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The Environmental Cost of Fast Fashion

The Environmental Cost of Fast Fashion

Fast Fashion

One garbage truck of textiles is landfilled or burned every second. This video discusses the environmental impact of fashion from creation to use, how and why so many clothes become waste and how we can make the industry more sustainable.
The Human Cost of Fast Fashion

The Human Cost of Fast Fashion

Fast Fashion

While the price of fashion for us may be low, the real cost is much higher. This video discusses fast fashion, planned obsolescence and the modern slavery and unsafe conditions that make cheap, disposable fashion so affordable for consumers.
What Can We Do about Fast Fashion?

What Can We Do about Fast Fashion?

Fast Fashion

As consumers, what can we do to change the fashion industry? This video discusses the New York Fashion Act, the legislations bringing accountability to the industry and the activists and artists that are educating consumers on what they can do.
Warming Oceans

Warming Oceans

DK Eyewitness: Climate Change

Since the 1970s, our oceans have absorbed 90% of the excess heat produced by CO2 emissions. As our oceans get hotter, and sea levels continue to rise, our world is sure to look very different in the future.
Fossil Fuels: Part Two

Fossil Fuels: Part Two

DK Eyewitness: Climate Change

For centuries, humans have relied on fossil fuels to power our world. Oil and gas are hydrocarbons that have helped fuel our modern way of living, but burning them has a devastating impact on the natural world.
Adding to the Problem

Adding to the Problem

DK Eyewitness: Climate Change

Deforestation and the use of fossil fuels are not the only human activities causing climate change. Other aspects of modern life are adding to the problem by producing greenhouse gases, like methane, nitrous oxide and chlorofluorocarbons. Let’s...Show More
Heatwaves

Heatwaves

DK Eyewitness: Climate Change

Heatwaves caused by periods of extreme hot or dry weather are becoming more frequent across our planet. While some regions are able to cope with their devastating effects, others struggle to survive.
Human Impact

Human Impact

DK Eyewitness: Climate Change

By monitoring changes in C02 levels over thousands of years, scientists know that Earth’s temperature is rising. The biggest cause of global warming? Our reliance on harmful fossil fuels.
Fossil Fuels: Part One

Fossil Fuels: Part One

DK Eyewitness: Climate Change

For centuries, humans have relied on fossil fuels to power our world. Coal fuelled the Industrial Revolution but also had a devastating impact on people and the natural environment. Let’s dig a little deeper into our use of coal.
The Carbon Cycle

The Carbon Cycle

DK Eyewitness: Climate Change

The Carbon Cycle is the process by which carbon is constantly absorbed, stored and recycled by living and non-living things, thereby maintaining the delicate balance that supports all life on Earth.
Burning the Forests

Burning the Forests

DK Eyewitness: Climate Change

Trees and forests are known as the lungs of the Earth because they absorb and store carbon. But when they’re burned or cut down, the C02 they release contributes to global warming.
The Greenhouse Effect

The Greenhouse Effect

DK Eyewitness: Climate Change

Earth’s atmosphere acts like a greenhouse, deflecting the fiercest of the Sun’s rays while retaining heat that would otherwise escape at night. This is known as the greenhouse effect and it’s a process that’s essential to life on Earth.
Slay

Slay

WARNING: This film contains footage that may be distressing for some viewers. Teacher discretion is advised. Is it acceptable to kill animals for fashion? From the makers of award-winning films 'Cowspiracy' and 'What the Health', 'Slay' follows...Show More
The Giants

The Giants

'The Giants' is a poetic, cinematic portrait of environmentalist Bob Brown and the Forest. The film draws on emerging science about trees and Brown’s experiences of activism to inspire a new chapter in our relationship with trees.
What Are Greenhouse Gases?

What Are Greenhouse Gases?

BBC Bitesize: The Regenerators - Green Themes Explained

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions will play an important role in the fight to slow down climate change. Ruairi Brogan, who works for a wildlife charity, explains where greenhouse gases come from and how they can be absorbed by habitats like...Show More
What Is Deforestation?

What Is Deforestation?

BBC Bitesize: The Regenerators - Green Themes Explained

Deforestation might feel like something that’s happening far away, in tropical rainforests, but its impacts can affect us all. Ruairi Brogan, who works for a wildlife charity, explains why forests are so important and the ways we can help to...Show More
What Is Fast Fashion?

What Is Fast Fashion?

BBC Bitesize: The Regenerators - Green Themes Explained

Fast fashion is a term that we see more and more frequently on the news and social media. Rosette Ale, a sustainable fashion business owner, explains the impact fast fashion is having on the planet and the ways we can slow it down.
What Is Renewable Energy?

What Is Renewable Energy?

BBC Bitesize: The Regenerators - Green Themes Explained

Worldwide, many countries are thinking of ways to switch to using more renewable energy sources. Youth leader Ishaa Asim explains how alternatives to fossil fuels can help the power we use be ‘cleaner’ and better for the environment.
What Is a Carbon Footprint?

What Is a Carbon Footprint?

BBC Bitesize: The Regenerators - Green Themes Explained

People, objects and even countries all have a carbon footprint. Environmental scientist Laura Young explains how you can think of your carbon footprint as being an environmental maths sum, in which you add up all of the greenhouse gases you...Show More
What is Net Zero?

What is Net Zero?

BBC Bitesize: The Regenerators - Green Themes Explained

You might have heard the term net zero used before. Currently in the UK and around the world, countries have set goals to reach net zero. Environmental scientist Laura Young explains how net zero is a bit like balancing a set of scales. By...Show More
What Is Habitat Loss?

What Is Habitat Loss?

BBC Bitesize: The Regenerators - Green Themes Explained

Habitat loss is happening across the world, from shrinking rainforests to melting ice caps. Ruairi Brogan, who works for a wildlife charity, explains the impact this has on nature, and why maintaining and restoring habitats doesn’t just benefit...Show More
What Is Air Pollution?

What Is Air Pollution?

BBC Bitesize: The Regenerators - Green Themes Explained

Air pollution is a big term that’s often used when talking about the environment and our health. Youth leader Ishaa Asim explores where air pollution comes from and the different ways to help reduce it.
What Is Palm Oil?

What Is Palm Oil?

BBC Bitesize: The Regenerators - Green Themes Explained

Palm oil can be found in many things, from make-up to pizza, soap to chocolate. Rosette Ale, a sustainable fashion business owner, explains how the demand for palm oil is unfortunately leading to deforestation and impacting animals.
Rapping with a Green Theme

Rapping with a Green Theme

BBC Bitesize: The Regenerators - Green Scenes

These fun videos feature an improv troupe putting on different types of performance with a green theme and using upcycled objects. Use the videos to inspire your own performances.
My Antarctic Journal

My Antarctic Journal

Miniclips

Have you ever imagined what it would be like to go to Antarctica? Follow the observations of visitor to this desert continent in a series of diary entries. This video is an excellent model for informative text type writing.