and 14 added in 2017
  • Closed captioned for the hearing impaired
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Contents
v. 1. Rivers of destiny -- v. 2. Urban explosion -- v. 3. Land of plenty, land of want -- v. 4. On the brink -- v. 5. Seas of grass -- v. 6. Hot zones -- v. 7. Future conditional -- v. 8. The state of the planet -- v. 9. The state of the planet's wildlife -- v. 10. The state of the ocean's animals -- v. 11. The state of the planet's oceans -- v.12 Plan B: mobilizing to save civilization -- v.13 Extreme realities: severe weather, climate change, and our national security -- v.14 Dispatches from the Gulf -- v.15 Dispatches from the Gulf 2: research, innovation, discovery -- v.16 Dispatches from the Gulf 3: Ten years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Control code
ocn318457150
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
11 videodiscs (videodisc) (626 min.)
Isbn
9781928964162
Isbn Type
(v.11)
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other physical details
sd., col.
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)318457150
System details
DVD(+/-)R
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Journey to planet Earth, a Screenscope production in association with South Carolina ETV, (videorecording)
Publication
Note
  • This disc is a recorded DVD and may fail to play on some DVD equipment
  • Volumes 12, 13, and 14 added in 2017
  • Closed captioned for the hearing impaired
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Contents
v. 1. Rivers of destiny -- v. 2. Urban explosion -- v. 3. Land of plenty, land of want -- v. 4. On the brink -- v. 5. Seas of grass -- v. 6. Hot zones -- v. 7. Future conditional -- v. 8. The state of the planet -- v. 9. The state of the planet's wildlife -- v. 10. The state of the ocean's animals -- v. 11. The state of the planet's oceans -- v.12 Plan B: mobilizing to save civilization -- v.13 Extreme realities: severe weather, climate change, and our national security -- v.14 Dispatches from the Gulf -- v.15 Dispatches from the Gulf 2: research, innovation, discovery -- v.16 Dispatches from the Gulf 3: Ten years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Control code
ocn318457150
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
11 videodiscs (videodisc) (626 min.)
Isbn
9781928964162
Isbn Type
(v.11)
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other physical details
sd., col.
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)318457150
System details
DVD(+/-)R
Video recording format
DVD

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