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New in July 2008 - What Energy Future? - a compilation DVD and notes set for schools keen to enable students to a better appreciation of global energy economics and the implications of peak oil and natural resource scarcity. These resources deal with energy production and use issues - in developed and developing countries.

What Energy Future?	DVD - made in 2008
Breaking the Nuclear Chain	Linear Video
Rewewable Power	Linear Video
The Energy Alternative	Interactive Video Kit
The Question of Nuclear Power	Interactive Video Kit

WHAT ENERGY FUTURE?	Prices	Back to list
DVD 80+ minutes of video divided into 19 DVD chapters Downloadable notes
Ages 11 to adult.
The *What Energy Future?* DVD has been specially made for use in secondary schools to provide good background information to students so they are able to better appreciate the history and economy of world energy, as well as to understand the extent that energy has been essential to the quality of life in places like New Zealand and Australia. The DVD also portrays the damaging side of the fossil fuel industry. It explores controversial issues about peak oil and how much oil is left as well. But the main emphasis of the DVD is to address and explain the question: What Energy Future? Information and tabulations show how much energy the world uses today - and explains what the energy is used for. It also reports on the development patterns of countries like China and India. A number of voices are contained in the DVD. Some advocate for pure renewables - such as solar, wind, the use of biomass (eg burning wood and other plant fibre to make heat, or the use of certain plants to make ethanol for fuel), others argue that renewable energy resources will not be enough for the world to exist as it has, and that nuclear power is crucial now. Others criticise nuclear power. The 19 chapters, are grouped into 5 topics, and cover these areas: Toward Renewable Energy: History of Energy; Solar panel technologies; Wind and hydro power; Biomass, batteries and hydrogen cells. Fossil Fuelled Economy: Peak oil, reserve depletion, how much oil is left; Western society oil dependence; Oil industry damage to environment; Options for using energy more carefully and less wastefully. Maybe nuclear is the only option: How we use energy round the world now - and how much - and how central energy supply has been to our way of life; Where has global energy come from - historically and now - and how much oil is left in reserves round the world; Critical assessment of renewable energy options - can they meet global energy needs; Some voices believe that modern nuclear power will be essential to protecting the western way of life. Nuclear is too risky: All about history of nuclear power and nuclear energy; An economic analysis of the global nuclear industry; documentary about human health hazards posed by nuclear materials and waste; critical look at what might happen in Australia - with its uranium mineral resources. Practical Case studies: Transport and Energy use in Auckland and Perth; Combined Heat and Power generation in Europe - toward more efficient electricity generation; Sweden and Denmark - walking the talk - showing some direction. What Energy Future? notes can be downloaded from this site: Here. Produced by Team Video Pacific in 2008.

THE ENERGY ALTERNATIVE	Prices	Back to list
An Interactive Video Kit 30 minutes of video divided into 8 video clips 40 pages of notes and activities -
Ages 11 to adult.
The Energy Alternative reveals a Western world that has grown used to cheap and plentiful energy. The Kit assesses the environmental costs of industrial development. It goes on to introduce students to the choices facing energy decision makers now, in the west and in the developing world. How to encourage energy efficiency? Why to do with energy ';savings'? How to enable sustainable development in western and developing countries… The eight video clips cover these areas: Future Energy: explores differences in energy requirements between industrial and developing countries. Energy Supply: looks at the 'supply' side of energy planning which assumes massive expansion. Energy Demand: the 'end-use' approach to energy. The basic remise is efficiency 'it's cheaper to save a watt of electricity than it is to generate an extra watt…' Case study-California: low energy light bulbs on road bridges. Availability of cheap energy threatens these changes. Case study–Sweden: Hydro provides 50% of energy now, but cannot be expanded. The nuclear programme has stopped. Priorities include combined heat and power heating systems, bio energy using waste from rubbish and timber chippings. Developing world energy issues: energy is being 'saved' in the industrial world but are those savings being passed on to the developing world? Case study–Zimbabwe: steady streams of firewood are hard to ensure. The women of Dema village are developing a fuel efficient stove. Case study–Guarat India: energy shortages require alternative solutions: bio-gas from camel dung etc. The Energy Alternative notes include data sheets (global energy flows, global sources of energy, carbon cycle diagram, greenhouse effect model data, projected energy consumption by country, and a wide range of stimulating classroom activities. Produced by Team Video with assistance for OXFAM.

THE QUESTION OF NUCLEAR POWER	Prices (Available in N.Z. and Australia only)	Back to list
An Interactive Video Kit 50 minutes of video divided into 6 video clips 40 pages of notes and activities
Ages 11 to adult.
The Question of Nuclear Power contains "ready to use" lessons exploring the social, environmental, economic and moral questions surrounding nuclear power. It assumes a basic knowledge of nuclear fission and how a nuclear power station works. The video clips include: interviews with Britain's chief scientist during the development of Britain's nuclear power industry and with a safety scientist involved in assessing accident risk case study sequences which chart the causes and impacts of the historic accidents at Windscale UK (now renamed Sellafield), Three Mile Island USA, and Chernobyl investigative reporting of the human and environmental impacts of radioactive waste disposal into the Irish Sea a documentary look at alternative energy products in USA and Australia using solar and wind power. Produced by Team Video UK with Greenpeace International.

BREAKING THE NUCLEAR CHAIN	Prices (Available in N.Z. and Australia only)	Back to list
A linear video. 25 minutes video.
Ages 11 to adult.
Breaking the Nuclear Chain begins with animation of the fission process and risks of chromosome damage from radiation. It then explores the discovery of radioactive minerals. Archive film reports the scientists who thought that nuclear power would be "too cheap to meter". This is followed by a global look at the nuclear industry which follows the life of a single piece of Uranium. It begins with the mining of Uranium "yellow cake" ore in Australia. The next stages are refinement of the ore in the USA and purification in Britain. The video shows how radioactive uranium is used in reactors to generate electric power in Japan. The next stages ion the chain are perhaps the most dangerous as waste fuel from reactors is either used to make nuclear weapons or is "disposed". It shows Greenpeace rubber boats trying to stop radioactive waste being dumped off Britain in the sea, and investigates the growing problem the industry now has in dealing with waste. Produced by: GreenPeace International

RENEWABLE POWER (Fossil fuel & hydrogen fuel cell)	Prices (Available in N.Z. and Australia only)	Back to list
A video. 25 minutes.
Ages 13 to adult.
Christopher Flavin - WorldWatch Institute	The video offers an exciting and educational vision of a world transformed by clean energy. It runs through how energy can be produced using solar voltaics, wind turbines, hydroelectric dams and biomass converters. Of compelling interest is the video's explanation and presentation of how energy can be stored by splitting water - into hydrogen and oxygen - and how those atoms can be recombined both by clean burning, but also through the hydrogen fuel cell.
The video is a lavishly illustrated for school use production. It is packed with intelligent and interesting archive footage showing how western society got to today - energy wise. It documents the shift from polluting energy to cleaner energy. Renewable Energy contains interviews and case studies from innovators in the energy field - from wind turbine experts, through to hydrogen fuel cell experimenters in USA and Japan.... The scientific prionciples behind voltaics and the fuel cell especially are communicated using stunning animations and graphics which bring the physics to life in a way which even the least scientific mind can appreciate. Video audience and purpose: * Science behind ideas in video is presented in simple and non-technical way * Issues in the video are presented using compelling archive footage * The experts interviewed are human and wise - and don't use jargon * The video can be used with most secondary school age groups * This is an exciting cross-curricular resource Produced in the USA and distributed there by VideoProjects

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