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Publisher
Little, Brown Spark
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xi, 242 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
"The workplace is a magnet for clutter and mess. Who hasn't felt drained by wasteful meetings, disorganized papers, endless emails, and unnecessary tasks? These are the modern-day hazards of working, and they can slowly drain the joy from work, limit our chances of career progress, and undermine our well-being. There is another way. In Joy at Work, bestselling author and Netflix star Marie Kondo and Rice University business professor Scott Sonenshein...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (86 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
In the wilderness of the Bucharest Delta, an abandoned water reservoir just outside the bustling metropolis, the Enache family lived in perfect harmony with nature for two decades, sleeping in a hut on the lakeshore, catching fish barehanded, and following the rhythm of the seasons. When this area is transformed into a public national park, they are forced to leave behind their unconventional life and move to the city, where fishing rods are replaced...
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (89 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Narrated by Academy Award winner, Dame Helen Mirren, this powerful and eye-opening documentary spotlights critical efforts that may be among the last, and best chances, to preserve one million species on the brink of disappearing forever.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
In recent years, workplace toxicity, industry volatility, and technology-driven turnover have threatened the psychological well-being of employees. When we can't flourish at work, both personal success and corporate productivity suffer. As we sit on the cusp of some of the most turbulent economic changes in history, many of us wonder how we can not only survive but flourish in our careers. Now, Tomorrowmind provides essential plans and actionable...
7) Awaken
Publisher
Gunpowder & Sky
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (83 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
From producer Terrence Malick and narrated by Liv Tyler, AWAKEN is an exploration of our relationship with technology and the natural world. Spanning 5 years and 30 countries, AWAKEN gives audiences new eyes with which to see our home.
Publisher
Java Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (49 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Everywhere, citizens are fighting for the right to air that is safe to breathe. But lacking tangible evidence, their calls for regulation are easily dismissed. Together with scientists, a team of journalists sets out to search for evidence of air pollution. In Poland, 75% of electricity is produced from coal. Rybnik, Poland, is one of the most polluted cities in Europe. Here, even before Covid, children wore masks to play outside and were advised...
Publisher
Java Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (49 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
In this episode, we follow the uranium path from Niger to Europe to reveal the extent of the radioactive pollution created. In the Niger desert, home to some of the largest uranium reserves in the world, lies the Areva mine. Every year, Niger produces over 2,500 tonnes of yellow cake, a uranium concentrate, creating tonnes of toxic waste. Close to the mine is the village of Arlit, where radioactivity levels exceed those of the Chernobyl Prohibited...
10) Green Warriors
Publisher
Java Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (150 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
A series of scientific investigations into environmental scandals facing the planet. Investigative journalist Martin Boudot tracks down the big environmental scandals around the world: contaminated rivers, air pollution, toxic waste, illegal exploitation of resources, poaching of endangered species… Armed with his drone, Martin gets around obstacles and outsmarts bans to reveal what some people are trying to hide — a factory that discharges its...
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (81 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
THEY SAY IT CAN'T BE DONE follows 4 innovators pursuing breakthroughs to solve climate change, ocean pollution, factory farming, and exploding healthcare costs. Each faces the same roadblock - an outdated regulatory system impeding success.
Publisher
Java Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (51 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Over the last 50 years, our use of phosphate based fertilizers has quadrupled. These are essential to modern agriculture, used especially for growing potatoes. Most fertilizers come from Morocco, where the pollution from phosphate mines is poisoning local drinking supplies, causing birth defects in animals and health problems in children. But also present in most phosphate-based fertilizer is cadmium, a toxic heavy metal linked to kidney and bone...
13) Beyond Pollution
Publisher
Sideways Film
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (93 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
A thought provoking, in-depth look at the causes and effects of the most devastating man made environmental disaster America has ever experienced. BEYOND POLLUTION is a firsthand investigation into BP’s disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Traveling thousands of miles across the Gulf coast interviewing environmental experts, government officials, fisherman & distributors, scientists, drilling engineers, and key BP contractors, the film reveals,...
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (69 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
Cats might be cute, but they are also an invasive species. RUNNING WILD: THE CATS OF CORNWALL reveals the staggering impact of outdoor cats on the environment through the work of ecologists and cat rescuers in a small, depressed town.
Publisher
Java Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (52 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
We all know that flying is bad for the climate. Before Corona, according to the Flightracker website, there were almost 200,000 flights every day. Every second, an aircraft took off or landed somewhere in the world. Corona has changed all that. Never before has the entire aviation industry come to a such a standstill. It’s predicted that the industry will not recover until 2022 or 2023. But does that mean that by 2022 we will again be emitting the...
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