Summary: Examines the interconnectivity between human beings and the natural world. Discusses ways in which the increasing estrangement from nature, brought on by modern lifestyles, is proving harmful both to people and the environment. Looks at biomimicry, the study of nature for the purpose of engineering new technologies. Argues that a reconnection with nature could be essential for restoring...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LOV

Summary: Honeybees have been mysteriously disappearing across the planet, literally vanishing from their hives. Filmed across the U.S., in Europe, Australia, and Asia, examine the alarming disappearance of honeybees and the greater meaning it holds about the relationship between mankind and Mother Earth. As scientists puzzle over the cause, organic beekeepers indicate alternative reasons for this tragic...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: E1 Entertainment 2011

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC VAN

Summary: "The last ice age ended only a few thousand years ago, but there were earlier periods when the entire world was frozen, periods known as Snowball Earth."--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Ambrose Video 2005

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MIR

Winn, Joshua N.

Summary: As recently as 1990, it seemed plausible that the solar system was a unique phenomenon in our galaxy. Thanks to advances in technology and clever new uses of existing data, now we know that planetary systems and possibly even a new Earth can be found throughout galaxies near and far. We are living during a new golden age of planetary discovery, with the prospect of finding many worlds like...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2015

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.24
Call number: DVD 523.24 SEA

Summary: In a remake of the original film, after an astronaut crash-lands on an uncharted planet he finds himself at odds with a society in which apes are the rulers--and humans are little more than slaves.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2001

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Planet 2001

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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI PLA