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Produced and Directed by Jon Palfreman
Nova/Frontline
Distributed by WGBH Boston Video, 2000
Two sections, total running time 52 minutes
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Global Warming
Film
What’s Up with the Weather?
The overall issue of the inclusive two-hour program is global warming - whether it really exists, whether it is caused by human actions, what the consequences might be, energy consumption throughout the world, political efforts to recognize and deal with global warming, particularly the Kyoto Accords, and possible future scenarios... Read the complete film description ››
Essay
What’s Up with the Weather?
Apprehensions have been multiplying rapidly that we are approaching an unprecedented crisis in our relationship with nature, one that could have potentially catastrophic results for the sustainability of civilization and even the habitability of the planet. Much of the concern is rightfully focused on changes in the atmosphere caused by human activities—energy use, transportation, agriculture, and deforestation. In the second half of the twentieth century we have come to suspect that the gentlest of rains are carrying corrosive acids from far-away power plants. We seek protection from the clear blue sky because of the damage our air-conditioners have inflicted on the statospheric ozone layer. We have promoted the simple carbon dioxide molecule, one of the basic building blocks of life, into an international symbol of human intervention in the climate system, somehow codifying both affluence and apprehension. Some would say we are facing a cultural as well as an environmental crisis... Read the complete Essay ››
Suggested Reading
The Satanic Gases. Michaels, Patrick J.; Balling, Robert C. 224 pages. Cato Inst. ISBN: 1-882-57792-2. 0 edition. (May 15, 2000). $10.95
Authors argue that global warming is not a problem. Good for comparison with other works. Wiley Encyclopedia of Energy and the Environment. Ed. Bisio, Attilio; Boots, Sharon. 1,562 pages. 2 volumes. Wiley. ISBN: 0-471-14827-X. (1996). $225 The Wooing of Earth: New Perspectives on Man's Use of Nature. Dubos, René. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons,. (1980). More suggested reading ››
Recommended Films
Deadly Deception General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and our Environment. (1992) 27 min. New Day Films. $50
Deadly Deception juxtaposes GE's rosy "We Bring Good Things To Life" commercials with the true stories of workers and neighbors whose lives were devastated by the company's involvement in building and testing nuclear bombs. http://www.newday.com/films/DeadlyDeception.html Global Warming: Hot Enough for You? (2000) 17min. Knowledge Unlimited. ISBN 1-55933-285-9. $59.95
Video presents the causes, effects, and prevention of global warming. Uses comments from teens. Exploring the Diversity of Life (1996) 2 videos. 60 min. each. Environmental Media Corp. ISBN: 1-56791-208-7. $99.95
Variety of 10 minute programs on topics such as "The Value of Diversity," Rain and The Forest," "Camouflage." More Films ››
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