environmental

It is expensive to dispose of ships so for years locals and Europeans have abandoned 300 ships in a huge remote bay in Mauritania, West Africa. The EU wants to continue fishing in these rich waters but needs to clean up the rotting ships. (6:47 min)

Wade Davis, at recent a lecture explains that differences in human existence throughout the world should be celebrated and not seen as inferior or superior as humans tend to define. (4 min)

The indigenous communities of Ecuador are standing up and demanding Chevron-Texaco to clean up its toxic wastewater legacy in the worse environmental disaster since Chernobyl. (28 min)

Buildings are actually responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than cars. Simply weatherizing houses and businesses can reduce their environmental impact and lower energy bills. (3:53 min)

China has ramped up efforts to improve its environmental record, closing coal-fired power plants and shutting mines that had kept tens of thousands employed. (2:29 min)

Lake Atitlan which thousands of Guatamalans depend on for food and transport is under threat. A dangerous algae has contaminated the waters, threatening to destroy not only the lake, but also the livelihoods of the people who rely on it. (2:44 min)

This film traces the great river Ganges through North India and explores the colourful natural history of the Gangetic Plains. (48 min, 5 segments)

Giving money to poor farmers not to cultivate the land may sound a strange way to lift people out of poverty and preserve the environment but a pilot project in Vietnam is aiming to do just that. (2:44 min)