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The audience is introduced to Yahya who's nomadic family had to leave her land in the peripheral region of the Sahara: Desertification forced the people to find a new home. This medium shows the causes for this development and proposes different ways to meet this challenge environmentally acceptable.
The eco-friendly surf-wear brand Finisterre explains its business philosophy: The goal is to reduce both the ethical and the environmental impact of their clothes everywhere the work is done. The HQ lies in Cornwall, suppliers sit in Japan and the manufacturing of the clothes takes place in Portugal.
The interest in recycled and sustainable Textiles is growing and designers have found some interesting ways to fulfil the needs. This medium shows bags that are made form airline seats, second hand shop textiles turned into high fashion, shoes made from seatbelts and tyres and textiles from jute sacks.
The global fashion industry comes at much too high of a cost: The footage of this medium is filmed in Bangladesh and shows the working conditions of the people here. It asks about the role of fair trade in times of globalization and shows how important a close meshed quality control in this industry is.
Textiles which can be used in space, racing, transport, for medical assignments or as geotextile have to meet specific requirements. This medium explains their impressive functions, properties, structure and characteristics and gives an outlook to the technical and smart textiles that are yet to come.
Modern textiles are able to meet the most different needs. This medium presents Kevlar, wearable electronics and conductive polymers and gives stunning examples for their use as clothing, ballet shoes, bags or tents. Smart and interactive textiles are a part of the new digital world and the internet of things.
Whoever wants to design a product has to choose the material wisely: Should it be sustainable? What is the difference between recycled and renewable materials? What happens to the product when it's not used anymore? The medium contains also footage from the first zero carbon housing project in the US.
Some countries are more energy secure than others. This medium shows the differences between the EU, Canada, India, China, Iceland and the US and explains in which way political decisions can affect the current energy security. It also takes a look at Chinas reliance in coal and its environmental costs.
UK's landscapes are formed and altered over millions of years by tectonics, geology, climate and human activity. This medium gives good examples for these changes in the diverse and distinct upland and lowland landscapes including the Lake District, the South Downs, Malham Coast and Jurassic Coast.
The Alps offer attractive opportunities for tourism as well as for economics and farming. This film shows the opposing interests of the involved parties and points out how huge the environmental impact is (especially when it comes to the risk of avalanches). Sustainable solutions have to be found.
East London has benefited from the Olympic Games in 2012, but the media hype got out of hand. This medium explains who were the winners and the losers (no huge changes happen without losers) and shows the social, environmental and economic developments the area has indeed gone through because of the games.
This medium is a valid aid in the discussion about the impact and the cause of climate change: It gives insights from Africa, China, India, Bangladesh, Greenland, Iceland, the Alps and the Arctic and all the changes that take place here. Graphics are used to explain the processes that cause climate change.
A river can have different faces - and they are all shown on this medium. It contains concrete examples for meanders and deltas, for waterfalls and rapids, for gorges and flood plains. The huge impact on the river by transportation, deposition, erosion and by rejuvenation are further topics of the film.
Flooding caused by extreme weather happened frequently the last years in the UK. This medium gives a summary of the causes (human and physical) and predicts whether there are more disasters to come. The impacts on those affected by the masses of water are shown as well as the ways to deal with the disasters.
Coasts in their numerous forms are created by erosion, mass movement, transportation and deposition weathering. The film explores the impact of geology and explains the difference between concordant and discordant coastlines. It shows the roles of sediment sources and destructive and constructive waves.
Uncounted tourists are drawn to the Dorset Coast – the same place where Europe's largest onshore oilfield is located. These two players need to be taken care of in a way that also protects the environment. The medium shows the management strategies used to fulfil the needs of people, work and earth itself.
Changing coastlines are hard to manage sustainably. The medium shows in which kinds of processes they are formed. The audience meets the people who visit the area, work or live here. Flora and fauna of the region are shown. To meet all the different needs is an act of balance and requires careful analyses.
There are many impacts on the sustainability of a community. This film compares three of them in the UK. Politicians, residents and planners talk about the environmental quality, the infrastructure and the housing and service provision of their communities so the audience is able to make a comparison.
There is a gap between rural and urban development in India, and it's widening. Case studies show the impact of this gap and point out that there will be food supply problems in near future. This medium presents several strategies of NGO and special micro-credit schemes that are used to address the problems.
Climate change is the reason of a higher frequency of extreme storms. The east coast of England was hit by a giant storm in 2013 which caused huge damage to people, wildlife and buildings. This medium shows the causes for the storm and presents ideas about how this coastline could be protected in the future.
The city of Bangalore is an excellent example for the success of globalisation. It's growth has an impact on people, environment and the surrounding, and this medium asks if it can be sustainable somehow. Private as well as public sectors make every effort to better infrastructure, service and transport.
What caused the formation of Bangladesh's cyclone Aila? This medium explains it step by step and shows the impacts of the tropical storm. Other topics are the methods used to reduce these impacts and strategies like monitoring, prediction and GIS which allow people in the regions concerned to take precautions.
In an LEDC the impacts of a flood are extremely strong as this medium shows. It is explained to what extent the flood is an effect of climate change. There are hard and soft flood management strategies shown; some of them are relevant, other quite quirky, but they all are proven methods to face the water.
Globalisation has a strong impact on the fashion industry as this medium shows by telling the stories of young textile workers in Bangladesh. It lists the pros and cons and asks who benefits. Work and life conditions of employees in a small fair trade company and in a large scale factory are compared.
The medium gives insights into the environmental impact of the textile industry in two different countries, in the UK and in Bangladesh. While the corporation in the UK recycles energy and waste to reduce pollution, the one in Bangladesh is destroying the health of the people living nearby and the environment.
The fact that population of the UK is ageing poses a challenge to governments and NGOs as well as individuals. The medium allows a look at the positive and negative consequences of the changing dependency ration and shows the impact on the crisis of care, on transport, pensions, housing and health services.
Gambia has one of the most youthful populations in the world which is positive and negative at the same time. This medium introduces the audience to Jameh, his four wives and his 17 children. On his example is shown how government and NGOs try to meet the growing housing, educational and health needs of the people.
There are many people from very different countries like Poland, Latvia or several African nations who come to the UK. Their reasons for the migration and the duration of stay vary. This medium encourages students to take a look into the socio-economic situation in the respective home countries and the UK.
Im Jahr 1910 schreibt der Verleger Lord Rawnsley ein Wettfliegen über den Ärmelkanal von London nach Paris aus. Der Siegespreis von 10.000 Pfund lockt Flieger aus ganz Europa an. Sie haben alle ihre Animositäten und ihr Konkurrenzdenken - und dann kommt bei zwei Fliegern auch noch die Liebe dazwischen.
In aller Öffentlichkeit wird ein britischer Fußballmanager ermordet, und ausgerechnet der trottelige Inspector Clouseau soll den Fall aufklären und den dabei verschwundenen berühmten Diamanten wiederfinden. Immerhin bekommt er dabei Hilfe von dem gewitzten und praktischen Detective Gilbert Ponton.