Secondary Catalogue
Geography
The Environmental Cost of 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
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?
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
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
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.
Heatwaves
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
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
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 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
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
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.
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 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?
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 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?
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
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
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.
