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The Docuseek Sustainability Collection

THE SUSTAINABILITY COLLECTION encompasses a wide array of disciplines and approaches to sustainability, including new approaches to urban design, the implications of energy choices, and new and traditional agricultural methods and food distribution strategies. The collection shows in a variety of ways and places how design, conservation, community, and legislative action are all crucial components of a sustainable future at both the local and global level.

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The Docuseek Sustainability Collection includes the following titles:

Broken Limbs - imageBroken Limbs

Looks at the plight of apple growers in the age of globalization, and points the way to sustainable US agriculture.

Bullfrog Films | 2004 | 57 minutes | 7-12, College, Adult
Build Green - imageBuild Green

David Suzuki reports on a wide range of green buildings, from large community developments to mini-homes.

Bullfrog Films | 2008 | 44 minutes | 7 - 12, College, Adult
Building Visions - India - imageBuilding Visions - India

In southern India, the architect Anupama Kundoo deals with the question of how to save resources with traditional and modern building materials.

Autlook | 2022 | 26 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults
Building Visions - Peru - imageBuilding Visions - Peru

In the middle of the Peruvian jungle, an Italian architect is building schools - together with the locals, in harmony with nature, beautifully and in record time.

Autlook | 2022 | 26 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults
Building Visions - Rotterdam - imageBuilding Visions - Rotterdam

The Netherlands is always up to its neck in water. In Rotterdam, urban planners and architects are developing visions for life with water.

Autlook | 2022 | 26 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults
Building Visions - Vienna Seestadt - imageBuilding Visions - Vienna Seestadt

Blocks of flats instead of magnificent imperial buildings. A new Vienna is growing around a lake, a megacity with an innovative transport concept and promising ideas.

Autlook | 2022 | 26 minutes | 10-12, College, Adults
Built to Burn - imageBuilt to Burn

Across the west, wildfires have never been more destructive. Oregon’s record-breaking 2020 wildfire season killed at least 11 people, destroyed more than 5,000 homes and businesses, and burned over 1 million acres of land. Today’s fires are vivid and deadly evidence of the new wildfire realities that can no longer be ignored.

Collective Eye Films | 2022 | 52 minutes
Burning in the Sun - imageBurning in the Sun

An inspirational portrait of a young West African man who starts a business building solar panels from scratch and selling them to rural customers in Mali.

Bullfrog Films | 2011 | 83 minutes | 7 - 9, College, Adults
Butterflies and Bulldozers - imageButterflies and Bulldozers

The fight to save San Francisco's San Bruno Mountain speaks to the global dilemma of economic growth versus species preservation.

Bullfrog Films | 2011 | 62 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
Buyer Be Fair - imageBuyer Be Fair

Looks at the benefits of fair trade goods and product certification for people and the environment.

Bullfrog Films | 2006 | 57 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult

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